Cheery stories about the dismal economy

James Taranto's "Best of the Web" in the Wall Street Journal is a must-read for news junkies. Here's something that caught our eye today:

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

From the Boston Globe:

It's happening in offices across the country. Employees leave, and their vacant cubicles remain.

Rather than let this "empty-desk syndrome'' serve as a daily reminder of laid-off colleagues and days of bigger profits gone by, some companies are getting creative. They're putting up walls and subletting part of their space to another firm, or moving in with another company and sharing a receptionist.

Others have found ways to capitalize on the extra space, ripping out vacant cubicles to set up new meeting areas, or adding new facets to their business. A few are doing away with their offices altogether.

The headline: "With Layoffs, Room for Creativity." We have to say, when the Democrats are no longer in power, we're going to miss these cheery stories about the dismal economy.