by Nick Patricca | Mar 1, 2017
Although I am well-trained in the art and science of hermeneutics ( divining the meaning of texts or the utterances of gods ) and have successfully tackled many obscure but interesting clumps of words, I am stymied by Bannon-speak: “Darkness is good. Dick...
by Nick Patricca | Feb 1, 2017
When I was a youngster, I wanted to be a writer for a newspaper, or a U.S. Senator. I avidly read the papers I delivered to my clients and passionately participated in the politics of the times, reporting on Adlai Stevenson for president rallies for the Kingsley House...
by Nick Patricca | Jan 4, 2017
A funny thing happened to me as I was preparing to write this op-ed. I went looking for this thing called ‘the electoral college’ which everyone wants to abolish or defend or reform but I could not find it. The U.S. Constitution speaks of...
by Nick Patricca | Dec 7, 2016
In the early 1960s, when I was in pastoral training in Oil City and in Elwood City, Pennsylvania, I met a woman who changed my world. My task was to conduct in-depth interviews with families in the area to determine their religious affiliations and their spiritual...
by Nick Patricca | Nov 2, 2016
Why I write. For me, to write is an act of faith: in myself and in you. To write, I must believe that what I write is worthy of your attention. To write, I must believe that your reading and responding to what I write is worthy of my attention. When I write, I try to...
