Tomorrow marks 90 years since assassination of “The Kingfish”

By: TONY MARKS Editor Merriam-Webster defines the term “demagogue” as “a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power,” and “a leader championing the cause of the common people in ancient times.” Many older residents of Louisiana and historians alike, though, simply define the term as Huey Pierce Long. The popular, and equally un...