Wesley J. Smith

A good friend of mine was a good friend of the late, great philosopher, Eric Hoffer.  Hoffer is best known for his scathing criticisms of totalitarian ideologies, particularly the book True Believer.I am currently nudging in my noodle that radical enviromentalism and related ideologies are . . . . Continue Reading »

This is disgusting. CBSLA News has glorified an elderly woman selling suicide kits as “death with dignity.” From “91-Year-Old Grandma Sells Suicide Kits To Help Terminally Ill Die With Dignity”:Meet Sharlotte. Like a lot of grandmothers, she likes to keep busy. But while some . . . . Continue Reading »

I hesitate to go here because it is not intended to open up the huge political issue of labor relations.  But slavery and human trafficking are definite human exceptionalism issues, and so too, I think, is working people to the point of utter exhaustion, hopelessness, and despair.  Indeed, . . . . Continue Reading »

Certain elements of the assisted suicide movement obsess over suicide methods.  It’s really a death cult: Books are written.  Conventions held.   Suicide machines such as the “debreather” and “Exit Bag,” are invented.  And now, a fellow has . . . . Continue Reading »

The Court of Appeals reversed 2-1 Judge Royce Lamberth’s immediate injunction against NIH funding of ESCR. This changes nothing on the ground, as the original decision was already stayed. The reversal does not end the case, but returns it to Lamberth for further proceedings or trial. And then, . . . . Continue Reading »

Senator Jon Kyl quotes yours truly in a column criticizing the Independent Payment Advisory Board, about which I wrote in the Weekly Standard, could well become the cornerstone for a new and unaccountable bureaucratic state.  From Kyle’s column in the Arizona Capitol Times, . . . . Continue Reading »

As predictable as the timing of the tides, a left wing think tank blames global warming for the recent tornadoes.  But I must admit, Think Progress cut to the chase to save time when future weather events occur. From the blog entry “Storms Kill Over 250 Americans In States Represented By . . . . Continue Reading »

Governor Mitch Daniels of Indiana has just had a political hot potato tossed in his lap.  He wants to run for president, it seems.  In an interview with the Weekly Standard’s Andy Ferguson some time back, he supported a “truce” in the culture wars, angering his pro life . . . . Continue Reading »

File this in the Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place File:  We are destroying our economy with by giving into global warming hysteria.  The Obama Adm. guaranteed a whopping federal loan guarantee of $2.1 billion to put a big solar power project in the Mojave Desert—which Jerry . . . . Continue Reading »

Baby Joseph is home, and apparently not as unconscious as the London hospital representative stated. From the story:Baby Joseph napping at home in his crib on Easter Sunday is all the proof his father needs that his Ontario doctors were wrong. Only months ago, the fate of 15-month-old Joseph . . . . Continue Reading »