First Cup 04.03.06 »

Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Confederate Yankee And what was it before? — “The NY Times released an anonymous editorial Sunday titled, “The Endgame in Iraq.” To read it is to understand why the Times is failing both financially and intellectually.”
Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Lighting A [...]

First Cup 03.31.06 »

The first cup is for the guest, the second for enjoyment, the third for the sword. ~ An old Arabic saying
TMH’s Bacon Bits (The [jet-lagged] MaryHunter) Thomas Sowell on Education Bias — “Intriguing and refreshing were Prof. Sowell’s comments on the rampant bias we see in universities today.”
Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Swann Leads Rendell [...]

First Cup 03.30.06 »

Nancy Astor: “If I were your wife, I would put poison in your coffee.”
Sir Winston Churchill: “And if I were your husband, I would drink it.”
Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Gray Lady Misrepresents FISA Testimony — “The New York Times has panicked into a serious misrepresentation of the testimony given to the Senate Judiciary [...]

First Cup 03.29.06 »

Give a frontiersman coffee and tobacco, and he will endure any privation, suffer any hardship, but let him be without these two necessaries of the woods, and he becomes irresolute and murmuring ~ U.S. Army Lt. William Whiting, 1849
California Conservative (Gary Gross) And Then What? — “Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, AKA the Dim-witted [...]

First Cup 03.28.06 »

Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love ~ Talleyrand
Red State (Michael Toner) Remarks From Today’s FEC hearing — “First, the proposed rules totally exempt individuals who engage in political activity on the Internet from the restrictions of the campaign finance laws.”
Right Wing News (John Hawkins) The Senate’s Illegal [...]