By all definitions, the earthquake disaster in Haiti is a true catastrophe.
The Red Cross’s current estimate of the number of people killed is 100,000, but that number could rise in the weeks to come. With Haiti’s feeble infrastructure almost totally destroyed, including most all government buildings, the response over the [...]
Opine
The disaster in Haiti – An opportunity for change?
January 18th, 2010 | by Holly | published in Opine
Shocking Real Life: Way Too Third-World
May 3rd, 2009 | by Pine Staff | published in Opine, home left column
Seven years ago my sister Cheryl moved to Nicaragua. She had been threatening to do it for two years before that, but it’s hard to take someone seriously when they threaten to move to a third-world country even though they are not escaping a homicide charge or anything. Instead, she was a fairly law-abiding cocktail [...]
Food safety needs an overhaul
February 18th, 2009 | by Holly | published in Opine
The theatrics on display at the Senate stimulus bill sessions are nothing in comparison to the circus at the Salmonella Senate hearings, where Senators toss out peanut references left and right, but manage to ignore the pink elephant in the room: the Federal Drug Administration.
Senators wielded contaminated products in a glass jar wrapped with [...]
Plan B’s approval comes too late for many
August 24th, 2006 | by Holly | published in Opine
It’s not that I’m slutty. I don’t sling it out all over town on a Friday night, too drunk to worry if the man safely fumbled a condom onto his semi-erect penis before our half-assed whiskey sex that’ll inevitably end with an apology and a “This doesn’t always happen.” Nope, I have a boyfriend that, [...]