WHY? As recently as the Vietnam War, it was daring for a publisher to list combat fatalities during a war. Today, such lists have become journalistic clichés, considered patriotic and respectful of soldiers and their families. But every now and then a different take on such lists can spark controversy. That was the case when Garry Trudeau decided to run names in the Sunday Doonesbury. And now it’s very much the case with this editorial cartoon, published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Note the zillions of comments that follow.

Back to Doonesbury for a moment: here are strips that were scrapped along with the Harriet Miers nomination to the United States Supreme Court.