Author: Jay Tea

The other day, a local talk show host here in New Hampshire was talking about an "open holster" protest at our State House. The Legislature is considering a bill …

A couple of years ago, when Congress was debating raising the national minimum wage, quite a few detractors of the plan (myself included) said that the move -- couched …

In Rick's piece last night about Public Broadcasting and the term "tea-baggers" for the Tea Party protesters, a contender for "Wizbang Troll In Residence" Steve Green (not to be …

Over in Ireland, they've taken a look at their "blasphemy" laws, and come to a conclusion: They needed to expand it. Prior to this, the law had strictly protected …

With the near-catastrophe over Detroit on Christmas, everyone's pointing fingers and trying to figure out just what failed in stopping the Underwear Bomber. There were plenty of clues out …

Man, I hate it when I hit "publish" on an article, then remember one point I was trying to make. In my discussion of how Secretary of Homeland Security …

The New York Times sent Deborah Solomon to interview former Bush administration legal aide John Yoo. Solomon was on a rather search and destroy mission. Unfortunately for her, the …

Today's Boston Globe has an editorial that stretches the definition of "realpolitik" past any sense of credibility -- but they somehow manage to keep a straight face. Recently, news …

There's a bit of a dustup among the more excitable members of the left end of the blogosphere (including the exceptionally prissy Charles Johnson) about CPAC's choosing to accept …

After Pants On Fire Guy tried to go all Grinch on Detroit's Christmas last week, President Obama's Secretary of Homeland Security was quick to comment that the "system" had …