Wesley J. Smith

I have been pounding the “nature rights” warning drum for a few years, and most people still yawn thinking, “It can’t happen here.”  (Anyone who would still say such a thing has been making like Rip Van Winkle for the last 50 years.)  The issue is being pushed . . . . Continue Reading »

David Brooks has a column in today’s NYT about how some evolutionary theorists try to force random evolution into a form that can explain human moral agency.  From “Nice Guys Finish First:”The story of evolution, we have been told, is the story of the survival of the fittest. . . . . Continue Reading »

More news from the economy destroying hysteria to global warming front.  Now that the 100 watt incandescent light bulb is to be banned, welcome its Green replacement—at a hefty $50 per bulb.  From the story:Two leading makers of lighting products are showcasing LED bulbs that are . . . . Continue Reading »

If a Republican were president, the MSM would pursue stories such as this with great vigor.  But with Obama in office, his journalist protectors know what they don’t want to know.  So it is up to the partisan media to uncover and/or drive most of the stories about corruption, . . . . Continue Reading »

Medicare is going under.  The status quo is not an option.   Rep. Paul Ryan has proposed a major Medicare reform to have future beneficiaries (beginning for those that become eligible in 2022) to receive federal vouchers to purchase private plans.  (This sounds sort of like Plan D . . . . Continue Reading »

Two areas of uncontroversial medical research may have combined to create a cure for AIDS.  The first is genomic medicine.  The second, adult stem cells.  From the story:Brown was living in Berlin, Germany back in 2007, dealing with HIV and leukemia, when scientists there gave him a . . . . Continue Reading »

I wish I could say I was surprised.  Zurich voters rejected a referendum that would have restricted suicide clinic attendance to the Swiss.  From the story:Voters in Zurich have overwhelmingly rejected calls to ban assisted suicide or to outlaw the practice for nonresidents. Zurich’s . . . . Continue Reading »

Contested Reproduction by John H. Evans University of Chicago Press, 213 pages, $45 Is talking about controversial issues important just for the sake of talking? That question repeatedly popped into my mind as I read John H. Evans’ Contested Reproduction , a carefully researched and parsed . . . . Continue Reading »

I agree with the New York Times’ Charles Blow on the need to maintain federal  spending support for a program that pays for the drugs that fight HIV.  From his column, “H.I.V.S.O.S:”Treatment as prevention. That’s the way scientists describe a striking and . . . . Continue Reading »

The birth dearth has Germany looking for ways to induce its citizens to have more Jungen und Mädchen. Now, the government may soon offer to pay for most of the costs of IVF  as an inducement for German men and women to be fruitful and multiply. From the story:Germany is poised to start . . . . Continue Reading »