No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odour to the nostrils. ~ Henry Ward Beecher

Happy 1st Blogiversary to
Israel Matzav

It’s back to school day. Chaos Reigns!

Blogs for Bush (Mark Noonan) The Kooks Are Coming Home to Roost

Democrats, casting about for any club they could to belabor Bush with, brought these kooks into the mainstream, and now they’ve got to deal with them:

Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) What You Don’t Know About The Federal Minimum Wage

Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats have placed a significant minimum-wage increase at the top of their agenda for the 110th Congress. President Bush has signaled his willingness to approve it, using the increase as a lever for tax relief on small businesses. One would imagine that this show of bipartisanship springs from a national crisis, but George Will explains that the effort will benefit only a few, and not even the few that the politicos assume:

Sister Toldjah Dems take control of Congress today

It’s a big day for the Democrats and their friends in the MSM, as the Dems take control of Congress for the first time in 12 years. Here’s a mini-link roundup of stories, opinion pieces, and blogposts related to the swearing in of the 111th Congress: