The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
How They Got Teleprompters He’ll Never Know
“Obama Addressing High School Graduates With Teleprompters”–headline, RealClearPolitics.com, June 7
Help Wanted
“Feds: 2 Sought to Join Jihad”–headline, Detroit News, June 7
News of the Tautological
- “Seniors Target in Grandparents Scam, State Officials Say”–headline, Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader, June 8
- “Small Offshore Earthquakes Under Santa Monica Bay Shake Parts of Southern California”–headline, Associated Press, June 7
Bottom Stories of the Day
- “Suspect Says He Didn’t Do It, Wants Charges Reduced”–headline, North Platte (Neb.) Bulletin, June 7
- “Protest Flow Minimal at Twin Cities BP Stations”–headline, Star Tribune (Minneapolis), June 6
Great Moments in Editorial Writing
“Israel’s blockade of Gaza is crumbling,” opines the Washington Post:
But the solution is not as simple as simply ending the checks on sea and land traffic by Israel. What’s needed is a new regime that addresses the legitimate needs of Palestinians in Gaza without further empowering Hamas and its patron, Iran.
Eureka! It’s that simple. If only someone had thought of this before.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Times editorial page offers these deep thoughts:
It’s a drumbeat on the right: The Obama administration is in deliberate denial about the existence of “Islamic terrorism.” . . . There is some truth in this criticism. The administration has assiduously avoided terms that recognize the distinct threat posed by those who cite Islam as a rationalization for terror. . . . So what should the proper terminology be? How about “terrorism, carried out in the name of Islam”?
Another problem solved. Now can we send a team of editorialists to the Gulf of Mexico to plug that damn hole?
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