Ryan Sayre Patrico

How many of us have sent an important email in the wee hours of the morning only to regret it the next day? Let’s face it: Submitting that paper or writing to that ex should have been reserved for a time when our brains were functioning properly. Enter “Mail Goggles” a new service . . . . Continue Reading »

The San Fransisco Chronicle reports : The words, “bride” and “groom” will be restored on all California marriage licenses starting next month, state health officials announced Monday. On June 16, when same-sex marriage became legal in the state, the Department of Public . . . . Continue Reading »

For those of us out there, economists and laypeople alike, who are left scratching our heads at the current economic crisis, here’s a new theory, based on the study of information networks, that might shed some light on the problem: “[The U.S.] market economy is nothing more than a . . . . Continue Reading »

The next time a surgeon accidentally leaves a sponge inside a patient or a nurse administers the wrong type of blood in a transfusion, Medicare and the taxpayer will no longer pay to clean up the mess: Medicare, the government insurance program for the elderly and disabled, will stop paying . . . . Continue Reading »

Virginian readers of First Things will be interested in the upcoming free lecture by Richard John Neuhaus at Roanoke College: . . . . Continue Reading »

Not wanting to be left out of the trend , it looks like bloggers now have their own set of ten commandments. Christian bloggers who drive now have thirty rules to keep in mind. . . . . Continue Reading »

The BBC reports more troubling news from India’s ongoing religious violence between Hindus and Christians: Four people have been arrested in the eastern Indian state of Orissa in connection with the rape of a Catholic nun more than a month ago, police say. At least one police officer has been . . . . Continue Reading »

Over on the New York Times ’ technology blog, Steve Lohr sat down with Craig Barrett, the chairman of Intel, to discuss education. Refreshingly, Barrett isn’t convinced that technology is the answer to the country’s education crisis: “We’re bailing out Wall Street, . . . . Continue Reading »

A storm is brewing in the normally peaceful town of Westhampton Beach, NY: Rabbi Marc Schneier, who counts New York Gov. David Paterson among his friends, wants the Westhampton Beach mayor and village board to approve the placement of the religious boundary called an eruv, which would allow . . . . Continue Reading »

Yesterday, I read this article covering of an organization dedicated to give comfort to mothers and families mourning the death of a newborn. It’s a remarkably moving story: A white rose hanging outside the doorway tells nurses that the family in this one room of the maternity ward at Inova . . . . Continue Reading »