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

Out on a Limb

  • “Could John Kerry Broker a Mideast Peace Deal? Probably Not”–headline, NationalJournal.com, Jan. 28
  • “North Koreans Shouldn’t Count on Using the New Google Maps”–headline, Washington Post website, Jan. 29

Working Title: ‘What Difference Does It Make?’
“Hillary Clinton to Write Second Memoir”–headline, Today.com, Jan. 29

Stolen Chops Found, Crooks Still on Lam
“Chicken Wing Thiefs [sic] Caught, Wings Still Missing”–headline, KTNV-TV website (Las Vegas), Jan. 29

News of the Oxymoronic
“SUV Drives off Santa Cruz Wharf, Lands in Ocean”–headline, KSBW-TV website (Salinas, Calif.), Jan. 28

Bottom Stories of the Day

  • “Thai King Advised to Rest After Having Mild Fever”–headline, Associated Press, Jan. 29
  • “Chris Cuomo Moving to CNN to Host Morning Show; Soledad O’Brien’s Role Unclear”–headline, Puffington Host, Jan. 29

To Be Safe, Never Say Anything to Anyone

  • “What Not to Say When Your Loved One Is Upset”–headline, Huffington Post, Jan. 7, 2011
  • “10 Things Not to Say to a Woman Who’s Had a Miscarriage”–headline, Huffington Post, Dec, 9, 2011
  • “10 Things Not to Say to a Cancer Patient”–headline, Huffington Post, Jan. 20, 2012
  • “5 Things Not to Say to Divorced Moms”–headline, Huffington Post, Feb. 16, 2012
  • “6 Things Not to Say to Married Women Who Kept Their Name”–headline, Huffington Post, Feb. 23, 2012
  • “What NOT to Say to a Friend With an Eating Disorder”–headline, Huffington Post, March 27, 2012
  • “What Not to Say to Someone in a Wheelchair”–headline, Huffington Post, July 3, 2012
  • “6 Things Not to Say to Someone Who Broke Off Her Engagement”–headline, Huffington Post, July 6, 2012
  • “7 Things Never to Say to Someone Going Through a High-Conflict Divorce”–headline, Huffington Post, July 16, 2012
  • “15 Things You Should Never Say to the Bereaved”–headline, Huffington Post, Aug. 13, 2012
  • “Shut Your Pie Hole: What Not to Say to a Divorcee”–headline, Huffington Post, Aug. 22, 2012
  • “The 6 Things You Shouldn’t Say to Your Adult Child”–headline, Huffington Post, Sept. 28, 2012
  • “12 Things Not to Say to a Stay-at-Home Dad”–headline, Huffington Post, Oct. 2, 2012
  • “What Not to Say to a New Mother–Hospital Staff”–headline, Huffington Post, Oct. 3, 2012
  • “What Not to Say to a Working Mom”–headline, Huffington Post, Jan. 28, 2013

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.”