Wesley J. Smith

Coup de Culture operatives—utilitarianism, hedonism, scientism/earth religion—get them while they are young.  Part of destroying Judeo/Christian moral philosophy (of which human exceptionalism is a vital part) is the pop culture campaign  against personal behavioral restraint . . . . Continue Reading »

Shades of Terri Schiavo—but without the killing part.  A woman gave birth to triplets five years ago and suffered terrible complications that rendered her with a profound cognitive disability.  A year later the husband divorced her.  Now he is in a fight with her parents over . . . . Continue Reading »

I have been fighting the euthanasia agenda since 1993.  During that time, the arguments haven’t changed much, although the euphemisms have.  But even after all those years, I still marvel that many euthanasia/assisted suicide promoters think the “choice” is as sterile as . . . . Continue Reading »

Whiplash! Representative Anthony Weiner (D-NY) has been fighting back ferociously against those bad opponents of Obamacare! From a Dana Milbank column in the Washington Post:It is the first anniversary of the health-care law approached this week, many Democratic lawmakers went to ground, leaving . . . . Continue Reading »

When the debacle called the Affordable Care Act—better known as Obamacare—was jammed down the collective throat in the most corrupt and dishonest legislative action I have ever seen—after the pro side lost the political debate in the country—supporters were self . . . . Continue Reading »

The general ABC approach seems to be working in another African country in fighting AIDS—this time Zimbabwe.  A=abstinence.  B=Be Monogamous.  C=If you can’t do A or B, use condoms.  From the story:HIV prevalence in Zimbabwe has declined remarkably in recent years, . . . . Continue Reading »

The futile care movement has been dealt another setback in the Baby Joseph case.  Baby Joseph, who is terminally ill, was to be forced off of life support by a Canadian hospital.  The parents asked for a tracheotomy so they could take him home under care to have extra months of life.  . . . . Continue Reading »

A Congressional hearing is going to be held to highlight the dangers of the Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board.  From the story in the Daily Caller:An often-overlooked portion of President Barack Obama’s prized health care law, the creation of the Independent Payment Advisory . . . . Continue Reading »

The Lutheran theologian and bioethicist Gilbert Meilaender—who served on the President’s Council on Bioethics—has a long and provocative article out in the current First Things.  Contrary to the transhumanists and immortalitists such as Aubrey de Gray, Meilaender says that . . . . Continue Reading »

There is a story in the news about army soldiers on trial for murdering civilians in Afghanistan.  Awful, if true.  But this post focuses on something else.  The soldiers are accused of posing with the cadavers of those they killed—in much the same way that hunters often pose . . . . Continue Reading »