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Insights from Our Ancestors

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 16:23:54 +0000

Bust of Socrates In the late 1980s I was invited to Singapore to help their Curriculum Development Institute develop a program in critical and creative thinking. I first visited classrooms to observe teachers and students at work and also spoke with students outside of class. I was impressed by their desire to learn [...]

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“Dilly Dilly,” More Than Silly

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 15:39:45 +0000

“Dilly Dilly” is certainly silly. A medieval king demanding that his subjects pay homage with cases of Bud Light, leading them in that strange toast and then, more ominously, having a subject who brings him aged whiskey dragged off, presumably to his execution. Or a small band of thirsty medieval peasants armed with little more [...]

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The Catholic Hierarchy Disappoint Again

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 16:20:27 +0000

The Catholic hierarchy in the U.S. have disappointed Catholics in the past, and they are doing so again, this time on the matter of President Trump’s executive orders on immigration. I recently examined six widely reported hierarchical statements and found only two that met or surpassed minimal standards of reasoned discourse—separating fact from fiction, acknowledging [...]

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