By: Joshua O. Kiefer (content warning: graphic description ahead) A 4 century-old Faeroes tradition killed 1,428 white-sided dolphins on September 12. This tradition has been around for hundreds of years, but environmental activists say it’s cruel. The tradition involves boats driving dolphins into shallow water, beaching them, using blowhole hooks to pull the dolphins to shore, and then employing a knife to sever the spine … Continue reading 4 Century-old Faeroes tradition causes a cetacean controversy

by Casey Cross On Tuesday, September 14, the final votes will be cast and the final ballots will be postmarked by Californians voicing whether their governor, Gavin Newsom, should be recalled from office and replaced by one of 46 candidates or if he should remain until the next gubernatorial election in 2022.  Per the website of the Secretary of State of California, the recall election … Continue reading Californians to decide on gubernatorial recall

By: Joshua O. Kiefer August 14, 2021 was the start of California’s Caldor Fire, and is the second fire of this year. The Dixie fire started a month earlier on July 14 and is now almost three times the size of the Caldor fire. According to The New York Times the Caldor Fire has traveled over 200,000 acres (312 miles), and according to CNN the … Continue reading California is Up in Flames

By Kyle Van Pelt News for May so far has been dominated by one topic besides coronavirus: what is up with Kim Jong Un? Is he dead, dying, healing, or has he been perfectly fine this whole time? Current consensus suggests that not only is he alive and well, but his false death was either the center point of a plot to ensure his power, … Continue reading Kim Jong Un fake death intentional?