Shortest Books Ever Written

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

What Would We Do Without Experts?

• “Wake Forest Expert: Linking Boston Bombings to Terrorism Difficult”–headline, Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal, April 23
• “Experts: Feds’ Case vs. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Has Holes”–headline, Boston Herald, April 23

Shortest Books Ever Written 
“How the Real Housewives Have Made America Better’–headline, Huffington Post, April 22

That Would Drive Anyone Nuts 
“Missing California Man Survived 8-Day Ordeal on Pine Nuts”–headline, FoxNews.com April 23

Charcoal Grille
The Washington Post has an alarmist editorial about “climate change”–but this time it’s bashing Europe:

Only a few years ago, it would have been outrageous to claim that the United States would ever be on a better emissions trajectory than Europe. Yet it is now burning less coal even as Europe burns more. That partially reflects the fact that the United States is only now taking steps mandating greater fuel efficiency for cars.

Help us out, Washington Post. Where do we get one of these fuel-efficient coal-powered cars?

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