The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
1. Vacation in Detroit
“Surefire Ways to Become a Crime Victim on Vacation”–headline, Detroit Free Press, May 11
No Wonder–It’s the Middle of the Night There
“Australian Children Among the Sleepiest”–headline, Sydney Morning Herald, May 10
Hey, Kids! What Time Is It?
“It’s Potato Planting Time on Prince Edward Island”–headline, Prince Edward Island Potato Planting Board press release, May 10
News of the Tautological
“Camden Chief: ‘Suburban Drug Buyers’ Who Overdosed on Tainted Heroin Live Outside the City”–headline, South Jersey Times (Woodbury), May 12
Bottom Stories of the Day
- “Chelsea Clinton Urges Girls to Break Into Traditionally Male-Dominated Fields”–headline, Omaha World-Herald, May 10
- “Report by Emergency Manager Says Detroit’s Finances Are Crumbling, Future Is Bleak”–headline, Associated Press, May 13
Tax Examiner Barbie
Our headline notwithstanding, we’ve managed to find some levity in the Obama IRS scandal. It’s in this Friday blog post by the Washington Post’s Aaron Blake:
About a half-hour into a conference call with reporters Friday afternoon, senior Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner said something she will regret.
“I’m not good at math,” she confessed as she tried to summon a statistic.
Lerner clarified that she is a lawyer and not an accountant (a fair defense) but the remark instantly blew up on Twitter–an IRS official being bad at math!?–and wound up punctuating what was a torturous response to the IRS’ admission that it inappropriately targeted tea party groups.
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.
