Senior Josh Akman, a Hatchet columnist, explains his disappointment over some of the debate over Haiti’s earthquake.

As the new decade has officially begun, and the countless retrospectives commemorating the last one have mercifully finished, please forgive a final brief observation on the decade that was – it was disagreeable. Flying under the radar among the more exciting descriptions and portrayals of our culture is the undisputable fact that we seem to agree less and less often. From large, generation-defining issues (like health care), to the more mundane, TMZ.com-defining topics (like American Idol), society has had plenty of subjects over which to argue.