CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • An Open Letter to Conrad Appel, Chairman of the Louisiana Senate Education Committee

    Dear Chairman Appel, I am writing to respectfully ask you to support the passage of Senate Bill 26, which would repeal the controversial and unconstitutional Louisiana Science Education Act. I am a proud, lifelong citizen of Louisiana and a graduate of the Louisiana public education system. Like you, I believe in the promise and the potential of our Great State. During the last eight years, Louisiana has defined the word “resiliency,” both to our country and to the rest of the world. However, if Louisiana is to truly emerge as an enduring example of innovation and ingenuity, we must ensure…

  • Louisiana College President Joe Aguillard Accused of Fraud, Misappropriation, Criminal Misrepresentation

    According to an independent investigation conducted by Kinney, Ellinghausen, Richard & DeShazo, a New Orleans-based law firm, Louisiana College President Joe Aguillard “engaged in numerous improprieties and falsities in his representations not only to school donors, but to the (LC) Board of Trustees.” The report, which was published by The Town Talk, reveals that Aguillard has repeatedly and consistently misled the LC Board of Trustees on the purpose of donations pledged by Edgar Cason and the Cason Foundation and that Aguillard misappropriated at least $60,000, including $2,000 for a pair of suits. Quoting from The Town Talk (bold mine): The firm…

  • The Discovery Institute: Bobby Jindal Doesn’t Understand “Creationism” or the Law

    Ten days ago, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, in responding to a question about teaching creationism in public school classrooms, publicly confirmed what many of us have been saying for years (skip to 9:45): The true purpose of the controversial Louisiana Science Education Act is to provide a mechanism by which public schools may teach creationism and “intelligent design” as valid science. As I mentioned at the time, by explicitly linking the teaching of creationism and intelligent design with the Louisiana Science Education Act, Bobby Jindal unwittingly exposed the law as facially unconstitutional and violative of the Establishment Clause. Jindal’s remarks, not…