Questions Nobody Is Asking

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

Questions Nobody Is Asking
“Do Dogs Need Coats?”–headline, New York Post, Jan. 30

It’s Always in the Last Place You Look
“Gaboon Viper Found in Toronto Apartment”–headline, London (Ontario) Free Press, Jan. 30

Bottom Stories of the Day
“Fishing Dispute Between Canada, Denmark Heats Up”–headline, National Post (Canada), Jan. 31

5 Points Shy of a Coin Toss
In a survey conducted early last month, Rasmussen Reports found that “many voters have greater confidence in the telephone book these days than in the current Congress.” Many, but not a majority:

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 45% of likely U.S. voters now think a group of people selected at random from the phone book would do a better job addressing the nation’s problems than the current Congress. That’s up 12 points from October 2008, just before the last congressional elections. Thirty-six percent (36%) disagree, and another 19% are not sure.

These results actually seem to us to be a vote of confidence in Congress, given that the survey sample itself consisted of a group of people selected at random from the phone book!

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.