Author: Jay Tea

As I watched the destruction in Haiti from the earthquake, I found myself wondering if we have seen the destruction of the nation of Haiti. Never the most functional …

Wow. Yesterday, the Republican candidate to replace Ted Kennedy in the US Senate announced he was going to have a "money bomb" event and try to raise half a …

Today's Boston Globe has an editorial chastising the state's hospitals for not attending meetings where the subject of health care costs would be discussed. More specifically, how said hospitals …

Back in 2004, the Democrats who own Massachusetts got a rude shock, on the eve of what could have been their greatest triumph. One of their own, Senator John …

Ah, the Massachusetts Senate Race, to see who will fill the (voluminous and high-octane) seat vacated by Ted Kennedy. Could one ask for a better snapshot into the massively …

In the comments to my article yesterday about Sarah Palin and her decision to skip attending this year's CPAC, several "concern trolls" talked about how they really wanted to …

I've said it before, but it bears repeating: if you want to understand what Sarah Palin is up to, just listen to her. She's not a political sophisticate, folks. …

There have been two mass shootings in the last week, and I find myself unhappily noticing a common thread between them. In the Las Vegas courthouse shooting that left …

I've been a fan of the band Genesis since about the mid-eighties (which makes me a latecomer -- they first started in the late 60's). It pretty much matches …

Maybe it's a result of my somewhat sheltered upbringing in snow-white New Hampshire, but I keep stumbling across these "symbols of racism" that -- to me -- have no …