No Irish Republicans need apply

Around the corner and down the street, I see a new coffee shop is coming to the Brown University area. And it's called Blue State Coffee. OK, this is probably the bluest area of one of the bluest states, but it did get me wondering if this were tongue in cheek or seriously political. The Blue State Coffee website, however, leaves no doubt it's the latter.

Now I'm visualizing a throwback to centuries past, when coffeehouses were centers of political agitation, complete with brawling in the streets between patrons of rival establishments. Perhaps I should hasten to register the domain redstatecoffee.com? How about independentstatecoffee.com? A bit long, but more to my taste (sorry, I'm not much of a joiner).

Incidentally, here's a link to an article deflating the myth of "No Irish Need Apply" signs, at least here in the United States.

Posted by David on July 25, 2007 11:14 AM