CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • “(If You Want Health Care) Go to War or Get a Job” Shouted at Local College Student During Rodney Alexander Town Hall Meeting

    Unless you really feel like laboring through two and a half minutes of misinformed right-wing falsehoods, misleading statistics, and extreme xenophobic paranoia, skip ahead to 2:30 on this video, where you will see a brave LSUA student, proudly sporting an Obama campaign t-shirt, respectfully asking a question about health care and the insurance industry to Congressman Rodney Alexander. To the Congressman’s credit, he personally selected her and remained respectful as she asked her question, which cannot be said of the rest of the audience, many of whom attempted to drown out her question. This young woman is Caina Munson, and…

  • Disabled Students In Louisiana Are More Likely To Be Subjected To Corporal Punishment

    According to a recent report by Human Rights Watch, students with disabilities are much more likely to be spanked or subjected to corporal punishment than students without disabilities. Quoting from the press release: In the 70-page report, “Impairing Education: Corporal Punishment of Students with Disabilities in US Public Schools,” the ACLU and Human Rights Watch found that students with disabilities made up 18.8 percent of students who suffered corporal punishment at school during the 2006-2007 school year, although they constituted just 13.7 percent of the total nationwide student population. At least 41,972 students with disabilities were subjected to corporal punishment…

  • Realistic Rail Options for Louisiana

    There has recently been a decent amount of discussion regarding the possibility of high speed rail in Louisiana.  And while any rail is good in my book, I think both the supporters and detractors of rail expansion are missing the point when it comes to what rail options will work and would actually provide a net positive benefit for our state and region.  As I mentioned in a comment to a previous post, one thing we have to do is to get past this idea that rail is something for New Orleans, Baton Rouge, or only the I-10 corridor.  Rail…