The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
News You Can Use
“Shredding Event Today at Sam’s Club”–headline, El Paso Times, Oct. 23
Bottom Stories of the Day
- “Green Party’s Senate Candidate Struggles for Spotlight”–headline, Chicago Tribune, Oct. 24
- “America Hasn’t Improved Much Over Past 3 Decades, Jimmy Carter Says”–headline, Deseret News (Salt Lake City), Oct. 23
Perhaps They Need a Different Kind of Asylum
“Actor Randy Quaid and his wife told Canada’s immigration board Friday they are seeking refuge in Canada because they are being persecuted in the United States, after they were arrested on U.S. warrants related to vandalism charges,” the Associated Press reports from Vancouver, British Columbia:
The Quaids are wanted in Santa Barbara, where they missed a court hearing Monday on felony vandalism charges. . . .
Evi Quaid begged a Canadian immigration adjudicator not to force them to return, saying on Friday that eight friends, such as actors David Carradine and Heath Ledger, have been “murdered” under mysterious circumstances and she’s worried something will happen to her husband next.
“We feel our lives are in danger,” she said.
Remember when all those celebrities threatened to move away if George W. Bush was re-elected? It’s a little late, but someone’s finally done it.
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