Saving Private Ryan was kept off 65 U.S. TV stations tonight because, well, it's an honest depiction of war.

Here's an excerpt of the Associated Press story as carried on CTV.ca.

This is an excellent side dish to an earlier post called There's Been Worse. Much Worse. A friend of mine sent me a Globe and Mail story, and apparently, there is a word for songs that burrow into your head: earworms.

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The ever-clever and ascerbic Frank Rich refutes the conventional wisdom about how the U.S. elections show that conservatives are winning the culture wars.

An excerpt:

He's going to do a v.2 of Fahrenheit 9/11, according to this story. As a bonus, I've included his '17 Reasons Not to Slit Your Wrists.'

The Toronto Star's estimable Haroon Siddiqui opines on why he thinks the invasion of Fallujah by the U.S. will turn out to be a disaster, even though it will win militarily.

Here's a sample:

Unfortunately, it's on the grim subject of urban warfare. Here's the URL:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/urban_warfare/html/default.stm

If you're interested in the subject, I would highly recommend reading Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War, by Mark Bowden.

Here is a BBC story on the worst song of all time: