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

News of the Tautological

  • “Madison County Taxpayers Paying Up”–headline, St. Louis Post-Disptach, Feb. 18
  • “Malicious Software Infects Computers”–headline, New York Times, Feb. 19

News You Can Use

  • “Ice-Coffee on Sale in Debt-Stricken Greece”–headline, Reuters, Feb. 19
  • “Don’t Expect Progress From Talking to Syria”–headline, Washington Post, Feb. 19

Bottom Stories of the Day

  • “Not All Southwest Michigan Gas Stations Went Up to $2.59.9”–headline, Kalamazoo Gazette, Feb. 18
  • “Local Deli Bringing Canadian Cuisine to Utah”–headline, KSL-TV Web site (Salt Lake City), Feb. 18

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.