There has been much debate about whether the hospitalized suspect in the Boston bombings should have been given his Miranda warnings as soon as possible. As we have seen in other terrorism cases, the knee-jerk reaction by the public and government...

garland@wwl.com - 4.16.13 You gotta help me here. I don't understand. Terrorists writing in their online magazine Inspire, claim they will force America into bankruptcy by detonating bombs that costs them hundreds of dollars, but costs us billions...

The photo above on the left is me in August of 2011. I was going through chemo to fight a life-threatening disease. I was bloated, overweight, and had no energy. The photo above on the right is me, more recently. It's the product of...

1.30.13 - How many of us worry about sending our children to universities…even if we've put the money away? Do you cringe like I do, when you hear reports that claim the cost of a college education may not be worth the price? My...

Garland@wwl.com - 2.18.13 Louisiana I love you, but you confuse me sometimes. You don't want to pay any more taxes. You want a reduction in crime. You don't trust government and law enforcement. BUT, you're all for a system that does almost none of...

Saints fans are still understandably fuming about how NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell handled the whole "bounty" investigation into the team's pay-for-performance program. Fans and players alike maintain that Goodell never provided any evidence...

12.20.12 - After the Newtown school massacre President Obama said, "If there is even one thing that we can do to prevent any of these events, we have a deep obligation to try. The fact that this problem is complex, can no longer be an excuse for doing...

On November 15, I was honored to broadcast from an annual event at Tulane University that has grown year after year. James Carville and Mary Matalin started "Beyond the Ballot: A Government in Transition" four years ago. After an initial...

11.6.12 garland@wwl.com - It's hard to believe and admit that for decades I was not interested in politics and elections...at all…nada….zero….no interest. Katrina changed all that. What the government does to and for us is of...

10.30.12 garland@wwl.com - Monday on the Think Tank I was joined by Dr. Ryan Teten, Assistant Professor of the Political Science at ULL, who specializes in elections and campaigns. Dr. Teten will join me election night to offer analysis; we talked...