Aid officials struggled Friday to rush rescue equipment, food and medical assistance to Haiti, but they faced enormous logistical hurdles as they sought to rescue, feed and treat tens of thousands of trapped or injured Haitians three days after a devastating earthquake.

Food distribution is going “very badly,” said Benoit Thiry, deputy country director of the World Food Program.

A day earlier, his agency had been able to distribute high-energy biscuits to only 1,700 people in Port-au-Prince, a city of 2 million. The group was aiming to reach more than 10,000 people Friday. Read the Entire Article

The 67 heads of state, criminals, financiers and philanthropists who really run the world.

“I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.” –Napoleon Bonaparte

Power has been called many things. The ultimate aphrodisiac. An absolute corrupter. A mistress. A violin. But its true nature remains elusive. After all, a head of state wields a very different sort of power than a religious figure. Can one really compare the influence of a journalist to that of a terrorist?  Read More–>