The contrast is still astonishing. 62 dead in the September 1989 earthquake in the San…

Two months ago, I was in the rugged hills near Cap Rouge in southern Haiti,…

Haiti’s poverty has a number of causes, but to a great extent the country is…

The news coverage of the Haitian earthquake is understandably showing people who are stunned and…

Ordinary Americans are already responding with their characteristic generosity to the earthquake in Haiti. Aside…

The awful news from Haiti is still unclear, but one fact stands out already. On…

I lived in southern Africa from 1978-83, and published a book about the anti-apartheid…

(Captions to photos follow the post) If you have looked at a newspaper…

Today the New York Times has a story about the possible prisoner exchange between Israel…

Regular visitors to this site are familiar with Elliott Abrams, the neoconservative former Bush administration…