Wesley J. Smith

Early human trials with adult stem cells extracted from bone marrow have not worked as well as hoped. From the story:So it was with high hopes that researchers transfused stem cells into patients suffering from heart failure — people whose hearts, weakened by heart attacks or other conditions, . . . . Continue Reading »

A few days ago I complained about positive book reviews for a new book that partially involves explicit depictions of sexual intercourse between a chimpanzee and a woman, with the reviewers either lauding the bestiality or praising it with non damnation. I saw the acceptance of bestiality/literary . . . . Continue Reading »

Reading the Week in Review section of the NYT today, I came upon an interesting column about a new computer—dubbed Watson—that its developers hope will rise to the level of AI, defined in the side bar copied above.  Watson will soon be in a “Jeopardy” type . . . . Continue Reading »

NYT columnist Gail Collins is upset because many Republicans want to defund Planned Parenthood. But as usual with PP defenders, she whitewashed the problem. From her column:Maybe it’s all part of a grand theme. Last month, they voted to repeal the health care law. This month, they’re . . . . Continue Reading »

Secondhand Smokette and I are winging our way today to the Sunshine State for a several day visit to her parents. (So glad they don’t live in Chicago!) That will slow things down a bit here at SHS. I will not be posting as actively, although I will opine when I can. And more particularly, . . . . Continue Reading »

My pal Joseph Bottum has a disturbing piece in the Weekly Standard about the abortion abattoir in PA that I also discussed here at SHS.  I don’t want to revisit the details of that carnage, but want us to focus instead on the lower standards of regulation and/or professionalism required . . . . Continue Reading »

Remember those bad old days when we were told embryonic stem cell research offered the “only hope?”  Check this National Geographic video out! Healing within days with the patient’s own stem cells.Never underestimate the ingenuity and creativity of . . . . Continue Reading »

I am growing increasingly concerned that the Obamacare Administration thinks it is above the law.  Days have passed without the government asking the Judge Vinson or an appeals court to stay the ruling that the entire Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional and void.  That means the ruling . . . . Continue Reading »

My pal and co-author of Power Over Pain, Eric Chevlen, just e-mailed to tell me I was quoted by Rush Limbaugh today.  I didn’t hear it, but found the transcript.  It’s from this SHS entry on the overturning of Obamacare. From the Rush Limbaugh Show:It’s well known that . . . . Continue Reading »

When the government went after tobacco companies, I was all for it.  The companies had lied about the deleterious health impact of smoking for years.  As for warnings by some that once Big Tobacco was swallowed, the fast food industry and other areas of eating deemed to be less than . . . . Continue Reading »