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

Bottom Stories of the Day

  • “Two Years Later, No Sightings of Wayward Whales”–headline, KCRA-TV Web site (Sacramento, Calif.), May 29
  • “After 9 Hours Behind Closed Doors, Joint Finance Committee Says Public Meeting Is Moved to Noon Thursday”–headline, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 27
  • “Venezuela’s Chavez Launches 4-Day Talkathon”–headline, Associated Press, May 28
  • “How Canadians Spend Their Time Online”–headline, HitWise.com, May 27
  • “Chicago Alderman Is Indicted”–headline, The Wall Street Journal, May 29
  • “Columnist Joins Own Fan Club”–headline, WSJ.com, May 29

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.