Wesley J. Smith

As if the suicide clinics weren’t bad enough, now nursing homes in one area of Switzerland will soon be allowed to facilitate suicides by residents.  From the story:A Swiss region is poised to give old people in state-subsidised care homes the right to die via assisted suicide if that is . . . . Continue Reading »

I warned in the Weekly Standard that the new Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board is the cornerstone for a new bureaucratic state.  From my piece “Our New Obamacare Masters:”At present, Congress is responsible for setting the policies that govern all aspects of Medicare, . . . . Continue Reading »

Youth suicide problem, Wesley?  What youth suicide problem?In Tennessee, the suicide promoting and assisting organization, Final Exit Network, is holding a suicide promoting event at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church.  (These kind of compasssssssionaatttte events are . . . . Continue Reading »

A new study indicates that suicide rates ebb and flow with the economy.  From the story:“Knowing suicides increased during economic recessions and fell during expansions underscores the need for additional suicide prevention measures when the economy weakens,” James Mercy, acting . . . . Continue Reading »

The anti humanism of radical environmentalism drew me into discussing this issue.  And it is rampant.  It is one thing when an Earth Liberation Front anarchist spouts the old misanthropy.  And you can find blogs that say anything, I know.  But when educated scientists do it, . . . . Continue Reading »

In case you missed it: Ecuador and Bolivia have granted (literally) “rights” to “nature,” that are co-equal with those of humans.  And Bolivia has stated it will soon try to obtain a UN Treaty doing the same. Don’t roll your eyes.  There are some very . . . . Continue Reading »

I have written about the ubiquitous media bias in the stem cell/cloning debates so often that I feel like I am trying to empty the ocean with a cup. But it is worth noting that my Discover Institute colleague, David Klinghoffer, take a good swing at it today in NRO—and connects. From . . . . Continue Reading »

One of the most infuriating aspects for me in the embryonic stem cell debates has been the continual hype lying I have seen—indeed, personally witnessed—by scientists. I say lying because that is a knowing and willful misstatement of fact, as opposed to hype, which is an exaggeration or . . . . Continue Reading »

Vegans like to say that it is a perfectly healthy diet—more healthy than the biologically natural omnivorous human diet.  While it can certainly be indulged healthily—if carefully managed with supplements, etc.—unlike our natural diet, it is potentially hazardous for pregnant . . . . Continue Reading »

What a disaster.  Now patients are denied expensive drugs for treatment of serious conditions.  From the story:Family doctors are being prevented from prescribing drugs for conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and osteoporosis as NHS managers attempt to make drastic budget cuts, an . . . . Continue Reading »