HAITI DEVASTATED. The devastation was so complete that it seemed likely the death toll from Tuesday afternoon's magnitude-7.0 quake would run into the thousands.

Hmm. The Dominican Republic and Haiti share the same island of Hispaniola, yet we hear nothing about the devastation in the Dominican Republic. Why?

Here are some interesting factoids. Haiti has a per-capita gross domestic product (GDP) of $1700; the poverty rate is 80%. For the Dominican Republic, the per-capita GDP is $5800, nearly 3 times higher; the poverty rate is only 25%.

The conclusion should be obvious to everyone except the willfully obtuse.