The editors write on Van Jones-gate:

The Obama White House was right to distance itself from “green jobs” adviser Van Jones after his radical history came under intense scrutiny. And Jones was right to tender his resignation this weekend. This administration has far too many pressing issues on its plate to spend its energy defending Jones’ past statements on race and politics, his support of cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal or his association with the conspiracy theorists trying to link the Bush White House to 9/11.

What’s interesting is there’s a lot of commentary out there from the Left that fails to mention Jones’s Trutherism. Kudos to the San Francisco Chronicle for not doing so.