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

A Small Price for No Longer Being French
“Ex-French Trader Must Pay $6.7 Billion for Fraud”–headline, Associated Press, Oct. 5

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
“Scientists Finish First Sea Census”–headline, MSNBC.com, Oct. 4

But Enough About Me, Let’s Talk About My Book
“Author Explores Age of Entitlement in ‘The Narcissism Epidemic’ “–headline, WFED-AM website (Washington), Oct. 1

His Aim Stinks
“Man Shoots Himself Trying to Kill Skunk”–headline, Associated Press, Oct. 3

News of the Tautological

  • “Math Tutors Make Sense of Numbers for the Math Wary”–headline, Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune, Oct. 4
  • “Toxic Groundwater Could Damage Health”–headline, Daily Illini (University of Illinois), Oct. 

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