CenLamar | Est. 2006

Because we are in the throes of what is- without question- the craziest election season in modern American history, I finally decided to hop onto the bandwagon and launch my very own podcast. There will be no rhyme or reason to the schedule. This won’t be something you should set your clock to. Some weeks, I may record multiple shows. Other weeks, I may go completely missing in action. Regardless, I think this will be a great way to have a substantive dialogue with people who live and work in Louisiana about current events, politics, and culture. I hope that…

Earlier this year, back in February, when the newly-elected governor and the state legislature were grappling with what looked to be a nearly $1 billion immediate budget shortfall and a shortfall of an additional $2 billion the next year, Louisiana Treasurer John Kennedy went on a one-man crusade to prove to everyone, once and for all, that Louisiana “doesn’t have a revenue problem; it has a spending problem.” Of course, that was not true. The state’s budget had already been cut to the marrow, and the governor, the majority of legislators, and policy experts all agreed and understood that it…

There is only one candidate in this election who is currently being sued for fraud and civil RICO (that’s racketeering and corruption) violations. Only one. In fact, there is only one candidate in this election who has ever been forced to settle with the government for violations of the law. Only one. They’ve investigated and scrutinized Hillary Clinton for decades, and the most damning thing they’ve ever found? Her use of a private email server, something that the FBI Director said “no reasonable prosecutor” would ever pursue in a court case. In fact, all of her recent predecessors in the…