articles by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero about culture
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03, 2019
The Favorite Word of Liberals: “Hate”
“Hate” seems to be the most popular word among liberals. If someone says almost anything about a controversial issue, or [...]
23
02, 2019
On Reading and Listening
Sir Francis Bacon In a recent essay I chastised the [...]
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02, 2019
Why Is Socialism So Popular?
Socialism has been the rage among intellectual elites for a long time. What was different in 2016 was that it [...]
25
01, 2019
“My Truth,” “Your Truth,” THE Truth
For millennia, people naturally, almost instinctively, understood that truth is objective rather than subjective. In other words, truth is what [...]
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01, 2019
The Sad Legacy of the Self-Esteem Movement
It has been almost sixty years since the Gospel of Self-Esteem was first preached in America and quickly planted in [...]
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12, 2018
Things That Puzzle Me
The standard way of entering the New Year is with a list of resolutions we intend to keep but end [...]
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11, 2018
The Roots of Divisiveness
Divisiveness means “tending to cause disagreement or dissension.” The word is interesting because it illustrates the very condition it describes—people [...]
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07, 2018
“Think Before You Speak”
This advice was common for centuries. Today it is considered passé because we have been taught that mental health depends [...]
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06, 2018
Does Truth Change?
Heraclitus famously observed, “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's [...]
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04, 2018
Pope Francis’ Support of Protests
On the day before Palm Sunday 2018, young people in the U.S. participated in a march in favor of gun [...]