Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Captain’s Quarters (Mayor scriptum Ed Morrissey) The Niqab Dismissal — “Multiculturalism sounds great in theory, but in practice it gets expensive and destructive. We need to stop setting the expectation that we will accommodate all differences. When people come to the US to live, they need to understand the rules and comprehend that we will not make hundreds of millions of people bear the burden of accommodation.”

Blue Crab Boulevard An Agenda At Odds — “Pete du Pont, writing in the Opinion Journal brings together all of the things that various Democratic politicians have been saying recently and lays out the agenda the House would follow under Democratic party control. Many of these items are not new to long-time readers here. I have discussed many of them, some many times. But du Pont’s collection of everything in one place is instructive.”

Iowa Voice (Brian) Here’s What Will Happen The Day After The Election — “First, we’ve all seen the rather numerous “Democrats are ahead”, “Independents will vote Dem”, and “GOPers staying home” kind of nonsense out of the media for the last few weeks. We’ve been down this road before, in 2002 and 2004. Each time it was “the Democrats have already won, Republicans need not bother to vote, it’s over” and each time the result was a Republican victory.”

The Jawa Report (Bluto) Hastert Chides Pelosi For Her ‘Irresponsible’ Iraq Withdrawal Scenario — “House Speaker Dennis Hastert calls Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi’s views, expressed Sunday in a CBS “Sixty Minutes” segment, “…foolish, naive and dangerous.” Speaker Hastert was being too kind. Pelosi’s inability to understand the nature of the Global War on Terror was revealed quite clearly in this statement (From CNSNews):”