Questions Nobody Is Asking

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

Out on a Limb
“World’s Biggest, Oldest Trees Are Dying: Research”–headline, Agence France-Presse, Dec. 7

Questions Nobody Is Asking
“Is Hungary Really Less Corrupt Than the Czech Republic and Slovakia?”–headline, Politics.hu, Dec. 5

News of the Tautological

• “Pearl Harbor Day Sees Fewer Surviving Veterans From 1941 Hawaii Attack”–headline, Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 7
• “Men Who Have Cancer More Likely to Die From It, Study Finds”–headline, NBCNews.com, Dec. 6

Bottom Stories of the Day
“Unions Reject Plans for Pension Overhaul”–headline, Chicago Tribune, Dec. 6

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