He Was Too Big for Supercuts

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

He Was Too Big for Supercuts
“Former Giant Barber to Return to NFL”–headline, The Wall Street Journal, March 9

Breaking News From 1862
“North Dakota Lawmakers Vote to Keep ‘Fighting Sioux’ “–headline, Reuters, March 11

Bottom Stories of the Day
“Radiation Leak Not Expected to Pose Risk to Canada”–headline, CTV.ca, March 14

Bridge to the 20th Century
Even the liberal New York Times admits that Bamtrak, President Obama’s rail boondoggle, is ill-conceived. A news story in Saturday’s paper notes that the Tampa-to-Orlando line, nixed by Florida’s new governor, Rick Scott, “had obvious drawbacks”:

It would have linked two cities that are virtually unnavigable without cars, and that are so close that the new train would have been little faster than driving. But the Obama administration chose it anyway because it was seen as the line that could be built first.

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