Ryan Sayre Patrico

Yesterday I expressed my hope that, during his meeting with Nancy Pelosi, Pope Benedict would stress once again the Church’s uncompromising commitment to protect human life in all its forms. It looks like he did just that : Following the General Audience the Holy Father briefly greeted Mrs . . . . Continue Reading »

At Literary Review , Christopher Kelly reviews Chris Wickham’s latest book, The Inheritance of Rome: A History of Europe from 400 to 1000 : In The Inheritance of Rome , Wickham adds political and cultural history, but still resolutely refuses to offer any grand explanatory narrative. His . . . . Continue Reading »

As a law school professor in Cologne, what do you do when your students can’t seem to remember paragraph 823 of the civil-law code? If you’re Klaus Peter Berger, you set it to music and rap about it . My favorite couplet has to be: Für den Zurechnungszusammenhang kommt es . . . . Continue Reading »

I agree with you , Steve, that researchers are ignoring a large piece of reality when they imply that the differences between animals and humans are not qualitative but quantitative. Like you, I’ll start to take those assertions more seriously when animals start saying the same things about . . . . Continue Reading »

ROFTERS in the Philadelphia area may be interested in attending Villanova Law School’s third annual Scarpa Conference on Law, Politics and Culture this Thursday, February 19, 2009, at the Connelly Center on Villanova’s main campus. The theme of the conference is “Liberty of . . . . Continue Reading »

We know the machines are attacking , but what about the birds ? . . . . Continue Reading »

At the meeting , let’s hope Benedict can clear up a few things for her. . . . . Continue Reading »

This understatement of the day is given to us by Alfie Patten, the thirteen-year-old British boy who just became a father: Alfie Patten, 13, and his girlfriend Chantelle Steadman, 15, decided to keep Maisie who was conceived after one night of unprotected sex. Alfie, who is just 4ft tall, . . . . Continue Reading »

Michael New’s latest on the claims of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good is a must read: An August 2008 study released by the group Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good had Obama supporters (and some editorial boards) swooning. Analyzing state level abortion data from 1982 to . . . . Continue Reading »

We all know the story. Whether we’ve seen it at the movies, heard it on the radio, or read it in a book, we’ve all been exposed at one point or another to a variation on the same dystopian nightmare: the attack of the machines.One version plays out far away, in some cold, dark corner of . . . . Continue Reading »