Author: Jay Tea

The big theme running around the anti-war blogs nowadays is a revival of the classic "chickenhawk" accusation. In a nutshell (a singularly appropriate turn of phrase in this context), …

About 20 years ago, long before I ever heard of the Darwin Awards, I coined the phrase "Active Darwinism" to describe the phenomenon of people doing moronically stupid things …

Once again, the tired old fossil called the "exit strategy" is being hauled out, creaking and groaning, and once more pushed to the forefront. I can understand its appeal. …

Today's Boston Globe featured a rather interesting story in its Business section. They profiled a blogger who's learned how he can supplement her income and lifestyle: he accepts gifts …

I've mentioned in passing the story of Manuel Gehring, the New Hampshire man who killed his two children, then hanged himself in his jail cell before his trial. But …

I've been wondering just how long it would take for municipal leaders, feeling their oats in light of the Kelo case on eminent domain, would start flexing their newly-confirmed …

Now that the heat has faded from my outrage over the Supreme Court's decision about eminent domain in the Kelo case, I've taken a little time to read and …

I've always been fond of the game of chess. It's fascinated me since I was seven or so, when I was a gifted amateur. Unfortunately, I haven't progressed much …

Last night, in the comments section of my posting about the Kelo decision, "neil" whined that he couldn't comment on Paul's posting covering Karl Rove's speech in New York. …

I'm no historian, no legal scholar, no Constitutional expert, nothing like that. But I always thought, from everything I had learned about United States history that one of the …