Law Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/law/ Vincent Ryan Ruggiero - Author of books and essays Wed, 08 Jan 2014 14:19:07 +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 Law Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/law/ 32 32 The Most Serious Thinking Error https://mind-at-work.com/serious-thinking-error/ Wed, 08 Jan 2014 14:19:07 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=745 What mental error poses the greatest obstacle to intelligent thought and behavior today? It’s hard to pick just one, but if pressed, I’d say “mine is better” thinking. The term can’t be found in most logic books—I coined it many years ago in a book on thinking to describe a mindset that was becoming increasingly [...]

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]]> A More Dangerous Corruption https://mind-at-work.com/dangerous-corruption/ Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:00:50 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=436 “Corruption” is a popular word today, and it is usually used to denote dishonest behavior within an institution. The most common example is politicians’ misuse of their offices for personal gain or violation of their oath to uphold the Constitution. Other examples are educators’ abandonment of academic standards and journalists’ substitution of personal opinion for [...]

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]]> Why Gun Control Is Not The Solution https://mind-at-work.com/gun-control-solution/ Tue, 22 Jan 2013 05:00:51 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=514 You won’t learn it from mainstream media coverage, but the idea that tighter gun control will cure the nation’s epidemic of mass shootings is as bogus as Manti Te’o’s girlfriend. Why is gun control not the solution? Because guns are not the problem. The real reason people shoot (or otherwise harm) others is either that [...]

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]]> The Key To Cutting Government Spending https://mind-at-work.com/key-cutting-government-spending/ Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:00:13 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=549 If a rowboat springs a leak and is fast filling with water, the first step is to stop the leak. Then the water can be baled out. A similar approach is necessary with America’s economy. For a very long time, excessive spending (the leak) has caused mounting national debt (the rising water that threatens to [...]

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