articles by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero about culture
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05, 2017
The Lost Art of Paying Attention
A month before the 2016 election, I wrote an essay called “My Political Disgust," in which I criticized most politicians [...]
2
03, 2017
America’s Troubled Culture
American culture is infected with Relativism, the belief that everyone creates his or her own truth. In other words, that [...]
3
02, 2017
Missing the Point Has Gone Epidemic
G. K. Chesterton once remarked that many commentators in his day suffered from “the art of missing the point.” That [...]
6
01, 2017
How America Views Achievement
Over the last century an old idea has gained new currency in American culture—the idea that equality of achievement is the [...]
30
12, 2016
Our Relationship with Time
Does time really move faster when we are late for an appointment and trapped in a traffic jam but slower [...]
1
12, 2016
Restoring Respect for Others
Over the past sixty or so years, respect for others has diminished in our culture; today even the related obligation [...]
2
11, 2016
Envisioning America in 2050
Forecasting the future is an inexact enterprise at best. Yet examining current conditions and trends is a helpful way of [...]
26
08, 2016
Pokémon Go: One More Sign of Decline
You can see them walking singly, in pairs, or in large groups, moving like zombies, looking down at their cell [...]
18
05, 2016
The Issue of Transgender Rights
When Solomon wrote “there is nothing new under the sun” in Ecclesiastes 1:9, he surely didn’t envision sexual reassignment surgery. [...]
11
05, 2016
Avoiding Hypersensitivity
Donald Trump ate a taco on Cinco de Mayo and some of his critics took great offense, calling his action [...]