The air is crisp and the atmosphere palpable at the Hampshire Hills Athletic Club in Milford, New Hampshire. On this Saturday morning, attendees shuffle into rows of seats, hopeful for the chance to pose a question to one of the country's most distinctive presidential candidates. The moderator, USA Today journalist Phillip Bailey, lays out the guidelines for this town...
The last century has not been kind to the little region of Chechnya. A genocide, revolutionary chaos, a brutal war, an economic cataclysm, human trafficking, terrorism, another (even more brutal) war, and a brutal dictatorship all sum up the recent history of the Chechen people. But far, far too many westerners forget about this area. So in this article...
The war in Ukraine rages on, and the death toll only rises, now well into the hundreds of thousands. The fact that there is no end in sight to the war becomes increasingly obvious. As billions fresh off the printer and hundreds of mothballed tanks find their way to Ukraine from America and NATO, many are asking why we...
Some days ago, terrorists from the organization "Hamas" launched a large-scale invasion and infiltration of Israel's south and central regions. The Hamas militants utilized bulldozers, drones, small boats, and even para gliders to invade Israel. Thousands and thousands of rockets have been launched at Israeli civilians. The Israeli Defense Forces, or IDF, have since counterattacked and retaken the Gazan...
There Is Nothing We Can Do: Remembering the Emperor
On this day 207 years ago, October 15, 1815, history bore witness to a momentous event as Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, who over the past two decades had led France to a series of glorious victories that established it as the premier European power, began his exile on the remote island of...
Many in the west celebrated the fall of Communism as a triumph. But the people of Yugoslavia saw it as a dark omen, as storm clouds gathering. In the decade to come, the slaughter of thousands, man and woman, adult and child, Croat and Serb, Bosnian and Albanian would commence on a scale not seen in Europe since the...
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I begin with a story. Two mothers come to a benevolent governing body, arguing their respective claims to the same child. Both plead their cases, recognizing that the keys of justice only reside in a higher power...
The Roundup Viewpoint section welcomes student opinions; these views reflect the ideas of the writer and not those of The Roundup or Jesuit.
I begin with a story. A thief accosts his victim in the night and presents him with a choice, pay now, or witness the destruction of his livelihood. This coercive control permits the thief to feed off...
