Ryan Sayre Patrico

What a remarkable woman : With a video camera hidden in her backpack, college student Lila Rose has become a rising star in the U.S. anti-abortion movement for her clandestine tactics in taking on Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest provider of surgical abortions. Rose stages her own . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, I can’t say I’m suprised. After being one of the most vocal advocates for overturning the ban on federally funded stem-cell research, Scientific American now admits that actual therapies derived from ESCR would still be years away and that adult stem cells might still be more . . . . Continue Reading »

Terry Mattingly at GetReligion reads between the lines of the mainstream coverage to find out. His conclusion? Yes. Maybe. Depends. Update: Steve Waldeman claims that a White House official confirmed to him that Sotomayor is Catholic. . . . . Continue Reading »

If you’re looking for a roundup of the latest opinions on the Sotomayor nomination, The Anchoress has you covered . . . . . Continue Reading »

Today, the California Supreme Court upheld the amendment to the state constitution banning same-sex marriage in a 6-to-1 majority. . . . . Continue Reading »

Nathan Schneider at The Row Boat has stumbled across the website of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. According to their “About” page, the Mormon Transhumanist Association is an international nonprofit organization that promotes practical faith in human exaltation through charitable . . . . Continue Reading »

At City Journal , Benjamin A. Plotinsky reviews Gertrude Himmelfarb’s latest book, The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot : Is it wonderful or not wonderful? That’s what critics have been asking about the novel Daniel Deronda ever since its 1876 publication. Their answer has often been in . . . . Continue Reading »

President Obama has selected his nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court justice David Souter. New York judge Sonia Sotomayor would become the court’s first Hispanic. The Wall Street Journal reports : The president, in introducing Ms. Sotomayor at the White House Tuesday morning, praised . . . . Continue Reading »

Tragedy in Northern Ireland : A Catholic community worker was beaten to death by men shouting that they were members of the Ulster Defence Association, his widow said today. Evelyn McDaid, a Protestant who suffered serious head injuries when she tried to save her husband Kevin, spoke as police . . . . Continue Reading »

If you were puzzled by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano ‘s positive article on President Obama’s Notre Dame speech—which appeared right next to another article strongly criticizing his stand on stem-cell research—the paper’s editor, Paulo Rodari, may have . . . . Continue Reading »