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

News of the Tautological
“Wisconsin Recall Comes Down to Who Gets More Voters to Polls”–headline. CNN.com, June 5

Hey, Kids! What Time Is It?
“It Is Time for Governments to Borrow More Money”–headline, Washington Post, June 5

These Numbers Don’t Add Up
Check out this post on the White House website by Colleen Curtis, director of digital content for the Office of Digital Strategy:

The gender wage gap puts women at a career-long disadvantage. In 2011, a typical 25-year-old woman working full-time all year earned $5,000 less than a typical 25-year-old man. In just 10 years, her cumulative lost wages will reach $34,000. If that earnings gap is not corrected, by the age of 65 years, she will have lost $431,000 over her working lifetime.

So let’s see, the “gender wage gap” is $5,000 a year at age 25.

Between 25 and 35, it’s $3,400 a year ($34,000 divided by 10 years).

Between 25 and 65, it’s $10,775 a year ($431,000 divided by 40 years).

[Ms. Curtis’] post is a push for something called the Paycheck Fairness Act. Apparently we are supposed to believe not only that employers are “unfair” to women, but that they are especially unfair to middle-aged women yet least unfair to women on the cusp of middle age (i.e., in their early 30s). Math is hard.

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