Post Tagged 'Louisiana'

August 29, 2025

Hurricane Katrina and the Disaster of Rule by Paperocracy

The saga of Hurricane Katrina began 20 years ago, on August 29, 2005, when Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco examined weather forecasts concerning a tropical storm that had assaulted south Florida but that was now a Category 3 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico and declared a state of emergency for all Louisiana. Continue Reading...

July 11, 2024

Posting the Ten Commandments in Classrooms Will Not Fix Dysfunctional Public Schools

The Louisiana legislature is about to pass a bill that would require every public school in the state to post the Ten Commandments in each classroom. The bill’s author, Rep. Dodie Horton, explained that the “purpose [of the law] is not solely religious” but also serves to “display the history of our country and foundation of our legal system.” Continue Reading...

November 06, 2014

‘What else is there to aspire to be?’

The BBC visited Baton Rouge, specifically the most violent part of Baton Rouge. The reporter asked people who live there what they would change about America. It’s an insightful little piece of journalism. Continue Reading...

June 16, 2014

Audio: Sirico on Poverty, Pope Francis & Obamacare in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

This morning, Acton Institute President Rev. Robert A. Sirico took some time away from his preparations for Acton University to speak with Jim Engster, host of The Jim Engster Show on WRKF radio in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, discussing how to address the issue of poverty in society, and the approach taken by Pope Francis and the church in general to that and other issues. Continue Reading...

April 01, 2014

Jindal: ‘America Didn’t Create Religious Liberty. Religious Liberty Created America.’

At the Heritage Foundation’s Foundry blog, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal talks with Genevieve Wood about challenges he faces from the Obama administration on Second Amendment rights, energy development, economic freedom and religious liberty issues. Continue Reading...

March 18, 2014

Crooked and Proud: Edwin Edwards Returns to Louisiana Politics

Edwin Edwards once declared that the only thing that could keep him from Louisiana’s governor’s mansion was getting caught in bed with a “dead girl or a live boy.” He’s been called “The Luca Brasi of the Bayou,” “The Silver Zipper,” and “The Pirate Kingfish.” Continue Reading...

October 16, 2013

Monks Triumph Over Cronyist Morticians

The morticians wanted the monks shut down—or even thrown in jail—for the crime the Benedictines were committing. Until 2005, the monks of St. Joseph Abbey in St. Benedict, Louisiana had relied on harvesting timber for income. Continue Reading...

October 07, 2013

Bible College Credited as Major Reason for Angola Prison Transformation

The New York Times ran a piece over the weekend about the success of the bible college run through New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary at Angola Prison. Warden Burl Cain calls the college “the game changer,” and he added “It changed the culture of the prison.” Continue Reading...

September 17, 2013

Audio: Tea Party Catholic Hits the Airwaves in Louisiana

Acton’s Director of Research Samuel Gregg has been making the rounds on our nations airwaves over the last week promoting his excellent new book, Tea Party Catholic. Today, he joined host Jeff Crouere on Metaire, Louisiana’s WGSO 990 AM. Continue Reading...

September 10, 2013

The Federal Government Attacks Louisiana School Choice

Last week, as the country was remember MLK’s dream of children being judged on the content of their character rather than the color of their skin, Attorney General Eric Holder was suing the state of Louisiana because he’s more worried, as the Wall Street Journal says, about the complexion of the schools’ student body than their manifest failure to educate. Continue Reading...

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