No more daily newspapers?  The New Orleans Times Picayune will publish only three times a week.  Your only option is to go on line and read the digital addition over the internet.  But what happens if you don’t have access to the web? Some 40% of residents in my home state of Louisiana have no such access.  This number is similar across the country.  Should the internet be regulated as a utility and made available to all?  50 years ago, the telephone was a right.  Isn’t the internet just as necessary, particularly for your kids?  Read my new column now posted and see if you agree.  You can read it now by Clicking Here, or by going to the Flashing Red Box above.

So things have slowed down in your life and you need a little spark, right?  Something to get the adrenalin running, and some new challenges to make you feel young again.  Well of course Professor Brown has a few suggestions for you.  Take a look at the video

It’s a long, hot summer with plenty to talk about on the weekend “Common Sense” radio show.  This week, we look at healing thyself.  Stem Cell Therapy is quickly becoming a popular treatment for sports related injuries and as a fast and effective alternative to other injuries to the joints and spine. Stem cell therapy has proven to provide amazing results that has changed lives by using the body’s own stem cells to repair and heal itself.  Dr. Damon Noto is one of the few doctors in New York who perform stem cell therapy, and he will be our guest during the first hour of Sunday’s program.  For more information about his work, Click Here.

And have you heard about Diane Tran, an 11th grade honor student at Willis High School in Houston (TX), who was placed in jail after repeated truancy? Since her parents divorced and left her and her two siblings, she has been the sole income earner for the family. To support herself and siblings she works a full time job plus a part-time job while taking advancement and dual credit college level courses in high school. The Texas Judge, Lanny Moriarty, ordered the exhausted Ms. Tran to pay a $100 fine and spend 24 hours in jail as a lesson. There is a new support group trying to help this courageous young lady and their spokesman, Charlie Davis, will join us.  You can get full information on this young lady’s struggles by Clicking Here.

A full radio show schedule so be sure and join us by checking your local listing, or by listening live or by podcast right here on this site.  See you on the radio.

New Orleans is the murder capitol of America with one of the worst murder rates in the world. And the killings continue at an ever growing rate.  When it comes to murder rates, America surpasses the developed world at some five per 100,000 people. New Orleans has more than ten times that number. But just as troubling is the fact that the criminal justice system that is supposed to protect the citizens of New Orleans is rife with corruption and incompetence.  New Orleans is the “city that care forgot.”  And in a tough and frank new column, Jim Brown writes that the those in the Crescent  City that are suppose to serve and protect are a major part of the problem.  You can read his new column now by Clicking Here, or by hitting the Flashing Red Box above.

The countdown has begun for this week’s “Common Sense” radio program, and we have a full plate on tap for our listeners this Sunday. Check your local listings and you can always listen live right here on this website. Our network continues to grow and we want to welcome two new stations; WRJM 1270am and 107.5fm out of Charleston, Illinois, and WHOW 1520am and 92.3fm that broadcasts from Decatur/Bloomington, Illinois.  Glad you listeners in America’s heartland will be tuning in.

 Do we need to rewrite America’s constitution?  A number of people think so.  I was a delegate to a constitutional convention back in 1973 that rewrote my State of Louisiana’s constitution.  But a rewrite of what was conceived by the Founding Fathers?  That may be a big task to take on.  Paul Antinori has written a new book called “Convention: To Resurrect the U.S. Constitution,” and he feels the old document needs another good review.  He will join us on Sunday.  You can find out more of Paul’s ideas and new book by Clicking Here.

 We will also talk about the complete breakdown and dysfunction of the criminal justice system in New Orleans (See this week’s column).  And we always talk about what it takes to keep you healthy, with some good tips about vitamins.  Should you be taking them?  A full agenda on the “Common Sense” program this weekend, so be sure and turn in.

My friend and legendary former LSU basketball coach is the best motivator, hands down, that I have ever know.  Nobody gives an inspirational speech any better than Coach Brown.   He sent me the video below, that gives an excellent perspective of how much we take for granted, and the difficulties faced by so many others worldwide.  Thanks a look for yourself.  And thanks Coach Brown for all you do for others.