Politics

The Conundrum with Kamala

Kamala Harris is often presented as a fresh new face, a young representative of a new generation in the Democratic Party. But the truth is disappointing. Don't get me wrong, I'm not happy about the alternative, about the prospect...

The 2024 Vice Presidential Debate: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

It has only been minutes since the 2024 Vice Presidential Debate between Senator JD Vance and Tim Walz ended, and to put it lightly, this was one of the most interesting debates. This article will go over some of...

What is Project 2025? And why is it causing such a fuss?

Project 2025, also known as the '2025 Presidential Transition Project', is a document published by the 'Heritage Foundation', a Washington D.C. based conservative think-tank. Essentially, Project 2025 is a list of recommendations for Donald J. Trump if he wins...

An 800-Word Politics Summer Review

Welcome back, one and all, to another great year at Jesuit. While I hope your summer was a relaxing one, it has been far from calm across the world. Both at home and abroad, the summer season has been......

A Rearticulation of the Leviathan: Clarifying and Reconstructing

My previous academic engagement with critical literature came in the form of an all-encompassing criticism of government action as practically impossible and wrong, nearly always and everywhere. This viewpoint, while in my eyes not entirely false, is way too...

We Did this to Ourselves, America

So, we have yet another election between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Most Americans hate this fact. They hate that they have to choose between a man unable to use a staircase or talk, and a man who doesn't...

Jesuit J.W.A.C. Competes in the Academic World Quest of Dallas

On February 21, 2024, the Jesuit J.W.A.C. (Junior World Affairs Council) competed in its first competition of 2024, the Dallas Area Academic World Quest. Jesuit's team competed against 95 other teams from schools all over the Dallas area, all...

“They’re All Dead:” Laylat Al-Qadr and Eid-Al-Fitr in Israel And Gaza

April 10, 2024 marked Eid-Al-Fitr, one of the holiest holidays in Islam, when the end of the Islamic month of Ramadan is reached. During this day, over a billion Muslims spend time with their families, visiting mosques for Eid...

The World Turned Upside Down | Israel and Palestine Series Finale

Welcome to the last article in my quest to turn The Roundup into Israeli state media. We've covered around 100 years of history to some extent or another by now. But this article was always meant to be the...