Author: Jay Tea

I commute to work right when school starts, so I arrange my route to avoid them. Sometimes, though, I can't avoid it. And though I'd love to get around …

This morning's Boston papers both featured a horrifying story: a 19-year-old man was killed by his 8-months-pregnant 16-year-old girlfriend in her family's apartment in South Boston. (Glob link omitted …

As noted below and elsewhere, there is a lot of heat going around right now about Newsweek and its erroneous story about a Koran being flushed down a toilet …

Disposable razors remove far more stubble if they are used with the little plastic cap protecting the blades removed. (Note to self: you have officially reached the age where …

The laws of Nature are much, much harsher than the laws of Man. What is often considered not a crime, or a minor one at best, will sometimes bring …

There's a rather appalling story in the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune today. It seems that a Nashua, NH father taking his 4-year-old son for chemotherapy in Lebanon, NH took a slight …

Last week's revelations about the apparent gross financial misconduct by the Everett, Massachusetts school district is causing a bit of a stir among the state legislature. Apparently they're shocked …

I've had occasion to go to a supermarket (well, one supermarket and a Wal-Mart Super Center, but I bought groceries there) twice in recent days, and both times I've …

Sometimes timing is everything... Last night, I had a post almost all written out in my head. I was comparing the "insurgents" in Iraq to the Democrats in Washington, …

Teddy Kennedy's recent brush with tax-evasion has put a lot of attention on his family and their positions on various taxes. Now, Teddy is one of the lions of …