Out on a Limb

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

Out on a Limb
“Secret Service Chief Says That Change Takes Time”—headline, Boston Globe, March 18

Question and Answer—IV

  • “Should Philosophers Be Loners?”—headline, New York Times website, March 16, 2015
  • “Philosophers Hold Meeting”—headline, Beaver County (Pa.) Times, Feb. 14, 1985

News of the Tautological

  • “Trenton Man Arrested on Drug Charges After Officers See Him Holding Drugs”—headline, Times of Trenton (N.J.), March 17
  • “Death Penalty Opponents Urge Veto of Utah Firing Squad Bill”—headline, KSL-TV website (Salt Lake City), March 17

News You Can Use
“Serbians Told: Don’t Throw Your Hand Grenades Into the Garbage”—headline, Reuters, March 17

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.”