Ryan Sayre Patrico

Tomorrow, Billy Graham, a pastor to presidents and preacher to millions, will turn 90: Evangelist Billy Graham, who turns 90 on Friday, is frail from multiple falls and ailments, far from the strapping revivalist who roamed the globe for six decades. Yet before Graham retired in 2005 to his . . . . Continue Reading »

The fall 2008 campaign of 40 Days for Life officially concluded this past Sunday, but not before several hundred lives were saved : “Even after praying and fasting for 40 days—and being involved in vigils that in many cities went round the clock, seven days a week—many of the people . . . . Continue Reading »

Speaking of the latest in scientific research, Vanity Fair has a wonderful article on the seventh annual Texas Bigfoot Conference , which was held in last month in Jefferson, Texas: In a high school cafetorium, a small man in his mid-70s was lecturing to a rapt audience of several hundred people. . . . . Continue Reading »

Yesterday we learned that teenagers who watch high levels of promiscuity on television are themselves more likely to “get pregnant or get a partner pregnant.” Today, we discover that children who play violent video games are more likely to become aggressive and violent: A new study . . . . Continue Reading »

The use of Latin has been banned from a number of local councils in Britain, because officials fear the language can cause confusion: Several local authorities have ruled that phrases like vice versa , pro rata , and even via should not be used, in speech or in writing. But the ban has prompted . . . . Continue Reading »

From today’s Washington Post , more proof that television is anything but harmless to our children: Teenagers who watch a lot of television featuring flirting, necking, discussion of sex and sex scenes are much more likely than their peers to get pregnant or get a partner pregnant, according . . . . Continue Reading »

At least, that’s what a new research study is telling us: Clocks spring ahead and fall back when adjusting in and out of daylight saving time. A study published on Wednesday finds that heart attack rates do the same. The research, based on heart attacks in Sweden, concluded that the chance of . . . . Continue Reading »

That’s the question the Westchester Institute for Ethics & the Human Person , “a research institute conducting interdisciplinary, natural law analysis of complex, contemporary moral issues,” tackles in its latest white paper , “When Does Human Life Begin? A Scientific . . . . Continue Reading »

A couple days ago, Nathaniel discussed an article in the New York Times that highlighted the increasing percentage of woman involved in extramarital affairs. Among other observations, Nathaniel noticed that the language used in the article to refer to the increasing rate of adultery was “the . . . . Continue Reading »

Researchers have known for a while now that piety can help protect a person from depression and anxiety. Now, a new study published online in Psychological Medicine has gone further in developing the relationship between mental health and spirituality by comparing the effectiveness of different . . . . Continue Reading »