The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
Everything Seemingly Is Spinning Out of Control
- “Twittering Workers Cost Business £1.4bn”–headline, Financial Times, Oct. 26
- “Boca Raton Grapples With Exploding Iguana Population; ‘They’ll Never Get Rid of Them,’ Expert Says”–headline, Palm Beach Post, Oct. 26
- “Great White Nearly Bit in Half by an Even BIGGER Monster: Swimmers Stay Out of the Water After Warning Over Giant 20ft Shark”–headline, Daily Mail (London), Oct. 27
- “The Big Whack: Currency Collapse Drives McDonald’s Out of Iceland”–headline, Globe and Mail (Toronto), Oct. 27
- “Billy Carter Gas Station May Become Historic Site”–headline, USA Today Web site, Oct. 26
Bottom Stories of the Day
- ” ‘Meteorite’ That Hit Latvia Is a Hoax, Experts Say”–headline, Times (London), Oct. 26
- “Education Board Calls for Less Cuts to Schools”–headline, Detroit Free Press, Oct. 26
- “Newt Gingrich Considering Run for President in 2012”–headline, PoliticsDaily.com, Oct. 25
- “Vice President Biden’s Favorable Rating Continues to Decline”–headline, Gallup.com, Oct. 26
- “Possible Cheating Probed at National Sudoku Match”–headline, Associated Press, Oct. 27
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