Ed McMahon, former side-kick to Tonight Show Host Johnny Carson, succumbs to complications from pneumonia. Farrah Fawcett loses her lengthy battle with cancer. Michael Jackson passes on from (apparent) heart failure. All become multiple day and mass coverage news items. 4,318…Questioning that number? It is the number of US Soldiers killed in action to date in Iraq buried on the third page of the newspaper in slightly over 1 column inch. Begging the question…Which of these lives are more worthy than the others and why? Something about misplaced priorities definitely comes to mind.

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