Wesley J. Smith

There are many motives for attacking human exceptionalism. I have seen it attacked to permit the materialist religion of transhumanism a free hand. I have seen it attacked to elevate the moral value of animals, nature, and to promote radical environmentalism. I have seen it attacked as a consequence . . . . Continue Reading »

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No “medical treatment” could be less expensive than assisted suicide.  The drugs cost about $100. But treating patients properly so that they don’t want assisted suicide can take $100,000 or more.  And that is why it is always alarming when people grappling with medical . . . . Continue Reading »

And in a not too distant future...When a climate hysteric and a climate realist . . . . Continue Reading »

Some, like Al Gore, have been saying that the recent arctic freezes around the country and in Europe are signs of global warming. And now, now a snow storm is coming to SF!  It must be global warming—or at least, global weirding, in Thomas Friedman’s stupid phrase.Uh, that would be . . . . Continue Reading »

A new billboard in New York City is aimed at reducing abortion within the African-American community. From the story:The poster advertises a Texas-based group called Life Always, which campaigns against what it calls a “genocidal plot” against unborn babies. It is on display in the SoHo . . . . Continue Reading »

The Daily Show tried to make a joke out of the Wisconsin protests by bringing a camel to the snow—to mimic what happened in Cairo, apparently.  It did not work out.  The camel freaked. Where are the protests from animal rights groups against the DS and Jon Stewart? Allow me: As an . . . . Continue Reading »

Opponents of the death penalty claim execution by lethal injections is an unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment because the prisoners being killed could possibly feel pain during the execution process.  Assisted suicide advocates claim that assisted suicide with the same drug allows a . . . . Continue Reading »

A former football player named Dave Duerson committed suicide and asked that his brain be donated to research an affliction that may be caused by receiving too many blows to the head.  From the story:For 11 years, Dave Duerson made his living as a hard-hitting safety in the NFL and was known . . . . Continue Reading »

This is very scary.  Scientists claim that brain scans can identify potential future criminals.  From the story:More researchers believe that violent tendencies have a biological basis and that tests and brain imaging can pick them up in children. They argue that, by predicting which . . . . Continue Reading »