I'm frankly bored and overloaded with the Titanic fuss. It was a tragic event, but in history it was less significant than many other tragic events. As entertainment, it was an ok movie, but I don't particularly see the justification for the hoopla.
However the excellent editorial cartoonist,
Ed Stein did something clever and witty, as well as insightful to make the old of history new and current again. More excellence from Ed Stein - I encourage our readers to make a point of following the link from our blog roll often to Ed Stein Ink. He is worth a look, not only for his visual humor, but for his excellent 'Ed Words' content.
April 13th, 2012
Sunday, April 15 is the hundredth anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Why is it that this event still grips the imagination today. Other ships have sunk, with greater loss of life, over the years, but none seem to fascinate like the Titanic. Perhaps it's the colossal name, or the fact that it was the maiden voyage of the latest and greatest in technological advances, loaded with celebrities. Or perhaps it's the reminder of man's hubris--that the ship that was deemed unsinkable was lost so easily and so soon--that makes that moment so long ago resonate still. A hundred years later, we had come to believe that the economic cycles had finally been tamed by the enlightened application of modern economic principles. Inflation was a thing of the past, stocks were soaring to new highs, and markets could operate without risk. Then the iceberg appeared, too large and too close to steer around.
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