Not too many men in Haiti's bloody history have had more than one chance to be president. Leslie Manigat and René Prévalare are obviously willing to try.

Haiti will receive unprecedented aid in the aftermath of a disastrous earthquake, but confronting the country's legacy of corruption will be necessary for success.

It will not be easy or cheap, but the U.S. military has a crucial long-term role to play in Haiti.

We must all consider the calamity that will ensue if elections do not satisfy the will of the majority of the Haitian people whowant to choose a government that will not abuse them.

Haiti will be lost without an inspired global effort that goes far beyond the traditional pathways of better education and agriculture.

The United States has heavily subsidized the production of corn-based ethanol. The global impact of that policy may lead to a catastrophe.

With the collapse of Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide's government, will the cycle of failure in Haiti be broken?

What do we come home learning from a brief fact-finding sojourn to Haiti? In a sentence: Security comes first.