The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
Questions Nobody Is Asking
- ” ‘Downward Sprial [sic]’ for Denver Post Copy Editing?”–headline, Poynter.org, May 25
- “Romney vs. Obama: Whose Side Is Colin Powell On?”–headline, TheWeek.com, May 25
News of the Tautological
- “Turkey Suicide Bombing Turns Deadly”–headline, MorningUSA.com, May 25
- “The science suggests that, over all, distance running and racing are extremely unlikely to kill you–except when, in rare instances, they do.”–Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times website, May 23
Bottom Stories of the Day
- “New courthouse won’t open Tuesday”–headline, WJXT-TV website (Jacksonville, Fla.), May 25
- “Dick Lugar Says He Has No Plans to Campaign for Richard Mourdock”–headline, Huffington Post, May 27
For more “Best of the Web” click here and look for the “Best of the Web Today” link in the middle column below “Today’s Columnists.”
