The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
Wannabe Pundits
Hey, kids! It’s time for another game of “Guess the Topic”!
But overall, we attempt to be a watchdog of those with power. When we fail to play that role, generally speaking, terrible things happen. The Iraq War is a worst-case scenario. We trusted our president implicitly, led the cheers when we declared war on Iraq and declined to demand answers to difficult questions. Hundreds of billions of dollars later, and with our economy in collapse, we now blame poor, minority homeowners for the fall of our society.
Hint: It is neither Iraq nor the mortgage crisis. The bizarre non sequitur is merely a diversion.
Another hint: The article, by Jason Whitlock, comes from the Kansas City Star.
OK, one final hint: It’s not about the Royals.
We suppose that gave it away. Kansas City doesn’t have a basketball or hockey team, so obviously it’s about the Chiefs.
Arbeit Macht Frei. Jetzt Kommt Miller Zeit.
“Some of Britain’s schoolchildren think Auschwitz is a type of beer–rather than the notorious Nazi death camp,” reports Sky News:
A survey of around 1,000 secondary school pupils aged 11 to 16 found 10% of youngsters were unsure what Auschwitz was.
Almost 10% of those polled thought the camp was a country bordering Germany and 2% thought it was a brand of beer. . . .
Stephanie Rose, from the London Jewish Cultural Centre, who helped construct the poll said: “We are not surprised by the results, although we are disappointed.
“If we are not careful, the Holocaust will disappear into the realms of history like the battle of Trafalgar.”
As every schoolboy knows, the battle of Trafalgar was part of the Whiskey Rebellion.
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