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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: A Burger or a Wiener?

There were, as is generally the case, two clues as to the headline theme last week. The first was: "[W]e almost wrote headlines that included 'Jackson,' 'Johnson,' 'Kennedy,' 'Washington,' 'McKinley' and 'Taft.' And if we had, despite what it seems, only one of the references would have been to a U.S. president," while the second was "Last week, for the headline game, we wondered if we should use a bookkeeper. This week, we wondered if we should use judges." And here is the solution, courtesy of reader V.M. in Indianapolis, IN:

These are all former Supreme Court Justices:

Trade War: Today's the Day... Sort Of—William Day or Sandra Day O'Connor

Redistricting, Part I: Texas Will Indeed Chase Every Last Seat—Samuel Chase or Salmon P. Chase

Redistricting, Part II: But Red States Are Only Half the Story—Joseph Story

I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Black Coffee—Hugo Black

This Week in Schadenfreude: White Whine—Byron White or Edward Douglass White

This Week in Freudenfreude: Apparently, the Butler Didn't Do It—Pierce Butler

Today's headline adds Warren Burger to the list. As to the clues, among justices with a "presidential" name, only William Howard Taft actually was a president. Howell and Robert and Ketanji Brown Jackson, Thomas and William Johnson, Anthony Kennedy, Bushrod Washington and John McKinley were not. Meanwhile, we took a pass on "bookkeeper" 2 weeks ago, but we obviously said "yes" to the judges last week.

Here are the first 50 readers to get it right:

T.F. in Craftsbury Common, VT
G.M.K. in Mishawaka, IN
B.C. in Chippewa Lake, OH
G.W. in Avon, CT
V.M. in Indianapolis
P.Q. in Metuchen, NJ
T.K. in Half Moon Bay, St. Kitts
N.C. in Columbus, MS
M.H. in Ottawa, ON, Canada
R.S. in Milan, OH
D.D. in Carversville, PA
D.M. in Amagansett, NY
M.K. in Long Branch, NJ
P.A. in Redwood City, CA
J.F. in Fayetteville, NC
B.B. in Avon, CT
D.E. in High Springs, FL
K.M. in Ypsilanti, MI
D.P. in Minneapolis, MN
E.B. in North Liberty, IA
P.R. in Havertown, PA
J.N. in Zionsville, IN
J.L. in Walnut Creek, CA
A.A. in Branchport, NY
S.T. in Federal Way, WA

M S. in New York City, NY
T.B. in Detroit, MI
M.Z. in Sharon, MA
M.W. in Altea, Spain
R.A. in Chesterfield, MO
R.E. in Birmingham, AL
J.M. in Silver Spring, MD
C.B. in Fresno, CA
S.K. in Ardmore, PA
R.S. in Pittsgrove, NJ
W.V. in Andover, MN
D.W. in State College, PA
M.M. in Alexandria, MN
B.A. in Edmond, OK
S.W. in Corvallis, OR
G.K. in Blue Island, IL
D.M. in Oakland, CA
K.H. in Albuquerque, NM
L.W. in Los Angeles, CA
Z.K. in Albany, NY
B.N. in San Rafael, CA
B.H. in Mainz, Germany
K.S. in New Orleans, LA
C.S. in Tampa, FL
H.B. in State College, PA

The 50th correct response was received at 9:47 a.m. PT on Friday.

For this week's theme, it relies on one word per headline, and it's in the Trivial Pursuit category Language. For a hint, we'll tell you that the staff dachshunds heartily approved of this theme.

If you have a guess, send it to comments@electoral-vote.com with subject line August 8 Headlines.

Thank you for your attention to this problem! (Z)

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