Ryan Sayre Patrico

Apparently, fearing the complete annihilation of the self is just plain silly . . . . . Continue Reading »

The new breakthrough could eventually help sufferers of muscular disorders such as muscular dystrophy. And, once again, embryonic stem cells were not necessary. . . . . Continue Reading »

Very bad news out of Chicago: The company that owns the Chicago Sun-Times and 58 other newspapers and online sites said Tuesday it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The Sun-Times Media Group, Inc. said it would continue to operate its newspapers and Web sites as usual while it improves its cost . . . . Continue Reading »

If you haven’t already had your “far out” moment for the day, be sure to check out a new essay in Seed Magazine by Nathan Schneider. It’s a summary of multiverse theory—the idea that there isn’t just one universe, but many—and how this radical cosmology is . . . . Continue Reading »

That’s what a new government report has found . The city’s mayor, Adrian Fenty, plans to respond to the crisis “by promoting testing for the virus, preventing transmission by providing free condoms and needle exchanges, and doing more for those already living with HIV/Aids.” . . . . Continue Reading »

It appears that a public figure who willingly committed and supported acts of violence is not fit to speak at a Catholic university. Ayers, whose actions are certainly deplorable, never intentionally supported the destruction of innocent human life. Needless to say, a public figure who actively . . . . Continue Reading »

And, once again, embryos aren’t involved. . . . . Continue Reading »

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced he’d like to amend the country’s Act of Settlement , which bars royals who marry Roman Catholics from taking the throne: Britain may allow the monarch to marry a Catholic and give female heirs an equal claim to the throne, the government . . . . Continue Reading »

Damian Thompson reflects on the death of British reality-TV star Jade Goody and what the media attention given the event says about our society: Jade Goody has died. Move along now, there’s nothing more to see. Unless you count her grief-stricken relatives and “grieving” crowds, . . . . Continue Reading »

Yesterday I mentioned an article by William Saletan about surrogate mothers in California who, because they stopped being paid for their services, had every right to abort the child that, genetically speaking, wasn’t even theirs. As I said, the case is “another example of how in vitro . . . . Continue Reading »