Haiti has become yet another example (just like New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina) of how when society breaks down, evil comes out to play.  We have all seen pictures or video footage of the machete-wielding gangs and looters that have been ravaging Port-au-Prince since the earthquake.  If not for the U.S. and U.N. troops that have been inserted into Haiti, the whole nation would be an utter madhouse at this point.  But the point of this article is not to dump on Haiti.  The truth is that we have seen this kind of thing all over the world when society breaks down.  After all, have we forgotten the horrors in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina so quickly?  The thin veneer of civilization that we all take for granted every day only exists as long as society continues to function normally.  Once society breaks down, the truth is that the evil in humanity surfaces very quickly.  When humans feel their very survival is threatened, many of them will resort to all kinds of things. (Read more....)

The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti is being called the worst natural disaster in at least a decade.  In fact, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon is already calling it a worse disaster than the Asian tsunami of several years ago that killed so many thousands upon thousands of people.  Authorities are desperately trying to get aid to the survivors in Haiti but they are being severely hampered by the chaos ravaging that nation in the aftermath of the earthquake.  Looting is rampant, people are burning piles of dead bodies, the sound of gunfire is everywhere and gangs of machete-wielding young men are roaming the streets. (Read more....)

There are few natural disasters that can be as frightening as a hurricane.  After the catastrophic damage that Hurricane Katrina caused, none of us has an excuse for being lazy in our preparations. (Read more....)