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

News of the Tautological

  • “Mandatory Life-Jackets Would Save Lives, Experts Say”–headline, Globe and Mail (Toronto), May 21
  • “Utah Courts Keeping Secret Investigations Away From Public Eye”–headline, KSL-TV website (Salt Lake City), May 20

Bottom Stories of the Day

  • “Australian PM Has No Plans to Meet Dalai Lama”–headline, Associated Press, May 23
  • “There’s Another Starbucks in Town”–headline, Harvard Crimson, May 20
  • “Ottawa Won’t Back Obama’s Mideast Peace Proposal”–headline, Globe and Mail website (Toronto), May 22

For more “Best of the Web” click here and look for thef “Best of the Web Today” link in the middle column below “Today’s Columnists.”