He is editorial features editor for The Wall Street Journal, in charge of the newspaper's op-ed pages, both print and digital.
[3] He pursued a degree in journalism at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) but "never bothered to graduate" after "conflict with teachers and professors".
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.
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.
[8] In his final column, Taranto announced that the Best of the Web Today feature would return with another editorial writer taking the reins.