Ryan Sayre Patrico

At the Telegraph , Philip Womack reviews Paula Byrne’s new book, Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead : Brideshead Revisited must surely rank as one of the best-loved novels of the 20th century. Aloysius the teddy bear, Sebastian Flyte being sick through Charles Ryder’s . . . . Continue Reading »

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights says Obama’s health-care plan is racially discriminatory . The House health-care bill backed by Obama is filled with “sections that factor in race when awarding billions in contracts, scholarships and grants” and give “preferential treatment . . . . Continue Reading »

John Gartner, Ph.D., an assistant professor of psychology at Johns Hopkins, has published a psychological profile of White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel in Psychology Today . The diagnosis? Hypomanic . . . . . Continue Reading »

Here’s some good news : Tucked inside a sweeping House bill to overhaul the health system is a provision that would require Medicare to pay physicians to counsel patients once every five years. During those sessions, doctors could discuss how patients can plan for such end-of-life decisions . . . . Continue Reading »

Nina Shen Rastogi at XXfactor on a new abstinence campaign : Just $15 plus shipping and handling gets you a tight tank top with the slogan “I’m SEXY enough . . . to keep you waiting” emblazoned across the chest. Waiting until when, exactly—after dinner and a movie? I would . . . . Continue Reading »

A storm’s a’ brewin in the mommy blogosphere: With book deals, TV appearances and thousands of readers, moms who detail every moment of their domestic lives online produce some of the Web’s most well-read blogs. Many of these “mommy bloggers” even draw the attention of . . . . Continue Reading »

In his latest column , Bill McGurn looks at the Obama administration’s unwillingness to entertain debate on healthcare reform: “President Obama says that both sides agree we need to lower costs, promote choice and provide coverage for every American,” says Grace-Marie Turner, . . . . Continue Reading »

Somebody tell Peter Singer: Almost nobody believes anymore that infants are insensate blobs. It seems both mad and evil to deny experience and feeling to a laughing gurgling creature. Still, there has to be some point in development when consciousness isn’t present, and though it is logically . . . . Continue Reading »

Our Lutheran readers might be interested in an upcoming retreat for clergy from the renewal group the Society of the Holy Trinity: The retreat will be September 29 - October 1, 2009, at University of ?St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary, Mundelein (near Chicago), ?Illinois, USA. Members of the . . . . Continue Reading »

No wonder we’re dying out : Nobody likes going to the dentist, but redheads may have good reason. A growing body of research shows that people with red hair need larger doses of anesthesia and often are resistant to local pain blockers like Novocaine. As a result, redheads tend to be . . . . Continue Reading »