Author: Jay Tea

Mexico's president, Vicente Fox, is visiting the United States. I have a few thoughts: 1) When he goes home, can we give him a little gift to remember us …

This morning's Boston Globe has an opinion column by H. D. S. Greenway that discusses the war in Iraq, and cites some rather remarkable historical parallels. Greenway puts together …

Yesterday, much of the blogosphere was abuzz with the story of Jesse MacBeth, the former US Army Ranger who admitted to committing numerous atrocities and war crimes in Iraq. …

Well, it's official: according to the United States House of Representatives, pets now have nearly equal standing to human beings, when it comes to the value of their lives. …

While I certainly welcome Lorie (and Kim, if I didn't say so before) to the Wizbang! fold, I am a smidgen disturbed. The sudden surge in estrogen is proving …

I've often derided Lawrence, Massachusetts as a pit of a city -- and it is. But that doesn't mean that it's utterly irredeemable, that absolutely everything about the city …

When the US Navy announced that they were naming a new assault ship the USS New York after the 9/11 attacks, and using salvaged steel in her construction, I …

Yesterday, NPR did a story on the Beslan massacre, and I did my own piece on it here. Even though it wasn't the anniversary of that atrocity, it was …

I've said before that I listen to NPR on the weekends. Some shows are pure entertainment (Car Talk, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me), while others are for informational value. …

Once again, we are being reminded that the single most offensive thing that Israelis can do (besides exist) is to try to protect themselves. In Europe, officials are forbidding …