Pearl Harbor

The problem with the new-age media is that it bombards us with information and images almost as an event happens. Picture how terrifying it would have been to watch Pearl Harbor come under attack in real time. The events of 9/11 brought us perhaps closer to unfolding tragedy than we've ever been. Last December's tsunami and the strikes by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma further underscored how in touch we have become with human suffering, witnessing victims in need of assistance even before they receive the aid. And though it's not as if we forget the tragedy and human suffering so soon after

Say goodbye to 2001. Good riddance is more appropriate. One would be hard pressed to find many good things to say about the now-concluding year, other than that it's almost over. The economy gave our industry a swift, and unneeded, kick in the pants. Companies took down their shingle at an alarming rate. Bankruptcy was relatively commonplace. Dotcoms backslashed their way out the door, or were quietly sold and dissolved for scrap metal. Then, with many people at PRINT 01, our nation was slammed down by, essentially, a faceless monster. Thousands of people died because of one man's delusional take on life. AnguishThe