essays by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero
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07, 2021
Catholic Charities’ Role in the Border Crisis
In late July, 2021, the La Joya TX Police Department issued a “Public Health Announcement” to the community that included [...]
23
07, 2021
The Failure of American Leadership
Given all the difficulties America has experienced during the Covid19 Pandemic, the last thing we needed was a failure of [...]
19
06, 2021
A Special Way of Praying for America
It is hard to imagine a greater need for prayer in our country than the need that exists today. In [...]
12
06, 2021
America’s Flawed View of Truth, Part 2
Socrates Part 1 discussed the error of believing that truth is within us so we don’t need to [...]
5
06, 2021
America’s Flawed View of Truth
A discussion of truth may seem too academic to have any practical value, but it really isn’t. In fact, our [...]
29
05, 2021
How America Has Changed
We are all immersed in our culture, and that immersion alters our beliefs and values to some extent over time, often [...]
8
05, 2021
A Riddle, Wrapped in a Mystery, Inside an Enigma
The title is borrowed from Winston Churchill. Though he coined the phrase in reference to another matter, it describes perfectly [...]
1
05, 2021
The Catholic Hierarchy’s Role in the Border Crisis
I recently wrote, “The mistakes in immigration policy made in Europe over the past half-century are deeply chiseled in history [...]
24
04, 2021
The Grave Danger of Good Intentions
You may be wondering, “How can good intentions be dangerous? After all, good is the very opposite of evil, and goodness [...]
17
04, 2021
President Biden’s Foolish Refusal to Learn
If we learn from our experience, we are considered intelligent. If we learn from our experience and other people’s as well, [...]