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

Bottom Stories of the Day

  • “National Women’s History Museum Makes Little Progress After 16 Years”–headline, Huffington Post, April 8
  • “Obama Heads to the Golf Course”–headline, TheHill.com, April 7

The President Finally Catches a Break
“Barbra Streisand Won’t Sing at Obama’s L.A. Fund-Raiser”–headline, Reuters, April 8

Dumbing Down Dumb
One Brent Budowsky has a piece in the Hill on ObamaCare and the Supreme Court that is so staggeringly dumb, the only explanation we can come up with for it is that he’s trying to make President Obama look smart by comparison. Here’s the lead paragraph:

President Obama is absolutely right about this: If the Supreme Court rules the healthcare bill unconstitutional, it would be an overreach that would be an extreme example of judicial activism that violates the most core principles of what is called conservatism and, I would argue, would lead to a destructive historical break point in the history of the United States Supreme Court that would tarnish forever the reputation of the chief justice and the conservative majority of justices for centuries to come.

This may be the worst-written opinion piece in history, including college papers. He also tries an appeal to the ladies:

I find it ironic, outrageous and profoundly troubling that a Supreme Court majority of five men would join and at times lead an ideological attack on laws and programs that benefit women. This is unbecoming and unwise for a partisan party in the legislative and executive branches. It is radical, unprecedented and outside of American judicial tradition when a Supreme Court majority of five men wage an ideological crusade that places laws and programs benefiting women, by result if not design, under attack by the judicial branch while under attack by Republican partisans in Congress.

He adds: “My warning to the Supreme Court majority is this: Be careful.” We’re sure the justices are losing sleep over that one.

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