Ryan Sayre Patrico

Bonnie Erbe at US News and World Report : It’s no tragedy: it’s a good decision. The decision benefits society in two ways. It allows the couple to focus more time, energy and resources on their three children, giving each child a better life and a better chance of growing up to . . . . Continue Reading »

Twitterers and bloggers beware : Rapid-fire TV news bulletins or getting updates via social-networking tools such as Twitter could numb our sense of morality and make us indifferent to human suffering, scientists say. New findings show that the streams of information provided by social networking . . . . Continue Reading »

Two days later, the online retailer explains that it was an accident caused by a glitch starting in France and is working to correct the problem. But it was two days too late. Bloggers and authors came out swinging—“Amazon is selling discrimination,” screams one headline. Petitions . . . . Continue Reading »

Maggie Gallagher on why she’s not giving up the fight against same-sex marriage: “Truth and love wlll prevail over lies and hate.” On that basis Havel took on the Soviet empire. Where is that invincible empire now? Same-sex marriage is founded on a lie about human nature: . . . . Continue Reading »

From the conclusion of the New York Times review of Richard John Neuhaus’ last book, American Babylon: Notes of a Christian Exile : “American Babylon” displays Neuhaus in all his virtues—elegantly argued and written, fair-minded and with a formidable range of . . . . Continue Reading »

My alma mater  has scrapped  Columbus Day. This October 12, the university will celebrate “Fall Weekend” instead. The move comes after the school’s Undergraduate Council of Students passed  a resolution  stating that “Columbus Day is often celebrated in a . . . . Continue Reading »

That’s what headlines across the nation are screaming today, after a new study was released alleging that having a baby “accelerates the deterioration” of “marital quality over time.” Sure. If by “marital quality” one means selfishness, self-centeredness, . . . . Continue Reading »

Another example of in vitro fertilization slowly making its way from the optional to the obligatory: Parminder Sahota, a senior immigration officer, is suing her employers for sex and pregnancy-related discrimination, claiming that she was disciplined for taking too much time off for fertility . . . . Continue Reading »

The numbers keep on climbing : Nearly 40 percent of babies born in the United States in 2007 were delivered by unwed mothers, according to data released last month by the National Center for Health Statistics. The 1.7 million out-of-wedlock births, of 4.3 million total births, marked a more than 25 . . . . Continue Reading »

You want to know the problem with morality today? It’s all head and no heart. Instead of thinking about the difference between right and wrong, we should just trust the instincts given to us through evolution and do what feels right. After attending a Templeton Foundation event last month . . . . Continue Reading »