Salon.com Arts & Entertainment | The penguin is mightier than the sword

Here is some good news. Berke Breathed is returning Opus to the funny pages. Here is hoping that I am able to get it. I remember seeing him speak back in the 80s when Bloom County was big. It was great fun and I was a huge fan.

His insight is badly needed at this time. Here we have yet another celebrity legal case that serves only to distract people from actual news. Does anyone really care to know all that Jacko has done? I certainly hope that the judicial system addresses this fairly and finds something approaching justice. But this does not merit the huge number of news cycles that it will consume. Meanwhile real issues are being decided on Iraq's future, our pollution controls, judicial nominees, etc. But will people know? Or care?