Politics

It’s not just Ukraine and Gaza: An Inventory of Global Conflicts, and Why They Also Matter

At the Jesuit Roundup (and other respectable news organizations) there's been a lot of coverage about the Ukraine and Gaza wars respectably. While these conflicts - owing to their cultural and geographic proximity to the Western world, sheer destructiveness,...

Jesuit Ranger Experience Podcast Episode 7: A Debate with Peter Loh ’24 and Luke Lastelick ’25

Welcome to Jesuit Ranger Experience Podcast Episode 8! Today, we decided to change the format of our podcast, instead of us interviewing students or teachers, we moderated a debate between two debaters Peter Loh '24 and Luke Lastelick '25. Funny...

Who is Vivek Ramaswamy?

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...

Chechnya Part 1: A Land Perpetually in Flames

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...

Yet Another Gazan War: A Unique Perspective

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...

There Is Nothing We Can Do: Remembering the Emperor

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...

The Bosnian War: The Forgotten Death of Thousands

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,...

In Defense of State Power: A Response to the Critique of the State Leviathan

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. Two mothers come to a benevolent governing body, arguing their respective claims...

The Raging Leviathan: A Kritik of Unlimited State Control

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...