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Jim Brown

The murder in Baton Rouge of Barry Seal!

If you’ve lived in Louisiana for any length of time, you probably are familiar with the name of international drug runner Barry Seal. Tom Cruise played the part of Seal in the 2017 movie “American made.” And Dennis Hopper played the same role in the 1991 film, “Doublecrossed.” Seal was a larger-than-life character who flew plane loads of cocaine for the infamous medallion drug cartel out of Columbia headed up by notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar. His drug running days ended abruptly when he was killed in a hail of bullets right here in Baton Rouge back in 1986.

Why are there special counsels if they have no power to prosecute the president?

For the first time in American history, there are three special counsels who have been appointed by two Attorneys General across two administrations, the Trump administration and now the Biden administration: John Durham, appointed by former Attorney General William Barr in 2020, and Jack Smith and Robert Hurt, appointed by current Attorney General Merrick Garland in 2022, respectively.

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Jim Brown

New Year thoughts from the Bayou State!

Do you make New Year’s resolutions? I always do. A New Year always brings with it promise and uncertainty, but this coming year brings with it a greater foreboding than we have experienced in the past. The Chinese have a saying: “May you live in interesting times.” But their definition means dangerous or turbulent. We in Louisiana and throughout America certainly live in “interesting” times today.

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