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Jan

2012

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Former educator finds fault with Jindal plan

Author: AN17

 

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25

Jan

2012

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Leadership Tangipahoa visits local health care facilities

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Leadership Tangipahoa visits local health care facilities
Author: AN17

In the nearly half year since my inception into the 2012 Class of Leadership Tangipahoa, I have learned so much about our parish that I didn’t know.

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Jan

2012

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Leadership Tangipahoa tours TEDF projects

Author: AN17

Each month our Leadership Tangipahoa session is truly an educational and exciting experience.

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11

Jan

2012

Where's the outrage?

Ken's Blog

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06

Major political shakeup on the Louisiana horizon?

Jim Brown posted on November 06, 2011 20:26
MAJOR POLITICAL SHAKEUP  ON THE LOUISIANA HORIZON?   In my home state of Louisiana, voters are about to witness a high stakes political g...

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The cost of being unhealthy

Jim Brown posted on October 24, 2011 07:59
THE COST OF BEING UNHEALTHY!   Americans continue to become less healthy and less productive, mainly because of lifestyle.  That’s the co...

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Brown: Are we better off 10 years later post 9-11?

Jim Brown posted on September 21, 2011 10:30
ARE WE BETTER OFF 10 YEARS LATER     POST 9/11?   The world around us has changed dramatically in the past 10 years. When the ...

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Brown: Our lives were changed by 9/11

Jim Brown posted on September 13, 2011 09:54
OUR LIVES WERE CHANGED BY 9/11  I have watched through a window a world that has fallen.          ...

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Brown: What happened to long vacations?

Jim Brown posted on September 06, 2011 22:29
WHAT HAPPENED TO LONG VACATIONS? Does anyone take a real vacation anymore? In the good old days, school didn’t start again until the Monday after L...

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Brown: Don't let politics mess with my summer vacation?

Jim Brown posted on July 13, 2011 21:54
Many naysayers have predicted that the family summer vacation, a venerable American tradition for over a century, has now passed away quietly after a ...

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Brown: Are Republicans flip-flopping?

Jim Brown posted on June 16, 2011 10:38
ARE REPUBLICANS FLIP FLOPPING ON     HEALTH INSURANCE  MANDATES?   Remember the old knock on presidential candidate John K...

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Congress betrays basic American freedoms

Jim Brown posted on June 02, 2011 08:56
Since the founding of our country more than 200 hundred years ago, Americans have enjoyed core rights and liberties that made our country not just u...

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Louisiana and Florida: Night and Day on Property Insurance

Jim Brown posted on April 30, 2011 22:48
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Barry Bonds and the great American witch hunt

Jim Brown posted on April 21, 2011 00:40
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Death Row, New Orleans, and the Supreme Court's betrayal of justice

Jim Brown posted on April 06, 2011 22:49
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March Madness: Are college athletes being short-changed?

Jim Brown posted on April 06, 2011 22:41
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And Libya would be .... where exactly?

Jim Brown posted on March 24, 2011 21:56
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Big Brother has you under close watch, thanks to the Patriot Act

Jim Brown posted on March 17, 2011 07:57
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A Louisiana guy they could call 'Mr. President?'

Jim Brown posted on March 09, 2011 22:56
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Get the politicians out of reapportionment

Jim Brown posted on February 24, 2011 15:09
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JFK and his love affair with Louisiana

Jim Brown posted on February 09, 2011 22:10
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Edwin Edwards--The prodigal son returns home

Jim Brown posted on January 26, 2011 14:11
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How to explain the shooter in Tucson

Jim Brown posted on January 12, 2011 21:49
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New Year's thoughts from the Bayou State

Jim Brown posted on January 02, 2011 00:02
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Get the politicians out of reapportionment

Jim Brown posted on December 22, 2010 22:29
  It’s getting close to redistricting time for legislators, and the criticism that decisions are being shaped behind closed doors is already r...

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Are Tea Partiers, especially in Louisiana, selling out for campaign money

Jim Brown posted on December 09, 2010 08:58
It was just a few months ago when we listened to Tea Party candidates across the country declaring that they were going to Washington in order to shak...

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Who does Sarah Palin think she is--Bobby Jindal?

Jim Brown posted on December 06, 2010 00:07
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Get off Bobby Jindal's back about taking a sabbatical

Jim Brown posted on November 27, 2010 18:03
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Jindal one of many national wannabes from the South

Jim Brown posted on November 18, 2010 10:45
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Does the Democratic collapse give the Republicans a mandate?

Jim Brown posted on November 04, 2010 07:31
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What to expect after Tuesday's elections

Jim Brown posted on October 26, 2010 21:26
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Brown: Tough questions for Louisiana's universities

Jim Brown posted on October 25, 2010 22:31
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Homeowners insurance may become unaffordable along Gulf Coast

Jim Brown posted on October 14, 2010 09:42
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Did the whole country go to Hell in a hand basket?

Jim Brown posted on October 11, 2010 22:02
And I thought voters were distrustful, angry and confrontational, a few years back when I held public office.  My favorite author, Charles Di...

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Education reform: critical Louisiana but non-issue in upcoming election

Jim Brown posted on October 02, 2010 15:55
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It must be witchcraft--why else are Republicans all over the map?

Jim Brown posted on September 22, 2010 23:33
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So Reggie Bush gives the Heisman back? Big deal!

Jim Brown posted on September 15, 2010 23:32
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Listen to the Ragin' Cajun: Don't Be Stupid!

Jim Brown posted on September 09, 2010 00:12
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Five years after Katrina: Is anything different?

Jim Brown posted on September 04, 2010 11:10
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Blowhard prosecutors vs. blowhard Blagojevich: Who's guilty?

Jim Brown posted on August 26, 2010 12:07
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Pandering and hypocrisy over a Mosque

Jim Brown posted on August 18, 2010 22:51
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Sean O'Keefe, Sen. Ted Stevens and perverted justice

Jim Brown posted on August 11, 2010 23:22
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Don't tell me to speak English or leave!

Jim Brown posted on August 05, 2010 07:22
I was at a book fair recently hawking some of my Lisburn Press publications, and was asked to comment on the nation’s immigration problem. One fello...

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The sky is falling, the sky is falling in Louisiana after oil spill

Jim Brown posted on August 02, 2010 23:18
  THE SKY IS FALLING, THE SKY IS FALLING IN LOUISIANA AFTER OIL SPILL! The “Rally for Economic Survival,” organized and orchestrated by the oi...

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A Louisiana disaster more costly than the Gulf Oil Spill

Jim Brown posted on July 25, 2010 17:44
A LOUISIANA DISASTER MORE COSTLY THAN THE GULF OIL SPILL!   The present financial disaster in Louisiana has cost the Louisiana economy almost ...

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A New Supreme Court Justice: Who Cares?

Jim Brown posted on July 08, 2010 01:06
A NEW SUPREME COURT JUSTICE:  WHO CARES? About the last thing on anyone’s mind right now, particularly in my home state of Louisiana, is whether...

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Louisiana takes media hits over oil spill issues

Jim Brown posted on July 04, 2010 22:46
When the deep water Horizon well first began spurring thousands of gallons of oil into the Gulf, sympathy from around the nation poured into Louisiana...

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Risk takers stick it to the taxpayers

Jim Brown posted on June 17, 2010 18:19
  RISK TAKERS STICK IT TO THE TAXPAYERS! And if thou stare long enough into an abyss, The abyss will also gaze into thee.” Nietzsche Melvill...

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Is there anyone in the government we can trust?

Jim Brown posted on June 10, 2010 10:30
If one lesson can be learned from both the Gulf Oil spill and the Wall Street financial bailout debacle, it’s that oversight by competent regulators i...

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If you destroy British Petroleum, then who is the real loser?

Jim Brown posted on June 03, 2010 11:23
British Petroleum, the overseas oil giant, is under siege from every direction as they struggle to cap the massive Gulf oil spill.  The BP stock...

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Did Louisiana make a deal with the devil over oil?

Jim Brown posted on May 26, 2010 22:47
The blame game is in full force as the Gulf catastrophe oil spill continues to directly attach the Louisiana coast. BP, the giant British corpora...

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Is the government trying to save us from ourselves?

Jim Brown posted on May 21, 2010 15:29
George Orwell’s novel 1984 paints a disturbing and chilling scenario where one can be accused of a crime, arrested and prosecuted merely for thoughts ...

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Louisiana Oil Spill: Did State and Federal Agencies drop the ball?

Jim Brown posted on May 12, 2010 21:48
It didn’t take long for the blame game to begin shortly after the tragic Gulf oil explosion.  State and Federal officials were in lock step in ...

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I'm Seventy? You've Got to Be Kidding!

Jim Brown posted on May 05, 2010 23:47
I woke up this morning, followed my normal routine of walking the dogs, picking up the morning papers, pouring my large glass of orange juice half fil...

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Immigration controversy directly affects Louisiana

Jim Brown posted on April 30, 2010 21:27
What if by some magical occurrence, every illegal immigrant was removed from Louisiana? Well, there would be few roofs replaced on houses, and mo...

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Killer of Louisiana Priest serves no time for murder?

Jim Brown posted on April 01, 2010 09:45
Father Hunter Horgan was a popular Episcopal priest in the small South Louisiana town of Thibodaux, Louisiana. He was severely beaten and then st...

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