According to Gov. Bobby Jindal the State of Louisiana will not utilize the Common Core academic standards saying it was “A federal takeover of public education”. Its proficiency in reading and math is at or near the bottom among the 50 States. In Louisiana, evolution (the basis of all modern biological science, supported by everything […]
Chicken boxing a real sport? It is on the bayou
A Louisiana Senator, Elbert Guillory of Opelousas, is opposing a bill that would close loopholes in a state cockfighting ban, saying it threatens the legitimate, less bloody sport of “chicken boxing.” Guillory says his area of rural Louisiana, like much of ‘Floriduh’ does not “Do things like normal people do. We march to our own […]