Drunk Man Run Over by Train Awarded 2.3 Million
by Ryan Sayre PatricoYou’ve got to be kidding. . . . . Continue Reading »
Joe Biden and the Clash of Civilizations
by Keith PavlischekWe do not believe in a clash of civilizations. We do see a shared struggle against extremism—and we will do everything in our collective power to help the forces of tolerance prevail. In the Muslim world, a small number of violent extremists are beyond the call of reason. We will defeat them. . . . . Continue Reading »
From the Archives
by Nathaniel PetersLooking through our archives today I was delighted to find Alan Jacobs’ “review” of Kahlil Gibran’s Collected Works . If you could use a good chuckle, give it a read . Here’s the beginning: Expansive and yet vacuous is the prose of Kahlil Gibran, And weary grows the . . . . Continue Reading »
“Especially Legislators”
by Ryan Sayre PatricoYesterday 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 »
“A Period in Its Own Right”
by Ryan Sayre PatricoAt 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 »
Die Rappende Professoren
by Ryan Sayre PatricoAs 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 »
More Proof That Assisted Suicide Activists Will Seek to Force Doctors to Participate
by Wesley J. SmithThe culture of death brooks no dissent, I have repeatedly warned. That means the assisted suicide agenda, if it is widely successful, will one day seek to force all doctors to participate in the mercy killings of their patients—either by doing the deed personally, or referring them to a death . . . . Continue Reading »
It May Be New to the Times, But It Isn’t New
by Mary Rose SomarribaToday’s New York Times features an article ” Picture Emerging on Genetic Risks of IVF ” that starts like this: Over the past thirty years, in vitro fertilization has been reassuringly safe. Millions of healthy children have been born and developed normally . . . The article goes . . . . Continue Reading »
Re: Animal Researchers
by Ryan Sayre PatricoI 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 »
Animal Researchers
by Stephen M. BarrRyan posted a link to an interesting article on the intelligence of pigeons and baboons. It seems that recent studies have shown these creatures to be smarter than was realized. This leads some researchers, such as University of Iowa professor Ed Wasserman, to conclude that there is no fundamental . . . . Continue Reading »
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