Fond farewell

Best of the Web notes the final column by former Delaware governor Pete DuPont.
Through tough times, he keeps his hope high.
My optimism is driven primarily by the ingenuity and resilience of America's people. A nation of more than 300 million will have its share of lawbreakers, slackers and charlatans, but America is so much more filled with people who are wise, honest and hardworking. The capacity of Americans to sacrifice—greatly at times—for others is truly impressive.
Our story is still being written.
Time for another columnist to show the way.

Flood of bull

Best of the Web watches Al Gore float interesting comments about global warming.
Gore uses the interview to claim vindication for his 2006 "documentary," "An Inconvenient Truth": "You mentioned my movie back in the day. The single most common criticism from skeptics when the film came out focused on the animation showing ocean water flowing into the World Trade Center memorial site. Skeptics called that demagogic and absurd and irresponsible. It happened last October 29th, years ahead of schedule, and the impact of that and many, many other similar events here and around the world has really begun to create a profound shift."
The reference is to Hurricane Sandy, a Category 2 storm when it struck the Northeastern U.S., flooding parts of New York and New Jersey, including downtown Manhattan. (Sandy peaked in the Caribbean as a Category 3 storm. By comparison, 2005's Hurricane Katrina went as high as Category 5 and made landfall at Category 3.)
But if we roll the film--which is less than scintillating, but the clip lasts less than 2½ minutes--we find that what Gore predicted in "An Inconvenient Truth" was something far direr than a storm and a flood. He predicted that lower Manhattan--along with vast and heavily populated swaths of Florida, California, the Netherlands, China, India and Bangladesh--would be permanently submerged owing to higher sea levels.
Whatever floats his boat.

Too much information

I saw an interesting headline on the News Leader's website Thursday and submitted it to Opinion Journal's Best of the Web.
Hope they wrestle a few more visitors to their website.

Best of Massachusetts

The Wall Street Journal's Best of the Web focuses on the Massachusetts special election.
I really like this bit about Martha Coakley's confusion about Curt Schilling.
Local celebrities, including former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, former football star Doug Flutie and actor John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin in Boston-based Cheers), worked the crowd before Mr. Brown took the stage. It was the biggest campaign event yet.
If Coakley came face to face with Ratzenberger, she would probably greet him with a sarcastic "Hello, Newman."

Part of the crowd

Lots of Simpsons' fans also read Opinion Journal's Best of the Web today. When they made a mistake about the Simpsons Monday, about 350 people emailed to correct them. It's good to be part of such a crowd.

Best of the Web again

Sometimes, when checking the morning headlines, a story jumps out. It grabs you by the throat and screams - "Send this link to Best of the Web today." And thus is appears on opinionjournal.com.

Up in the sky

This weekend, the space shuttle returned to earth. But it was without a tool bag used during a space walk to fix solar panels on the International Space Station.
An amateur astronomer in Canada figured out when the tool bag would appear in the sky, and caught it on video.
(h/t Fox News and Opinion Journal's Best of the Web Today)

Another favorite

I get the Best of the Web email each day. And today something from the Waynesboro News-Virginian gets featured. The headline from Saturday "Dead body found in cemetery" News of the Tautological, that's for sure.