Middle Ages Tech Support

by Wesley J. Smith

This is slightly off point, but it is funny. So, I am exercising “Blogger’s Priviledge” and posting it for SHSers to enjoy. Have a good . . . . Continue Reading »

12 Apr 2007 0

ESCR Funding Politics: It is About the Pork

by Wesley J. Smith

Stock prices for embryonic stem cell research companies took a hit when the U.S. Senate failed to pass a bill to overturn President Bush’s stem cell funding policy by a veto proof margin. Worcester, MA’s, Advanced Cell Technology—which opened an office in California to try and . . . . Continue Reading »

12 Apr 2007 0

Belgium Descends to Infanticide

by Wesley J. Smith

It took the Dutch about 20 years to get to the point from accepting euthanasia to countenancing infanticide. It has only taken the Belgians a few years to jump off the same vertical moral cliff. Not unexpectedly—and this isn’t the first such report—eugenic infanticide is now . . . . Continue Reading »

12 Apr 2007 0

Insipid USA Today Interview of PETA Author

by Wesley J. Smith

I wish I could say that I could not believe my eyes: Craig Wilson of USA Today interviewed PETA biggie Dan Matthews, and did not ask one substantial question. What about PETA’s refusal to condemn violence in the name of animal liberation? Not asked. Are Matthews and PETA at all concerned about . . . . Continue Reading »

12 Apr 2007 0

Hospice Care May Extend Life

by Wesley J. Smith

This study demonstrates an important point: Hospice care can extend life because, relieved of much suffering by proper care, patients can actually live longer than if they were not receiving such treatment. From the story: “This [the study’s results] should be reassuring to those faced . . . . Continue Reading »

12 Apr 2007 0

Wrongly Declared "Brain Dead"

by Wesley J. Smith

This kind of story sends a chill. Doctors at a Fresno hospital wrongly declared a patient to be dead by neurological criteria (a.k.a. brain death) when he wasn’t actually dead, resulting in a near harvesting of organs from a living patient. Luckily, the mistake was caught in time. The man died . . . . Continue Reading »

12 Apr 2007 0

Bush Stem Cell Statement

by Wesley J. Smith

Here is the statement issued today by the White House about the passage of Senate Bills 5 (overturn Bush funding policy) and 30 (fund “alternative” approaches). Agree or disagree with the Bush policy, I think this point made by the President is absolutely true: My policy unleashed an . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Apr 2007 0

Senate Stem Cell Votes

by Wesley J. Smith

S. 5, the bill to overturn President Bush’s embryonic stem cell funding policy passed, one vote (if everyone had showed up) short of a veto override margin. It also does not have enough votes in the House for an override, so it is not going to be enacted—for now. Eventually, when the . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Apr 2007 0

How Embryonic Stem Cell Propaganda Campaign May Be Distorting Progress of Science

by Wesley J. Smith

I checked the New York Times to see if they reported the great news that human diabetes patients have been effectively treated for their disease with adult stem cells. The Gray Lady only carried a muted report by the AP. Had this been an embryonic stem cell success, the story would have reaped huge . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Apr 2007 0

Leon Kass on What Makes Humans Special

by Wesley J. Smith

Leon Kass’s piece in Commentary, about which I posted earlier, also contains some very good prose about a philosophical approach to human exceptionalism. He writes:It is indubitably clear, even to atheists, that we human beings have them [attributes of God in biblical religion such as . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Apr 2007 0