Wesley J. Smith

I reported on Friday that Rachael Nyirahaabiyambere was back on a feeding tube by court order. I can now report that the ADF has—once again—leaped into the breach to help a family whose loved one was threatened with dehydration—just as it did in the Jesse Ramirez case.  In . . . . Continue Reading »

A book review in the Wall Street Journal of a new book called The Moral Lives of Animals (by Dale Peterson) highlights the ongoing threat to human exeptionalism posed by those who are working to erase the moral boundaries between us and fauna. The reviewer, Stephen Budiansky (The Truth About Dogs), . . . . Continue Reading »

Last week, I wrote about Rachel Nyirahabiyambere, the immigrant woman denied food and fluids—in which a Catholic hospital moved a court to have the family removed from guardianship over their own mother, and the appointed guardian cared more about the social costs then her own ward, and the . . . . Continue Reading »

Splendid. From the story: After a sober and emotional debate, the Idaho Senate on Friday passed a bill making assisted suicide a felony punishable by 5 years in prison on a 31-2 vote Friday.But note, if you hit the link, how the story focuses mostly on the reasons a senator voted no, and . . . . Continue Reading »

For all the faux screaming about Bush—which was mostly pure politics—the real financial impediment to ESCR has been the patenting question. And now, the European Court of Justice has dealt a body blow to the sector. From the story:The European Court of Justice today issued a preliminary . . . . Continue Reading »

Believe it or not, this is a light show. . . . . Continue Reading »

Shades of the Kevorkian anarchy.  In the UK,  a husband put a plastic bags over the head of his wife, then piped in gas to make her die, and because she consented, law enforcement does nothing.  From the story:Michael Bateman put a bag over his wife Margaret’s head and inserted . . . . Continue Reading »

This would have been a bigger story in the USA where patients still have the right to fight these things.  In New Zealand, doctors forced a badly injured teenager—Kimberly McNeill, center in the photo at left—off of life support.  But contrary to their certainty, she . . . . Continue Reading »

It’s almost a game.  An unusual weather event happens and the GWHs leap to the conclusion that this is EXACTLY WHAT WE PREDICTED from global warming!  Think, Katrina. Think the recent arctic weather.  Think the Russian heatwave of 2010.And yet, it usually turns out not to be . . . . Continue Reading »

A court in the UK has protected the job of a believer in animal rights on the basis of the legal ban against religious discrimination.  From the story:A prominent animal rights campaigner yesterday won a landmark ruling that his beliefs should be  protected from discrimination at work in . . . . Continue Reading »