Hey, Kids! What Time Is It?

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

Actually He Loves Apes and Pigs
“Morsi Says His Slurs of Jews Were Taken Out of Context”–headline, New York Times, Jan. 17

Hey, Kids! What Time Is It?
“Britain, It’s Time to Embrace the Cabbage”–headline, Daily Telegraph (London), Jan. 17

Bottom Stories of the Day

• “Cycling May Lack Interest Even Among Devotees”–headline, MediaPost.com, Jan. 16
• “Al Gore ‘Sorry to See’ NYT Close Environmental Desk”–headline, Politico.com, Jan. 17

Hard Times
Here’s a shocking post on the New York Times website:

School bus drivers in New York City are on strike, and that means children and parents are finding other ways to get to school. Be our reporter and draw what you saw during the strike.

To help you out, here is an article about the school bus strike in New York City. You may illustrate any aspect of the story you wish.

(We’re also still accepting your drawings of Miss America in Brooklyn. Read about that assignment here.[)]

To submit drawings by children 12 years of age and under, follow the instructions here.

Those instructions don’t even say anything about payment. Apparently the New York Times Co. is in such dire financial straits it is having to resort to unpaid child labor.

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.”