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 »
The 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 »
Today’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 »
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 »
Ryan 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 »
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 »
“Abba Poemen said to Abba Isaac, ‘Let go of a small part of your righteousness and in a few days you will be at peace.’” — Becoming Fire: Through the Year With the Desert Fathers and Mothers . . . . Continue Reading »
At the meeting , let’s hope Benedict can clear up a few things for her. . . . . Continue Reading »
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