Capital City News

Voters in East Baton Rouge Parish will face a ballot full of candidates for everything from Justice of the Peace to United States Senate in the Nov. 4 primary and the Dec. 6 runoff.  The process begins with qualifying, which will be held Aug. 20-22. Qualifying forms will be accepted from 8 a.m. to 4:30 […]

Supporters of David Vitter must surely tire as they read and watch the constant barrage of negative attacks in the media against the popular two-term senator. Most of the attacks come from frustrated liberal reporters who can’t seem to accept the fact that the senator was not only re-elected by a wide margin but is […]

Lawlessness is not only rampant on the streets of our cities.  It is also rampant in the seats of governmental power.  It’s easy to get heartburn watching the Obama administration violate the Constitution and laws of this country on a daily basis. Just this week, the President released five of the most dangerous terrorist commanders […]

Rep. Ford Stinson, who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1936 to 1972 with a little time out during World War II to go kill Nazis, was one of the legislature’s all-time best bill-killers. Legislative sessions are defined by the media based on what passes.  That’s “news.”  But very often the real news […]

The right to vote is a right bought by the blood of our ancesters — men and women who believed in our country enough to risk and ultimately sacrifice their lives for our country and the principles it stands for, such as free elections. At every election, I am amazed to see the people who […]

When I was about four, I said something I shouldn’t have. My mama gave me a spanking (to help me concentrate LOL) and told me to “think before you speak.” Over the next 60 years, she repeated those words to me many, many times. “Think before you speak!” Indeed! When I was six, she found […]

Parkview Baptist head football coach Kenny Guillot tendered his resignation last month and will become the school’s Athletic Director.  After 15 highly successful seasons and four state championships, this role model for Louisiana players and coaches is stepping down from the demanding position as head coach due to health reasons. I have had a special […]

Mayor-President Kip Holden condemned supporters of the proposed City of St. George before the Baton Rouge Rotary Club Wednesday.  Even though more than 10,000 people have signed the St. George petitions, they are just “a small group who wants to divide us,” he said. Then he poured out a litany of carefully crafted cliches designed […]

Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013.  I took this photo of my mama Friday afternoon at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital. It was her last photo. She is holding a rose I brought her from my wife Diane’s garden. Mama said, “Oh, it smells so good!” Mama passed away this morning around 7:30 a.m., and the […]

A little more than 40 years ago, I had the unique opportunity as a young man of 26 to serve as a delegate to CC/73, a state constitutional convention, called by the legislature to rewrite the Louisiana Constitution of 1921, the longest constitution in the world.  The work of the convention lasted for 18 months, […]