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A Riddle, Wrapped in a Mystery, Inside an Enigma

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 08 May 2021 13:57:28 +0000

The title is borrowed from Winston Churchill. Though he coined the phrase in reference to another matter, it describes perfectly the present situation in contemporary America. Our culture and society have fallen into a pit of confusion and contradictions, and it is difficult identifying how the fall happened and what we should do about it. [...]

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Orwell’s Prophetic Novel, 1984

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 16:59:39 +0000

George Orwell In 1949 George Orwell published a tale of a totalitarian country in which self-appointed elites gained the power to erase people’s memories, control their thinking, and alter their values. He titled the book 1984, and it has been terrifying readers ever since. In the afterword to the 1977 edition, psychiatrist Erick [...]

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Envisioning America in 2050

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 14:45:05 +0000

Forecasting the future is an inexact enterprise at best. Yet examining current conditions and trends is a helpful way of identifying what dangers need to be addressed. Earlier this year British conservative Paul Weston offered some thoughts that merit Americans’ attention. Speaking to the Conservative Political Action Conference on March 3, 2016 Weston pointed out that [...]

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What Has Happened to America?

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:36:29 +0000

Many people are asking what has happened to our country. The question is occasioned both by the growing number of problems facing us—including terrorism, racial unrest, governmental profligacy, political intransigence, and educational decline—and by our diminishing ability to solve these problems. I believe the best answer to the question is, “Relativism happened.” That is, truth [...]

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Will America Become Muslim?

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 19:55:53 +0000

The expansion of Islam is already well underway. But if you are thinking, “Let’s strengthen the NSA, CIA, FBI, and the armed services,” forget it. This expansion is demographic and is being carried out by ordinary Muslims, not terrorists. Nevertheless, it does have serious cultural implications. Simply said, Muslims are out-reproducing Christians and Jews, among [...]

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