Wesley J. Smith

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Bioedge highlights an apparent ongoing meme in some bioethical and science circles that it was wrong for people to be happy at the death of OBL, that somehow “revenge” is something out of our primitive past that has no place in the modern world. From the article: In the profusion of . . . . Continue Reading »

A scientific study has demonstrated that boredom is good for you—and society.  From the Guardian story:Through a series of seven studies, researchers found that boredom increases prosocial motivations that impact on positive behaviours that last far beyond the length of time of the boring . . . . Continue Reading »

I have written previously that I first became concerned about the question of bestiality when a Washington State legislator sought to outlaw the practice and proponents had difficulty articulating why sex with animals should be illegal, with most reduced to muttering about the animals not giving . . . . Continue Reading »

Our economic recovery needs a big shot of adrenaline,. Yes, we had 268,000 new jobs added last month.  But about with 25% (62,000) came from McDonald’s! From the story:The world’s biggest restaurant chain reported that it received one million applicants for open positions, which . . . . Continue Reading »

The UK’s rationing board NICE will soon be defanged, but its teeth still remain sharp.  The current victims, leukemia patient’s whose lives could be saved by a drug the rationers have deemed not cost/benefit worthy. From the Telegraph story: Leukaemia sufferers in England have been . . . . Continue Reading »

It is interesting how technology has the power to create false intimacy.  I have more than 700 friends on Facebook!  I Tweet with the best of them. And now, a Japanese scientist is creating a machine that one day may allow people to “French kiss” over the Internet.  . . . . Continue Reading »

Scientific American has a piece out trying to explain why people “don’t trust scientists.”  I think the very topic illustrates part of the problem.  Hubris.  Those in the Politicized Science community—and Scientific American is part of that . . . . Continue Reading »

Are you kidding me? China murders its condemned and religious prisoners—as in Falun Gong—for their organs, which are then sold for tens of thousands of dollars to rich line jumpers from the West. You can get a liver in a month in China—for the right price. It is an insidious and . . . . Continue Reading »

The hypocrisy of many of the most famous proponents of GWH has helped destroy the credibility of global warming generally.  Al Gore’s many houses and notorious uses of private jets, Barbra Streisand, you get the picture.  They talk the talk, but hardly walk the walk.Proponents of . . . . Continue Reading »