essays by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero
6
08, 2022
Restoring Social Harmony
I ended my recent essay, “Revisiting Ancient Wisdom,” by recalling Confucius’ view that getting beyond self-adulation improves ourselves, our communities, [...]
30
07, 2022
The Culture of Absurdity
The battle for social dominance is over and the results are clear—common sense has been routed and absurdity is savoring [...]
16
07, 2022
Revisiting Ancient Wisdom
Recently, as I was browsing through my bookshelves, I came across a little book I had bought in Singapore in [...]
9
07, 2022
Misrepresenting Catholic Teaching
I recently expressed concern about the Catholic hierarchy’s troubling stance on homosexuality. Another statement by Pope Francis unfortunately increases rather [...]
2
07, 2022
Changing Perceptions of God and Self
If members of my generation were asked the following questions when they were in their 20s, here is how I [...]
7
05, 2022
America Magazine’s Strange View of Elon Musk
When the world’s richest person, Elon Musk, bought Twitter, conservatives expressed hope, the mainstream media were apoplectic, and the staff [...]
30
04, 2022
Can Thinking Really Be Taught?
My recent essay, “The Decline of Thinking in America,” included the recommendation that schools should change their emphasis from “telling students [...]
23
04, 2022
The Decline of Thinking in America
Late one night many years ago, my college roommate awakened me with the announcement [...]
16
04, 2022
The Unfathomable Silence of the Shepherds
The Shepherd metaphor is one of the clearest and most vivid in all of Scripture and not surprisingly was adopted [...]
8
04, 2022
A New Catholic View on Homosexuality?
In the past, Munich's Cardinal Reinhard Marx has given his blessing to same-sex couples. Now he is going a step [...]