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James Taranto (born January 6, 1966) is an American journalist and columnist for ''The Wall Street Journal'', editor of its former online editorial page OpinionJournal.com and a member of the newspaper's editorial board.〔()〕 He is best known for his daily online column ''Best of the Web Today''. The column typically includes political, social, and media commentary in the form of conventional opinion writing as well as wordplay and other recurring themes on news stories crowdsourced from readers. He also appears occasionally on ''Journal Editorial Report''. Before joining the ''Wall Street Journal'' in 1996, Taranto spent five years as an editor at ''City Journal''. He has also worked for the Heritage Foundation and ''Reason'' magazine.〔 (James Taranto WSJ Bio ), James Taranto, ''WSJ'', August 23, 2011〕 He pursued a degree in journalism at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) but "never bothered to graduate" after "conflict with teachers and professors".〔 (Disparate But Not Serious ), James Taranto, ''WSJ'', May 18, 2007〕 ==Rooster incident== While attending CSUN, Taranto worked as news editor and also as one of two opinion page editors for the ''Daily Sundial'' student newspaper. On March 5, 1987, Taranto published an opinion piece criticizing a controversy at the University of California, Los Angeles, in which the editor of the ''Daily Bruin'' student newspaper was suspended after the paper published a comic strip depicting a rooster admitted to the university via affirmative action. Accompanying Taranto's column was a reprint of the rooster cartoon. Journalism professor and ''Daily Sundial'' publisher Cynthia Rawitch suspended Taranto for two weeks without pay. Acting on Taranto's behalf, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California filed suit against Rawitch and other members of the CSUN journalism school. The suit was settled before trial on terms favorable to Taranto and the ACLU.〔 (The Rooster Papers. A student's journalistic feathers are plucked. ), Mike Moore, ''The Quill (Society of Professional Journalists)'', September 1988〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Taranto」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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