Is there a reason why the world is being hit with so many plagues lately? Could someone be trying to tell us something? In case you haven't noticed, some of the recent plagues around the globe have been rather "Biblical" in nature. No, it isn't the end of the world as we know it just yet, but there has been a rash of really bizarre plagues all over the world in recent days. There have been reports of massive outbreaks of frogs, locusts and rats. Famine and drought are...
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has announced that severe drought and brutal civil wars in east Africa have left more than 20 million people in desperate need of emergency food assistance. In its announcement, the FAO was quite blunt in assessing what is happening in the region: "The situation is very worrying due to expected crop and pasture failures from poor rains in several areas, the increase in conflicts, trade disruptions and continuing high food prices." The truth is that most people in the western world have no concept...