The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled that Texas and Louisiana can cut off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood.

The decision affects Mississippi as well since the state “is under 5th Circuit jurisdiction.”

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Edward Ball is the author of a new book called ‘Life of a Klansman: A Family History in White Supremacy’ which explores ugly, racist aspects of his own family’s past. You would think this is a book which would appeal to progressive college students.

At Tulane, a talk by Ball has been...

This seems like another example of activists taking advantage of the current climate. Why else would they suddenly make these demands now?

The Washington Free Beacon reports:

Campus Activists Demand Free Tuition and Reparations

Tulane University activists are demanding...

This school year is not going to be much fun. You can already tell.

CNBC reports:

Tulane University threatens expulsion for partygoers as schools struggle to keep students safe from coronavirus

Tulane University, which has long been ranked as one of the best party schools in the nation, is threatening expulsion for students attending...

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4, with Chief Justice John Roberts as the deciding vote, to strike down a Louisiana law that requires abortionists have hospital admitting privileges.

Roberts said he voted because he had to follow precedent.

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This professor is talking about curating a list of students who engage in ‘hate speech’ and dropping them from class. This is a public university.

FOX News reports:

LSU professor vows to ‘drop’ students on ‘hate speech’ list

A Louisiana professor called on her colleagues to keep a list of students who engage in...

Currently, the US is reporting over 54,000 coronavirus cases and 775 deaths.

Louisiana officials say their state has 1388 cases and 11 deaths. They also predict that New Orleans will be a coronavirus “hot spot,” after over a million people celebrated Carnival in the area for more than a month, culminating in ...

Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin announced the state will hold its primary on June 20 instead of April due to coronavirus:

“We can pull off elections after disasters or issues like this but we have to have more time than 30 or 60 days,” he said Friday.

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All aspects of history which offend must be erased and forgotten.

CNN reports:

Tulane University removes its Victory Bell after learning it was originally used on a plantation

Tulane University has removed its Victory Bell after learning that it originally came from a plantation where Africans were enslaved.

University president Mike Fitts and board chairman...

Abortion activists want abortion viewed as a medical procedure, which it is, but provide it with special exceptions.

The case June Medical Services v. Gee proves this point, which challenges a Louisiana law that requires abortion centers to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.

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Decades before wild-haired Bernie Sanders, there was Louisiana Democratic Gov. Huey Long. He served as the state’s 40th governor from 1928 to 1932.

Long was a tyrant and dictator. A hypocrite who lectured others, but filled his pocketbook.

He also ruined lives if you betrayed or didn’t show loyalty to him. Even if...

An arrest has been made in the gruesome murder of 75-year-old civil rights activist, Sadie Roberts-Joseph. She was found dead in the trunk of her car last week.

Roberts-Joseph founded an African American history museum in Louisiana.
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This is the exactly correct position for a university to hold on free speech.

Campus Reform reports:

UL Lafayette admits it shouldn’t ‘shield’ students from ‘offensive’ ideas

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette recently changed its campus free speech policy, preventing the school from regulating students who use speech protected by the First Amendment...

Who could have predicted such a thing? Aren’t you shocked?

George Leef writes at National Review:

One State Has Already Tried ‘Free College’ with Predictably Bad Results

Wouldn’t it be great if everyone went to college, got real smart, and made lots of money? That would give a state a tremendous boost, right?

Like all...

An acquittal in a murder case out of Louisiana provides a real-time illustration of the difference between the application of what I refer to as “hard” Stand-Your-Ground provisions versus “soft” Stand-Your-Ground provisions. (Details here are as reported by The Advocate and other news sources.)

The facts of the case involve a bare-handed...

Another one bites the dust. I blogged last week that the National Organization for Women (NOW) decided not to donate to the Women’s March anymore due to the anti-Semitic and racism attitudes of those who lead the organization.

NOW’s Baton Rouge chapter announced on Saturday that it will cancel the planned Women’s...

Protesters are still on the Hill to accost Republican senators over the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Regular protester Alethea Torrellas Shapiro regularly uses her children when she confronts senators and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) was no different.

Except for his response:

Protester demands that GOP Senator @BillCassidy "apologize to my children...