The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
At Least It Didn’t Fill Up on the Rolls
“The Dog Ate My Aston Martin”–headline, AutoWeek.com, Feb. 5
Two Editors in One!
‘What’s an Ice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?’
“Cold Temps Keep Icebreakers Busy Along the Bay”–headline, WTOP-FM website (Washington), Feb. 4
At Least It Didn’t Fill Up on the Rolls
“The Dog Ate My Aston Martin”–headline, AutoWeek.com, Feb. 5
Hey, Kids! What Time Is It?
“It’s time to stop throwing pity parties for Pluto.”–Robert Irion, Slate.com, Feb. 5
Answers to Questions Nobody Is Asking
Bottom Stories of the Day
Reliable Sources
From a New York Times piece on the death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, apparently of a heroin overdose:
Mr. Hoffman had admitted to a drug relapse at a Narcotics Anonymous meeting in December, where a leader asked if those in attendance were counting their time sober in terms of years, months, weeks or days. Mr. Hoffman said, “I am counting days,” according to a person at the meeting who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the group’s rules.
A pamphlet on the Narcotics Anonymous website advises: “To respect the anonymity of all of our members, we ask that people who attend our meetings not talk about who our members are or what they share in meetings.” It doesn’t sound as if the Times’s source was fully compliant with the rules.
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