articles by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero about culture
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07, 2024
Harmony Is Wonderful, But How Is It Achieved?
Now that the election is growing very close, the messaging from both parties is increasingly focused on some version of, [...]
7
07, 2024
Understanding Attitudes, Part 2
Part 1 of this essay explained how identifying and evaluating other people’s attitudes can increase our appreciation of people with good attitudes [...]
7
07, 2024
Understanding Attitudes
An attitude is a way of feeling or thinking that has become habitual. People show their attitudes but seldom express [...]
4
05, 2024
Nonsense Is STILL Destroying America
Warning: Nonsense is Destroying America was published thirty years ago, in 1994. I introduced it with these words: "Books warn [...]
9
03, 2024
Revisiting the Idea of Truth
"Truth" has always been one of the most important words in the dictionary. Unfortunately, it is greatly misunderstood today, and [...]
10
02, 2024
How to End America’s Decline
By now most Americans understand that the country is not only in decline, but that the situation is worsening. Economic, [...]
28
01, 2024
American Catholics and Social Justice, Revisited
“Social justice” is at the center of most political activism in contemporary America. It has provided arguments for the expansion [...]
16
09, 2023
Curiosity’s Role in Saving America
In a recent essay titled "Our Urgent Need to Examine Ideas" I noted that in this age of constant, rapid, [...]
22
07, 2023
The Decline of Emotional Control
A biological male wins the Miss Netherlands title. Whistle-blowers are maligned for reporting crimes. An employer fires his employee for [...]
24
06, 2023
Are You Confused About LGBTQITA+?
If the acronym puzzles you, take heart. You are not alone. Anyone born between the 1930s and the 1970s, in [...]