The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
Out on a Limb
- “Photo Finish: Close Presidential and Congressional Races Could Affirm the Status Quo”–headline, RollCall.com, Nov. 6
- “Ohio Voters’ Feelings Towards Barack Obama and Mitt Romney Could Decide Our Next President”–headline, Daily News (New York), Nov. 5
- “Early Exit Polls Bound to Provide Surprises, Disappointments”–headline, Los Angeles Times website, Nov. 6
Bottom Stories of the Day
- “Bob Dylan Predicts Obama ‘in a Landslide’ “–headline, Associated Press, Nov. 6
- “Obama Wins More Newspaper Endorsements Than Romney, but Fewer Than in 2008”–headline, NationalJournal.com, Nov. 5
- “Federal-Employee Unions Back Obama”–headline, NationalJournal.com, Nov. 5
News You Can Use
“If You’re a British Spy, Don’t Drive a Jaguar With ‘007’ Plates”–headline, TheAtlanticWire.com, Nov. 5
News of the Tautological
“Man-Eating Leopard Devours 15”–headline, ABCNews.com, Nov. 5
Too Little of a Bad Thing
An editorial in the San Jose Mercury News advises Silicon Valley readers how to vote. Not surprisingly, the left-liberal newspaper opens by recommending a vote for Barack Obama. But then it shows some surprising economic literacy when the subject turns to a local ballot measure:
Voters may struggle most with the feel-good Measure D, which would instantly raise the minimum wage in the city to $10 an hour from the state’s $8. It will mean more pay for some but layoffs for others, and it will add to San Jose’s image as a place hostile to business. Vote no, and instead work to increase the state minimum, which is overdue.
But that last clause is bizarre, isn’t it? Don’t make San Jose hostile to business, make the whole state hostile to business!
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