[LINK] Some Haiti links

[rfmcdonald]

• mindstalk pointed me to this Matthew Yglesias post which made the point that before the earthquake, things were actually starting to look up for Haiti economically.


• The Guardian carries the story of cruise ship visitors who are spending luxurious time in Haiti despite the crisis. Is it immoral or only bad optics for Haiti's only economic mainstay?


• Joe. My. God lets his readers know how they can ship medicines to HIV-positive Haitians.


• Marginal Revolution wonders why the footage from Haiti has been so graphic. Does it fit into a tradition of seeing Haiti as barbarous?


• Finally, Douglas Todd makes the very salient point that American (and other) journalists who are covering Haiti shouldn't respond by simplistically invoking God (his mercy, his wrath) to respond to the catastrophe.