SHS Funnies

by Wesley J. Smith

A hate crime against a plant! Why Garfield was banned in . . . . Continue Reading »

8 May 2008 0

Proposition 71: The New Gilded Age

by Wesley J. Smith

When the creators of Proposition 71 spent tens of millions buying a constitutional amendment in California to permit human cloning research, they promised CURES! CURES! CURES! And what are people spending hundreds of millions of dollars of borrowed money on? EXPENSIVE FANCY BUILDINGS! EXPENSIVE . . . . Continue Reading »

7 May 2008 0

Texas Representative Garnet Coleman: Installed in Hall of Shame

by Wesley J. Smith

I just did an entry on a new Texas futile care lawsuit involving a girl named Sabrina Murray who was apparently threatened with a futile care termination by a Houston hospital, resulting now in litigation. But I had to reserve this entry for a quote from the author of the futile care law, Garnet . . . . Continue Reading »

6 May 2008 0

A New Futile Care Lawsuit: What the "Quality of Life Ethic" Hath Wrought

by Wesley J. Smith

Texas is ground zero for Futile Care Theory because of its pernicious law that permits ethics committees to refuse wanted life-sustaining treatment over patient/family objections. Readers of SHS will recall that when such a decision is rendered, families have a mere 10 days to find alternative care, . . . . Continue Reading »

6 May 2008 0

"The Dignity of Living Beings With Regard to Plants"

by Wesley J. Smith

I found a linkable cite for the Swiss ethics committee report on the “dignity” of plants. So, I thought I’d put a few pithy quotes up that have not appeared in my discussion here at SHS about the study or in my Weekly Standard piece.Sometimes materialistic Darwinists will state . . . . Continue Reading »

6 May 2008 0

Plants Rights on the Air

by Wesley J. Smith

My Weekly Standard piece, “The Silent Scream of the Asparagus,” on plant “dignity” piece is getting a lot of attention. For those in the Cincinnati area who may care to listen, I will be doing the Bill Cunningham Show on WLW (AM 700) at 9:15 Pacific . . . . Continue Reading »

6 May 2008 0

Fox Interview Moved up 10 Minutes

by Wesley J. Smith

For anyone up this early and/or who cares, my interview on America’s Newsroom on FNC about “plant rights” has been moved up ten minutes. I am mainlining coffee as I prepare—a plant product I might add—that not even the most utilitarian bioethicist would begrudge . . . . Continue Reading »

6 May 2008 0

Exercise Machine Trains Brain of Paralyzed Woman to Walk

by Wesley J. Smith

There is hope everywhere for people with spinal cord injury. We have dealt with adult stem cells and spinal cord injury in print and here at SHS several times previously. But this is very interesting. A paralyzed woman who broke her neck in a trampoline accident has been retrained to walk. From the . . . . Continue Reading »

5 May 2008 0

Doing Fox News Tomorrow AM

by Wesley J. Smith

I heard from FNC today about my “The Silent Scream of the Asparagus” Weekly Standard column. I am schedule to be interviewed tomorrow at 6:45 AM Pacific (yawn) . . . . Continue Reading »

5 May 2008 0

In Light of "The Silent Scream of the Asperagus"

by Wesley J. Smith

SHS readers will recall my piece in the Weekly Standard about the Swiss creating “dignity” for plants. I am sure the creators of this parody (Arrogant Worms—Carrot Juice is Murder”) never thought their satire would be overtaken by actual . . . . Continue Reading »

5 May 2008 0