For further reflections on Haiti and the present crisis you may wish to visit Fr. Neil's online blog, "On Second Thought." Recent entries include

• a response to New York Times columnist David Brooks's suggestion that all Haiti needs is a stiff dose of "paternalism" to overcome their cultural defects;
• an argument that massive emergency aid must be only the first step in addressing Haiti's woes--and U.S. obligations;
• a reminiscence about my first visit to Haiti in 1995, written shortly after the quake.

Other topics on my blog include an analysis of President Obama's appeal to the Christian tradition's just-war theory in his defense of the Afghanistan war as he accepted the Nobel Prize for Peace; and a speculation concerning the deeper motives behind the ecclesiastical hue and cry to return to a "biblical" understanding of homosexuality (I don't think it's just homophobia).  

Take a look!

Grace and peace,

Neil