Donald Trump Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/donald-trump/ Vincent Ryan Ruggiero - Author of books and essays Sat, 23 Nov 2024 15:57:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://mind-at-work.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-open-book-32x32.png Donald Trump Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/donald-trump/ 32 32 The Challenge of Restoring Harmony https://mind-at-work.com/why-restoring-harmony-is-uncertain/ Sat, 23 Nov 2024 14:04:00 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=6077 For several years Democrats have warned that Republicans would refuse to accept the outcome of the 2024 election and behave responsibly. Now that the election has come and gone, that warning has proved prophetic. But, wonder of wonders, the resisters have turned out to be the Democrats themselves! The governors of Illinois, Massachusetts, and California [...]

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]]> The Catholic Church and the 2024 Election https://mind-at-work.com/the-catholic-church-and-the-2024-election/ Sat, 09 Nov 2024 13:35:25 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=6058 The 2024 presidential election was admirably carried out. Around the nation crowds of voters waited patiently and politely, often in long lines, to add their ballots to those submitted by mail. Observers commented that there seemed to be a strong sense of purpose at work, and the election results proved them right. A majority of [...]

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]]> Donald Trump’s Problem, And Ours https://mind-at-work.com/donald-trumps-problem-and-ours/ Sat, 14 Sep 2024 14:39:16 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=6004 Donald Trump's problem and the problem of many American voters, though separate, are very much intertwined. Trump's problem is his propensity for stream of consciousness speaking, and it was on full display for much of the September 10th debate with Kamala Harris. The voters' problem is that Trump's speaking mode invites his enemies to lie [...]

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]]> Revisiting “Death by a Thousand Slurs” https://mind-at-work.com/revisiting-death-by-a-thousand-slurs/ Sat, 06 Apr 2024 13:49:01 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=5842 I published "Death by a Thousand Slurs" on January 10th, 2018. It focused on Trump's performance during his first year in office and the media's response. Now, over five years later, I am revisiting that essay because doing so underscores how the media's hate-driven delusion has contributed to America's dramatic social decline. Here is that [...]

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]]> Is Donald Trump the Best Republican Candidate for 2024? https://mind-at-work.com/is-donald-trump-the-best-republican-candidate-for-2024/ Wed, 17 May 2023 13:50:30 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=5322 This question is both important and difficult. Important because the answer could affect the fate of the country. Difficult because Trump has been simultaneously outstanding and terrible. Outstanding in his numerous and singular accomplishments as president, which were all the more significant because achieved despite the vilest assaults in presidential history. Terrible in his ungentlemanly [...]

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