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The War on Terror seems to be an ongoing battle. Despite recent major ideological victories it is still a war that is being waged. The best approach to fighting this war however is not to engage in a massive scale military approach.
The problem with the military approach is that it requires a heavy loss of human life while also placing a massive burden and straining on the budget of a Nation. The best approach to this battle is to keep things on a limited scale. Rather than approaching the task as invading force Read the rest of this entry »

On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the nation of Haiti, the poorest country in the Western hemisphere. With the epicenter of the quake just 15 miles away from Port-au-Prince, the nation’s largest city, the devastation was complete and catastrophic. More than 300,000 people died, while 1 million additional people were made homeless due to the quake.

In such a poor country, people could not afford to build structures to withstand any significant tremor. Many buildings were constructed with flimsy materials and were not Read the rest of this entry »