The Root Cause of the Baltimore Riots
The root cause of the Baltimore riots of April, 2015 wasn’t the Mayor’s poor judgment. It was the erroneous beliefs that shaped [...]
A Powerful Lesson About Achievement
The story offered insight into one of the most serious social problems of our time—the plight of the black underclass. [...]
Making ALL Legislation “Clean”
Leading the March 3, 2015 news was the announcement that the House of Representatives had passed a “clean” bill to [...]
Giuliani’s Distracting Remarks
Former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani recently said, “I do not believe that the President loves America . . . What [...]
Obama’s Conflicted Faith
Is Barack Obama a Christian? His answer has consistently been, “Yes,” yet his critics continue to doubt his veracity. I believe [...]
Condescension and Religion
I used to think the mocking expression Nyeah, nyeah children repeat in a lilting chant was an English language phenomenon, [...]
Efficiency Is Not a Dirty Word
The company’s Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) was livid. The young engineer had the gall to question the need for a [...]
Overcoming Black Poverty
The other evening I watched a talk-show debate between two Black analysts on the problem of poverty among inner city [...]
The Power of Precedent
In 1894 Sam Walter Foss composed an allegory in verse. It begins centuries ago with a calf wobbling through the [...]
What Has Happened to America?
Many people are asking what has happened to our country. The question is occasioned both by the growing number of [...]
“I Am Charlie”? Really?
After the French magazine Charlie Hebdo ran a series of cartoons satirizing Mohammed, the Koran, and Islamic religious leaders, Islamic [...]
Politicians vs. the Rule of Law
In Greek mythology, Pandora received a beautiful jar as a wedding present from the gods. With it came the command [...]
The Denigration of Women, Part IV
Part I: Having affected the lives of half the members of the human race in innumerable ways for millennia, the denigration of [...]
The Denigration of Women in History, Part III
Part I: Having affected the lives of half the members of the human race in innumerable ways for millennia, the denigration of [...]
The Denigration of Women, Part II
After illustrating the historical denigration of women from ancient times in virtually every culture and religion, Part I of this [...]
The Denigration of Women in History
Westerners are shocked by the treatment of women under Sharia Law, and they rightly link that treatment to the negative [...]
Prosperity Preaching Is Not Christian
Pastor Joel Osteen’s TV ad announcing his new show on Sirius Radio begins with the promise, “We can have victory [...]
Rome’s “Welcome” to Homosexuals
In early October, a draft of a Vatican synod report on family life spoke of “welcoming [homosexuals] . . . [...]
Sharia Law and Muslim Morality
To people raised in the Judeo-Christian tradition, the punishments called for in Sharia law are shocking. And even more shocking [...]
Feminism and Sharia Law
The last group one would expect to be helping advance Sharia (Islamic) law is feminists, and yet they are doing [...]
Adjusting Our Expectations
There is an old saying, “Blessed are those who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed.” Whether it was [...]
Understanding Obama and Ourselves
Why is President Obama so intent on changing America? And why have so many Americans supported the policies and programs [...]
Gadgets and Grace
If God attempts to communicate with Americans or other westerners these days, chances are He’ll get a busy signal. Our [...]
A Christian View of Self
“That I feed the hungry, that I forgive an insult, that I love my enemy in the name of Christ—all [...]
The Decline of Thinking
An interesting observation about the prevalence of inconsistencies and contradictions is making the email rounds. “Food for Thought” by someone named [...]
Author Vincent Ryan Ruggiero
Since retiring from teaching, I have continued my work in promoting sound thinking in education and in the general culture. More specifically, I have kept refining my textbooks, four of which have been continuously in print for an average of 33 years. I have also continued to write books for the general public, the latest of which is Corrupted Culture: Rediscovering America’s Enduring Principles, Values, and Common Sense, and I write a weekly column for an online journal.