Wesley J. Smith

Gallup has a interesting new poll out.  When asked whether “pro life” or “pro choice,” more say the latter than the former. From the poll:Americans are closely divided between those calling themselves “pro-choice” and those who are “pro-life,” now . . . . Continue Reading »

Suicide has become an obsession in certain quarters, and for a few suicide pushers, the basis for a personal cult.  Australia’s Phillip Nitschke is one such cult leader.  Nitschke is a blatant death-on-demander, who has for years pushed suicide machines, the “peaceful . . . . Continue Reading »

The headline caught my eye, “Prescribing Jesus Gets Doctor Censured.” I turned to the story fully expecting to write a post that “prescribing” Jesus or any religion was not their job, that doctors should only prescribe medically. But then when I read the story, I saw that it . . . . Continue Reading »

Since the Nuremberg Code, protecting human subjects has always been thought more important than the speed in which research could be successfully brought into clinical application.  But the world of medicine is growing increasingly utilitarian, and I have wondered how long that ethos would . . . . Continue Reading »

Wouldn’t it be nice if the purpose of pushing prenatal testing for Down syndrome was to assure that fetuses testing positive would be later welcomed into the world in full preparation for the medical challenges that sometimes arise in babies with the condition? Of course, the real point is to . . . . Continue Reading »

I got into some trouble a few weeks ago when I criticized Game of Thrones for its very explicit scene of a brother and sister engaging in sexual intercourse.  I said it was part of the coup de culture rocking the West, for which, I was called a prude, told I didn’t understand the plot, . . . . Continue Reading »

I won’t argue the bad theology behind the prediction about tomorrow’s supposed Second Coming.  But I would like to raise a bit of a subversive question: Isn’t the transhumanist “Singularity” —in which technology will advance at such an accelerated state it . . . . Continue Reading »

Many jokes are being cracked about the prediction of doomsday Saturday, in which the “Rapture” is supposedly coming tomorrow, heralding the end of days.  From the CNN story:By now, you’ve probably heard of the religious group that’s predicting the end of the world starts . . . . Continue Reading »

The 21st Century approach to suicide “prevention:”The way global warming hysterics think the rest of us live:The future epitaph of a certain SHS . . . . Continue Reading »

Pardon a brief pause from our usual programming for a special announcement.SHSers often contact me on email or come up to me at speeches to express their great admiration for my pal, the novelist Dean Koontz.  As a certified FOD, I am often asked what he is writing, when is the next Odd Thomas . . . . Continue Reading »