Daily Best of the Web - May 3, 2010

It Invoked the Self-Incrimination Claws

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

NOTE: The excerpts below are from the April 15 BOTW archives.

We Blame Gravity
“Officials Seek Cause of Snohomish Dairy-Manure Spill”–headline, Seattle Times, April 14

It Invoked the Self-Incrimination Claws
“Cat Won’t Have to Testify on Health Care Claims”–headline, Journal Star (Peoria, Ill), April 15

Questions Nobody Is Asking

• “Do Toddlers Need Cake as Well as Carrots?”–headline, BBC Web site, April 14
• “Why Should The Post Give Credibility to a Bloviating Blogger?”–headline, Washington Post, April 15
• “Anyone for Elephant Polo?”–headline, West Australian (Perth), April 15

Everything Seemingly Is Spinning Out of Control

• “Bungling Handyman Puts Ladder Against Branch He Is Sawing Off . . . Then Sues Bosses After Breaking His Foot”–headline, Daily Mail (London), April 14
• “Library of Congress Archives Twitter History, While Google Searches It”–headline, Wired.com, April 14

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