The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
Out on a Limb
- “Jerusalem Bus Bombing May Be Another Palestinian Attempt to Ramp Up Tensions”–headline, Commentary website, March 23
- “Shady Dealings Helped Qaddafi Build Fortune and Regime”–headline, New York Times, March 24
Bottom Stories of the Day
- “No Major Snowfall for Capital Region”–headline, Times Union (Albany, N.Y.), March 24
The Best Defense Is a Good Offense
Are you having trouble finding work? Maybe you shouldn’t have knocked over that liquor store. This advice is courtesy of Mary Ann Milbourn, Handling Hard Times columnist for the Orange County (Calif.) Register:
Blanket criminal background checks that don’t take into consideration when an offense occurred, how serious it was or whether it was job-related have shut out millions of people from getting jobs, according to a new study by the National Employment Law Project. . . .
The study says that with more than one in four U.S. adults now having a criminal record, as many as 64 million Americans are basically being told they need not apply because their offense outweighs their qualifications.
Can it really be true that 1 in 4 Americans has a criminal record? If so, our friends are more boring than we realized.
For more “Best of the Web” click here and look for thef “Best of the Web Today” link in the middle column below “Today’s Columnists.”
