Something Like the Truth: By Robert Mann

Something Like the Truth: By Robert Mann

In trying to run LSU, Jeff Landry is repeating Huey Long's mistakes

Long's meddling with LSU's Law School in the 1930s almost cost the school its accreditation; Landry should be careful he doesn't inflict similar damage on the state's flagship university

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Feb 01, 2025
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Huey Long on the field in LSU’s Tiger Stadium

As a wise person observed that history “doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” When LSU recently kicked law professor Ken Levy out of his cour…

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