How Will They Hold the Swords?

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

Out on a Limb

• “Romney’s Team Sees a Path to Winning the Presidency”–headline, McClatchy Newspapers, May 6
• “European Elections Complicate Outlook”–headline, Puffington Host, May 6

‘Take My Wife. Please.’
“Reporter Covering Obama Offers Relatives to Press for Interviews”–headline, TheWeeklyStandard.com, May 4

How Will They Hold the Swords?
“Deer Fencing to be Allowed in Hopatcong”–headline, Patch.com (Hopatcong, N.J.), May 4

‘And It Turns Out Pluto Isn’t Even a Planet!’
“Man Fined for Selling Faulty Solar Systems”–headline, 9News website (Australia), May 7

It’s Always in the Last Place You Look
“Indian Airforce Loses Half Its Planes”–headline, Daily Telegraph (London), May 3

Bottom Stories of the Day

• “Mitt Romney to Raise Money in Utah in June”–headline, Salt Lake Tribune, May 5
• “Obama Knocks Romney in First 2012 Campaign Rally”–headline, Reuters, May 5

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.”