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

Out on a Limb
“Wisconsin Vote Underscores Challenges for Democrats”–headline, New York Times website, June 6

Shortest Books Ever Written
“What the Ayatollah Gets Right”–headline, Commentary website, June 5

Question and Answer

  • “What Is Food?”–headline, New York Times website, June 5
  • “What the Locusts Ate”–headline, New York Times, June 6

Bottom Stories of the Day

  • “Obama Extends Waiver Keeping US Embassy in Tel Aviv”–headline, Times of Israel, June 5
  • “Obama Heads West for Big LGBT Fundraiser With More Celebrities”–headline, FoxNews.com, June 5

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.”