Ryan Sayre Patrico

Monday’s Wall Street Journal has a nice editorial review of the shenanigans going on in the Minnesota senate-race recount. After clearly explaining how—and why—vote totals could have swung so frequently in Mr. Franken’s favor, failing to mark duplicate ballots, judiciously . . . . Continue Reading »

Two German kindergarteners who met on New Year’s Eve this year tried to run away to Africa to get married. They weren’t able to tie the knot, but they sure made one cute story : Two German children—aged five and six—have been stopped by police from eloping to Africa to tie the . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, Christmastide is quickly drawing to a close, and it looks like record numbers spent time this Christmas, not in church or with family, but on Facebook . . . . . Continue Reading »

Over 400 people have been killed by Ugandan Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo since Christmas day, reports Catholic charity group Caritas: The Director of Caritas Dungu-Doruma says that the Ugandan rebels attacked a Christmas Day concert in Faradje City organised by the Catholic church . . . . Continue Reading »

In today’s Daily Article, features editor R.R. Reno discusses Big Science’s latest attempt to prove determinism right—and free will wrong. If anyone out there isn’t convinced that we’ll start seeing more of these kinds of studies, here’s another example taken . . . . Continue Reading »

For all of those across the country starting to dig out after another round of wintery weather, here’s some advice from a man in New Bedford: Don’t use a blowtorch . . . . . Continue Reading »

make sure you exit the burning aircraft . . . . . Continue Reading »

An opinion piece at the Buffalo News today starts off : It appears that, in the incoming Obama administration, it will be hard to tell the difference between the people making energy policy and the people making environmental policy.  With a lede like that, I was sure the article would . . . . Continue Reading »

The Economist ‘s Intelligent Life magazine has an article in its Winter issue investigating the relationship between faith and families. Among the scholars mentioned in the piece is Mary Eberstadt, who wrote “The Vindication of Humanae Vitae ” for the August/September issue of . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, as long as Stalin meant well: Stalin, the brutal Soviet dictator responsible for the deaths of millions of his citizens, has been undergoing a makeover of sorts in recent years. Russian authorities have reshaped the Georgia-born dictator’s image into that of a misunderstood, demonized . . . . Continue Reading »