First, Get a Billion Dollars

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

First, Get a Billion Dollars
“How to Be a Billionaire Sports Team Owner”–headline, CNN.com, Jan. 9

Bad News for John McCain
“Grizzlies Maul Mavericks in Memphis”–headline, Associated Press, Jan. 4

Dizzy in the Head and I’m Feeling Blue
This New York Times editorial, from a week ago Sunday, may be an all-time classic. The subject is the need for higher taxes:

We also acknowledge that a tax increase on the rich, though feasible, could backfire in these tense times. Because it is hard to explain and easy to demagogue, it could foster a confusing debate that might impair confidence just when confidence needs to be revived.

The Times editorialists find their own position “hard to explain”? Couldn’t it be that it’s just wrong, or that the editorialists aren’t very good at their jobs?

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.”