SHS Funnies

by Wesley J. Smith

When a vegetarian falls off the wagon:The latest research sparks more controversy in the evolution debate: . . . . Continue Reading »

11 May 2008 0

The "Battle at Kruger", Human Exceptionalism, and the Misnomer That is "Animal Rights"

by Wesley J. Smith

This remarkable video depicts a desperate fight between a crocodile, a pride of lions, and a herd of cape buffalo over the life of a calf. No “animal rights” here. No “right” not to suffer here. No “cruelty” here, either. This is the tooth and claw struggle of the . . . . Continue Reading »

10 May 2008 0

SHS Funnies

by Wesley J. Smith

An illustration of how modern names . . . . Continue Reading »

10 May 2008 0

SHS a True International Community

by Wesley J. Smith

I just did a little research on where SHS’s 30,000 visits each month (and slowly going up) come from. Most, not surprisingly, come from the good ol’ USA. But I am very gratified to learn that people come here literally from all over the world. In the last month, f0r example, 583 visits . . . . Continue Reading »

9 May 2008 0

University of Washington Medical School Teaches Futile Care Theory as if the Right to Refuse Wanted Life-Sustaining Treatment Already Exists

by Wesley J. Smith

An intrepid reader sent me this on-line syllabus from a bioethics course at the University of Washington Medical School. I checked on the link protocol and the author Nancy Jecker, Ph.D presumes that the right to refuse wanted life-sustaining treatment already exists. From the syllabus:While you . . . . Continue Reading »

9 May 2008 0

Fighting Back Against Biological Colonialism

by Wesley J. Smith

Biological colonialism (as I call it) is a real and growing international problem, in which rich Westerners pay destitute people for kidneys, the use of their wombs, and potentially coming soon to a poor country in Asia or Africa, for eggs to do mass human cloning. I have reported on some of the . . . . Continue Reading »

9 May 2008 0

NHS Meltdown: The Implosion Continues

by Wesley J. Smith

What is left of the NHS in the UK is continuing its awful meltdown. Now, the bureaucrats in charge intend radical surgery. From the story: Scores of hospital departments such as maternity units and cancer clinics will be closed or merged across the country under plans for a radical shake-up of the . . . . Continue Reading »

8 May 2008 0

Burma and the UN

by Nathaniel Peters

Burma has been in the news recently with the wake of Cyclone Nargis and the junta’s reluctance to admit foreign aid to the country’s suffering citizens. On The Weekly Standard’s website, Joseph Loconte points out the ways in which the UN has done nothing to fight the tyranny of . . . . Continue Reading »

8 May 2008 0

Southern Living

by Joseph Bottum

In a CNN money report today, there’s a list of the ten real-estate markets expected to post the biggest declines over the next year. Among them: #1) Miami, Fla., 12-month forecast: -24.9% #2) Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 12-month forecast: -22.2% #3) Orlando, Fla., 12-month forecast: -21% #6) West . . . . Continue Reading »

8 May 2008 0

Washington State: Becoming Two-Faced About Suicide

by Wesley J. Smith

Why is assisted suicide always treated as if life were lived in a vacuum? Case in point: The suicide statistics in Washington are, according to a newspaper report “terrifying,” and yet, many newspapers editorially support legalizing assisted suicide—which at the very least sends a . . . . Continue Reading »

8 May 2008 0