I don't believe in the very concept of "first thing in the morning." I'm a "third thing in the afternoon" fellow.
James LileksAll you need to know about Arafat was that he insisted on wearing a pistol when he addressed the UN General Assembly. And all you need to know about the UN, I suppose, is that they let him.
James LileksAnd I don't want posture lessons from a country that spent the last 20 years flopping on its back and grabbing its ankles when Saddam showed up waving stacks of Francs in exchange for bang-sticks.
James LileksI'll start drinking tea over coffee when the big hand is on Never and the little hand is on Ain't Gonna Happen.
James LileksFrom Day One the very existence of [Camp Bravo] has been a popcorn hull in the tender gums of the hard left.
James LileksThe al-Qaida cell broken up near Buffalo, N.Y., contains some citizens who also found themselves in Afghanistan, training for the Great All-Around Satan Smiting. Treason? Oh, of course not. They were on a religious pilgrimage and got lost. Happens all the time. I knew a kid who went to Lutheran Bible Camp and turned up six years later in a Christian Identity compound with a shaved head and a Hitler mustache.
James Lileks