The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
It’s Always in the Last Place You Look
“Historic Newspapers Found in Portsmouth Man’s Home”–headline, Portsmouth (N.H.) Herald, April 5
Position Filled
“Aurora Man Named as Casino Robber”–headline, Denver Post, April 6
Everything Seemingly Is Spinning Out of Control
- “Fire Alert Over Blairs’ Burnt Breakfast Toast”–headline, BBC Web site, April 5
- “Unexplained Sheep Attacks ‘Caused by Aliens in UFOs,’ Farmers Claim”–headline, Daily Telegraph (London), April 5
Bottom Stories of the Day
“No Changes Planned for Mecklenburg’s Dog Parks”–headline, Charlotte Observer, April 6
Mindless Woman in Topless March
“About two dozen women marched topless from Longfellow Square to Tommy’s Park . . . in an effort to erase what they see as a double standard on male and female nudity,” reports Maine’s Portland Press Herald:
Ty McDowell, who organized the march, said she was “enraged” by the turnout of men attracted to the demonstration. The purpose, she said, was for society to have the same reaction to a woman walking around topless as it does to men without shirts on.
Well, if we were walking around shirtless and a bunch of women were “attracted to the demonstration,” we’re pretty sure we wouldn’t be “enraged.” So perhaps the source of the double standard is Ty McDowell, not “society.”
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