Ryan Sayre Patrico

Here’s a novel way to address declining birthrates, and it seems to be working: Two years after having one of the lowest birth rates in the world, Georgia is enjoying something of a baby boom, following an intervention from the country’s most senior cleric. At the end of 2007, in a move . . . . Continue Reading »

As if the economic crisis weren’t depressing enough already: Complimentary elevenses have been scrapped in courthouses across the county of Kent in an attempt to save around £20,000 a year. The decision has caused uproar among the normally subdued ranks of JPs, with some arguing . . . . Continue Reading »

For primary-school students in the UK, studying history might soon become, well, history : Primary school pupils should learn how to blog and use internet sites like Twitter and Wikipedia and spend less time studying history, it is claimed. A review of the primary school curriculum in England will . . . . Continue Reading »

In Chinese region of Xinjiang, an overpopulation of Gerbils is threatening the ecosystem. Government officials have found a “good way to tackle the desert rat plague.” Their solution? The contraceptive pill . . . . . Continue Reading »

Here’s one more striking example of how in vitro fertilization turns a human being into a commodity: If you’re angry about the AIG scandal or Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, check out what’s happening to the infertile couples and surrogate mothers involved in a California womb . . . . Continue Reading »

In a forceful essay titled “Culture & Barbarism: Metaphysics in a Time of Terrorism,” literary theorist Terry Eagleton explores the role of metaphysics in the postmodern world: If politics has failed to unite the wretched of the earth to transform their condition, we can be sure . . . . Continue Reading »

We’ve heard a lot about the victims of the Madoff pozi scheme—celebrities, families, and charitable organizations whose lives and assets have been turned upside down by the fraudulent investor. The Wall Street Journal has a story today about a couple whose life’s work—the . . . . Continue Reading »

Harvard law school professor, former ambassador to the Vatican, and First Things board member Mary Ann Glendon will receive the Laetare Medal at Notre Dame this spring: Mary Ann Glendon, former U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, will receive the University of Notre Dame’s 2009 Laetare Medal. . . . . Continue Reading »

Roger Scruton on Britain’s bus-advertising atheists, and how they don’t measure up to the humanists of his parent’s generation: The British Humanist Association is currently running a campaign against religious faith. It has bought advertising space on our city buses, which now . . . . Continue Reading »

I wonder what Our Lady would think about that . . . . . Continue Reading »