essays by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero
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04, 2020
Surviving the Nightmare
We wake up each morning thinking, “What a horrible dream I had—bats, monkeys, lizards, people in masks and gloves standing [...]
11
04, 2020
A Glaring Occasion of Sin
A good friend sent me a statement charging Fox News with “inexcusably” violating “elementary canons of journalism” in its handling [...]
4
04, 2020
Reflections While Staying Home
It was Sunday evening, March 29, 2020, and I had just watched episode 224 of McLeod’s Daughters, which ran for eight [...]
21
03, 2020
Toilet Paper and the Human Intellect
Rodin's The Thinker [...]
14
03, 2020
The Ultimate Ethnic Joke
We’ve all heard enough ethnic jokes to know that they can be hurtful because they are usually based on stereotypes—that [...]
8
03, 2020
Making Lent Meaningful
Lent is a time for deepening our faith and growing closer to God. Traditionally, for Catholics and many other Christians, [...]
29
02, 2020
Tribute to “The Little Poor One,” St. Francis of Assisi
St. Francis of Assisi, Stained Glass Window. Slovenia Many have believed that St. Francis of Assisi lived [...]
22
02, 2020
Memo to Those Who Still Hate Trump
A friend recently said that she didn’t vote for Donald Trump in 2016 because of the offensive statements he had [...]
15
02, 2020
The Media Are Ignoring This Book
The only way to cast an informed vote for political candidates is to become familiar with their qualifications for office. [...]
9
02, 2020
Renewing Catholic Respect for Reason
Rodin's The Thinker I recently noted that though the Catholic Church was once Reason’s greatest champion, in recent [...]