The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
Those Wacky Creationists
“Ikea Monkey ‘Mom’ Won’t Get Him Back; Judge Rules Darwin Is a Wild Animal”–headline, Canadian Press, Sept. 13
#firstworldproblems
- “Vegans Petitioning Because They Can’t Drink Pumpkin Spice Lattes”–headline, Delish.com, Sept. 12
- “The U.S. Town That’s Secretly Canadian”–headline, Bloomberg, Sept. 12
Bottom Stories of the Day
- “South African Summer Citrus at Half-Season Point”–headline, Western Cape Citrus Producers Forum press release, Sept. 12
- “Al-Qaeda Chief Calls for Attacks on US in 9/11 Speech to Followers”–headline, Daily Telegraph (London), Sept. 13
- “Would you board flight 666 to HEL on Friday the 13th? For superstitious travelers, that might be tempting fate. But Finnair passengers on AY666 to Helsinki–which has the 3 letter designation HEL–don’t seem too bothered. Friday’s flight is almost full.”–David Mac Dougall, Associated Press, Sept. 13
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