Naming Rights

New Jersey pop Heath Campbell may be onto something about Adolf Hitler no longer being dead. As noted with this week's objet d'eBay, the May 2, 1945 Stars and Stripes, The German madman killed himself rather than face the Reich's failure. Messr. Campbell, however, likes the name. So Adolph Hitler lives. In small town, Penna.

Campbell had a vision of wanting to be able to call out to his son on the playground and not have two or three or 78 other similarly named urchins turn about. Thus began the birthday cake tale of Adolph Hitler Campbell, 3. For the third year, the local ShopRite said they wouldn't ice the name (or a Swastika) on the cake; "fortunately" for free speech the local WalMart pushed its customer satisfaction team into high gear and baby Adolph got to see his name in sugar.

On the one hand we always applaud the father who wants his child to be unique and famous. On the other hand ... ick.