Baseball is dying. A sport whose fanbase is predominantly middle-aged is slowly ceding ground to action-packed sports like basketball and football, which continue to attract America’s youth in spades. The glory days of America’s pastime are long gone, and the sport is struggling to deal with it. Much of the…
Author: Brandon Kim
Trump’s Declaration a Reflection of a Larger Border Dispute
President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border came to be an unprecedented move, though not entirely unexpected. The announcement came following a two month long dispute between the president and Democrats over funding for the former’s proposed border wall – a dispute involving a record-breaking 35 day government shutdown…
Bleak Outlook for Trump in Border Wall Concession
After a record-breaking 35 days, the longest shutdown in government history is over…for three weeks. The recent short-term spending bill signed by President Trump on January 25, though only a temporary funding measure, came largely as a result of pressure over the inability for federal employees to work – or, in…
Helping Students Find their Futures
The sky lights up in red and orange as the sun sets over Baldwin Hills – and with it, another workday for the dedicated 40-some-odd students in LA Audubon’s state park-specific Baldwin Hills Greenhouse program for high schoolers. The Baldwin Hills Greenhouse Program isn’t the most well-known environmental program around – but for its…
A New Status Quo in the North Korea-United States Standoff
It might be hard to believe, considering the very real possibility of nuclear war just last summer, but the last time North Korea conducted a nuclear missile test was just over a year ago: November 28, 2017. That doesn’t necessarily mean that the country hasn’t stopped developing its nuclear program, however – evidence has shown…
A Reflection on the Dodgers’ 2018 Season
The best part of the 2018 Dodgers’ season took place on October 27, 12:29 AM. Game 3 of the World Series. Max Muncy – the 28 year old utility man who was almost out of baseball prior to the 2018 season – strode to the plate, fresh off of a 35 homer campaign…
The Difficult Path to Stopping Climate Change
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s landmark report released last Monday painted a grim portrait of humanity’s future in regards to climate change. It stated that a path to avoiding global warming’s worst ramifications may only be possible through “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society.” According…
Reflecting on the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Season: Game 159
In the past five seasons, the Dodgers have gone a combined 473-337, good for a .583 winning percentage. They’ve won five consecutive division titles. Last season, they made it to the World Series, only to lose in disappointing fashion to the Houston Astros in the deciding Game 7 – a potential victory that…
Opinion: Regarding the MLB Offensive Tweets Controversy
For many MLB fans, it’s become a familiar pattern – a baseball player, typically in his mid-twenties, has his old, offensive tweets unearthed, and becomes just one of many prominent athletes who have been “exposed” for being racist and homophobic. Sean Newcomb, starting pitcher for the Atlanta Braves, is one…
[Opinion] Why North Korea’s Hesitance In Talks Isn’t As Bad As It Seems
The landmark June 12 summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un renewed hopes of a possible new era of peace in the long-standing conflict between their respective countries. For many, the hope was that the meeting would prove to be a fruitful one, and go a long way to a potential treaty…