The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.

Bottom Stories of the Day
“Hurricane Causes Three Canceled Flights at Blue Grass Airport”–headline, Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader, Oct. 29

Warsaw to Be Overrun by Algae
“Warmer Future Oceans Could Cause Phytoplankton to Thrive Near Poles, Shrink in Tropics”–headline, National Science Foundation press release, Oct. 25

Accountability Journalism
“WASHINGTON–President Barack Obama has spent months trying to balance his re-election bid with running the government. Now, just when his campaign needs him the most, with little more than a week before the election, his official job is beckoning.”–Julie Pace, Associated Press, Oct. 28

Two Papers in One!–I

  • “Imagine getting a letter from the boss, telling you how to vote. Until 2010, federal law barred companies from using corporate money to endorse and campaign for political candidates–and that included urging employees to support specific politicians. . . . Election law experts did not point to any corporate efforts this year to urge employees to back Mr. Obama.”–news story, New York Times, Oct. 27
  • “For these and many other reasons, we enthusiastically endorse President Barack Obama for a second term.”–editorial, New York Times, Oct. 28

Two Papers in One!–II

  • “President Bush smiled when he learned this week that economic growth during the third quarter reached a surprising 2.7 percent, almost twice the previous rate. But his smile shouldn’t be broad. The new figure almost certainly exaggerates the health of the economy, which continues to creep along at a painfully slow pace. Even the 2.7 figure is half the normal rate of recovery and not enough to bring down unemployment.”–editorial, New York Times, Oct. 29, 1992
  • “The slow pace of the nation’s economic recovery has picked up a bit lately. In the third quarter, the economy grew at an annual rate of 2 percent, beating expectations and the dismal 1.3 percent growth in the second quarter. Over the past year, the growth rate has been 2.3 percent. At that pace, there’s enough momentum to keep unemployment, currently 7.8 percent, from getting much worse.”–editorial, New York Times, Oct. 27, 2012

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