Ryan Sayre Patrico

First, if you haven’t already, be sure to read today’s “The Mental Murder of Torture,” by First Things associate editor Russell E. Saltzman: Now, I’m not so dumb or so liberal that I can’t understand and remember and share the anger the September 11 attack produced . . . . Continue Reading »

Be sure to check out our latest interview : First Things ’ new associate editor David Goldman talks about his article “Demographics & Depression”, which appears in the May issue of First Things . An Interview With David Goldman on “Demographics & Depression” from First . . . . Continue Reading »

In the lead-up to her confirmation as the head of Health and Human Services, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius has vetoed a bill increasing the information doctors would have to provide the government regarding late-term abortions: Gov. Kathleen Sebelius vetoed a bill that would have rewritten . . . . Continue Reading »

Ho Hum. Just more of the same , promising news. And—it almost goes without saying—no embryos are involved: For the past couple years, there’s been a steady march toward making adult cells mimic embryonic stem cells. Success could ultimately defuse the debate over destroying embryos . . . . Continue Reading »

Money—and royalty—sure don’t buy class: A video tape smuggled out of the United Arab Emirates shows a member of the country’s royal family mercilessly torturing a man with whips, electric cattle prods and wooden planks with protruding nails. A man in a UAE police uniform is . . . . Continue Reading »

” Geez, mom , it’s really no big deal. It’s not like I’m voting or something important like that:” Seventeen-year-olds will soon have access to emergency contraception without a prescription, U.S. health regulators said on Wednesday, complying with a court order to . . . . Continue Reading »

Last week, Wikipedia deleted its article entry on “Culture of Death.” Jill Stanek is on the beat trying to figure out why. “Culture of Death” can still be found as a subheading under “Culture of Life,” so that might have something to do with it—but the . . . . Continue Reading »

A science story perfect with that morning cup of joe: A Duke University professor and his graduate student have discovered a universal principle that unites the curious interplay of light and shadow on the surface of your morning coffee with the way gravity magnifies and distorts light from distant . . . . Continue Reading »

From the WSJ, a story on baseball’s most distinctive accoutrement—the stirrup sock: Early stirrups were white, just inches high. Sewn to the ends of dyed tubes, they blended with the undersocks, making them hard to see. Then designs advanced to one-piece solids, and the half moons rose. . . . . Continue Reading »

Required listening: First Things ’ editor Joseph Bottum discusses the future of the magazine with features editor R.R. Reno. . . . . Continue Reading »