Author: Jay Tea

I regret to announce that there is a glitch in our comment-processing software. For some reason, whenever someone posts an insulting comment in a foreign language (such as, say, …

A friend of mine is having a very turbulent life right now. Her husband is entertaining two great job offers, and both involve moving -- in opposite directions. Or …

Every now and then, after banning a particularly noxious troll, I find myself wondering what became of them. I hope that they've learned their lesson in civility, and proving …

My apologies for the delay in this piece; I was rather delightfully distracted online last night. So, we've established that our health care system works pretty damned well, but …

Well, as the political season moves on, we find that once again the notion of "health care reform" is rearing its ugly head yet again. I'm no expert, but …

As pretty much everyone has heard, a student at Pace University is facing serious criminal charges for doing what Newsweek fabricated a year ago: tossing a Koran in a …

Yesterday, I wrote a piece about some environmental activists getting tasered by the local police in Brattleboro, Vermont. (It was a nice change of pace from the other recent …

In Brattleboro, Vermont, a bunch of people decided to take action against a move they said was damaging to the environment. In their peaceful protest, they refused orders from …

The Boston Globe has one columnist who can routinely find the absolute dumbest position on pretty much any issue and run it right into the ground. That gentleman is …

For some time now, I've been meaning to discuss health care financing reform. I still am, but it turns out that someone has stolen a march on me on …