Author: Jay Tea

By the time this piece publishes, Mr. Duckie and I should be well into the hinterlands of northern New Hampshire. As an early birthday present to myself , I'm …

When it comes to choosing which candidates to back, I tend to go by my "gut" more than any rational reason. I tend to trust my instincts, my subconscious, …

Every now and then I look at N.Z. Bear's ecosystem of blogs and wonder why we aren't ranked higher, And every now and then I'm reminded that simply ranking …

(Stolen from the comments at LGF) But I suspect they wouldn't dare do "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" -- especially if they flashed a picture of this Georgian …

Corruption scandals at the World Bank? Color me shocked... In all seriousness, I believe that this was the sort of thing that Paul Wolfowitz focused on ending. No wonder …

About a month ago, I wrote about a New Hampshire family in a bit of legal trouble. The father had discovered that his 15-year-old daughter had had sex with …

There's a saying that "tough cases make for bad laws." Likewise, I find myself wondering if the very worst people tend to have a similar effect. Last week, two …

I've often mentioned my dear friend Candy -- she's the born-again Christian, happily-married, home-schooling mother of five I've known for a bit over a decade or so. She's far …

Lord, sometimes I hate being right. In David Gerrold's sci-fi classic "The War Against The Chtorr," his protagonist has developed an uncanny reputation for being able to predict the …

One of the tougher things about being an amateur armchair analyst is separating what I WANT, what I BELIEVE, and what I KNOW. For example, I WANT my senator, …