The Louisiana Wunderkind

HEN my dad sat you down and said that you had ‘a lot of potential’ – that was not a good speech,” says Rep. Bobby Jindal, a Louisiana Republican. “It meant that you weren’t working hard enough.

It’s difficult to imagine anybody accusing Jindal of not working hard enough. His life story so far – he’s 35 – is a tale of potential realized. The son of immigrant parents from India, Jindal went to Brown and earned a Rhodes scholarship.

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John J. Miller

John J. Miller, a former national correspondent for National Review, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.

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HEN my dad sat you down and said that you had ‘a lot of potential’ – that was not a good speech,” says Rep. Bobby Jindal, a Louisiana Republican. “It meant that you weren’t working hard enough.

It’s difficult to imagine anybody accusing Jindal of not working hard enough. His life story so far – he’s 35 – is a tale of potential realized. The son of immigrant parents from India, Jindal went to Brown and earned a Rhodes scholarship.

About the Author

John J. Miller

John J. Miller, a former national correspondent for National Review, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.