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

Bottom Stories of the Day

  • “Local Speller Won’t Advance to National Bee Finals”–headline, Star Press (Muncie, Ind.), June 2
  • “Cat Rescued From Tree in Brooklyn”–headline, New York Post, June 1
  • “Romney Joins Presidential Race, Blasts Obama”–headline, USA Today website, June 2
  • “RNC Head Says Democrats Have a Big Problem With the Economy”–headline, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, June 2

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.