Liberals are suggesting that government support in Haiti is the best support to be found. On the contrary, tens of millions of dollars have been raised by private organizations that go far beyond the help the government is able to offer. Along with answering this misconception, Joel sets shallow Christians straight about God’s involvement in the events of Haiti.
Full Story » Capitalism—generating the incentive and means to build stronger, sturdier buildings, even some with technologically advanced seismic-design (earthquake-proof) features—would have prevented tens (maybe hundreds) of thousands of deaths in Haiti. Jonah Goldberg writes, “If a similarly powerful earthquake were to hit much more densely populated San Francisco or Los Angeles, the death toll would be much [...]
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