What Oil Filter to use

Yes many of Fram oil filter line seem to have had issues over the years ranging from outright failure (QC related and perhaps resolved) to just not as well built (materials and design) as some other options.

If you haven't seen, one of the oldest on the web looks at the insides is this one:
http://www.minimopar.net/oilfilters/index.html

When this question came up on speedtalk's forum, this pretty recent thread on yellowbullet was posted. It's really good. But a warning to those who have not been at this forum - its not exactly work safe or a place for kids. The thread itself is fairly tame and informative - unforrtunately the meat of it is spread out over 11 pages.
http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=420509&page=1