The blurb: From O.J. to Robert Blake to Kobe Bryant to Michael, the modern celebrity show trial makes us voyeurs at a morality play that showcases not guilt vs. innocence but wrong vs. wrong.

If the jury wasn't sure Michael Jackson was guilty of molesting his accuser, then they were right to acquit him.

But as a general statement, if a clever pedophile targets kids whose backgrounds might make them less credible as witnesses, then that's a big loophole in the legal system.

A downloadable online video game that glamourizes the act of saving starving people is turning into a world-wide hit.

Check out this post at CanadianJournalist.ca for information on how a library in a Montreal suburb took down an exhibit of murdered photojournalist Zahra Kazemi's work from Israel because it showed images of the Intifada, among other things.

The post is originally from last week, but some interesting comments have been added in the meantime.

Karla Homolka has been back in the public eye, and Canadians are a bit split on how much they want to see of her and how they want the story treated, says a new poll.

Dissident Iranian journalist Akbar Ganji has rematerialized, showing up at his prison gates with a bag of medicines and the will to keep raising hell.

The creator of the Oscar-winning Spirited Away and now Howl's Moving Castle is profiled by the NYT's A.O. Scott.

While I expect to see Howl in the next few days, if you haven't seen Spirited Away, you should. It's a beautiful, gentle, wondrous film.

While he is pissing some people off in the process, editorial and opinion page editor Michael Kinsley is carrying out an experiment at the Los Angeles Times that bears watching.

The following was uttered by a fellow on a public transit vehicle. He was scheming with a female friend on how to rent a car with a maxed-out credit card that hasn't seen a payment since the Chretien era.

At one point, however, he made this cryptic statement: "There's more to life than 20 years of recovery."

Interpretations, anyone?

The Blue Collar Comedy tour is doing solid business across the U.S.A. -- except for those snooty people in New York and Boston.

A statement of defence has been filed by the Edmonton Police Service, which is being sued by Edmonton Sun columnist Kerry Diotte over the infamous "sting" of last fall.

I love the way it removes all crispness from a box of Ritz crackers!

I love the fog that appears when I open my fridge!

I love having to physically push against the air if I want to feel even a minimal sensation that I'm making forward progress while walking!

And the clamminess ... there's just nothing like it!

Did I mention the smog alert continues? Happy driving everyone! Rev those air conditioners!! Enjoy that spin on your gas-powered lawn tractor!!!