essays by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero
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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 [...]
16
03, 2019
Restoring the Catholic Church
Recently, while dusting my bookcase, I noticed my copy of Malachi Martin’s The Decline and Fall of the Roman Church, published [...]
9
03, 2019
The Laity’s Response to Sex Scandals
Even before Catholics could fully grasp the enormity of the sex abuse scandals in their church, new revelations came in [...]
2
03, 2019
On Reading and Listening, Part 2
The first part of this essay noted the reading and listening deficit in America and identified its causes as the [...]
23
02, 2019
On Reading and Listening
Sir Francis Bacon In a recent essay I chastised the [...]
9
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 [...]
1
02, 2019
From “Bronx Cheer” to Rousing “Bravo”
The “Bronx cheer,” as every New Yorker knows, is made by placing the tongue between the lips and blowing in [...]
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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01, 2019
The Relationship Between Theology and Logic
In modern Catholicism, the term “theology” is often linked to Church doctrine, much of which is regarded as definitive, and [...]