Author: Jay Tea

For a few years now, we've had the left refer to the religious right as the "American Taliban." But now that we've had a real incident that actually parallels …

There's an old scheme called the "negative option." You've all seen it -- "Congratulations! We've given you a membership in our widget club! Every month, we'll send you a …

On January 20, 1835, a crazy guy tried to assassinate President Andrew Jackson. He pulled a gun on him just outside the Capitol Building and pulled the trigger, but …

In Massachusetts, the state is considering a bill to make fully-automatic weapons even tougher to get. As part of an overarching gun control bill (which would also limit people …

It's been four days since May 5, and I'm still angry. "Cinco De Mayo," the annual quasi-bacchanalia of Mexican-American pride, had some extra connotations this year. Quite a few …

Well, the great Portsmouth, New Hampshire Bus Bomb Scare is over, the dust is settled, the details have come out, and -- guess what? -- it was much ado …

Once again, New Hampshire is showing the rest of the nation how things ought to be done. In a case related to the collapse of a mortgage firm, our …

Well, as I predicted (and hoped), the bomb scare on the Greyhound Bus in Portsmouth, New Hampshire ended uneventfully. One passenger was taken into custody, the rest of the …

In Portsmouth, New Hampshire, a Greyhound Bus was passing through from Portland, Maine to New York City. One of the passengers announced he had a bomb on him, so …

I've always thought that humor was a solid indicator of intelligence. And in politics, some of the smartest observations I've ever encountered came from very funny people. For example, …