The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
The Good News Is, Now They Can Collect Unemployment
“District Fires Workers in Unemployment Benefits Probe”–headline, Washington Post, April 18
Questions Nobody Is Asking
- “Where’s Romney’s Outrage Over Ted Nugent?”–headline, Washington Post website, April 17
- “On the ‘Buffett Rule,’ Should Obama Get an A for Effort?”–headline, Washington Post, April 18
Everything Seemingly Is Spinning Out of Control
“Column: NHL Increasingly Popular, Out of Control”–headline, Associated Press, April 18
News of the Tautological
“A Korean fishing boat sank in New Zealand waters nearly two years ago because it was not watertight, an expert witness testified at an inquest today.”–TVNZ website, April 17
News of the Doubly Oxymoronic
“Almost overnight, Israel has become a mecca for beer drinkers.”–Israel21c.org, April 16
Bottom Stories of the Day
- “Mitch Daniels Endorses Mitt Romney for President”–headline, Huffington Post, April 18
- “Harry Reid Shuts Down Budget Process in Senate”–headline, PowerLineBlog.com, April 17
- “A Week After He Dropped Out, Santorum Mailers Hit Iowa Ripping Romney as Frightening”–headline, Des Moines Register, April 17
- “Biden Revs Up Young People by Slamming Romney, GOP”–headline, Politico.com, April 17
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