Wesley J. Smith

Very serious charges are being made that some Australian and UK medical students conduct intimate body exams on unconscious patients without consent.  From the story:AUSTRALIAN medical students are carrying out intrusive procedures on unconscious and anaesthetised patients without gaining the . . . . Continue Reading »

A few months ago I wrote about how the Isle of Wight planned on giving the morning after pill to 13 year old girls.  Well, a recent UK study indicates that such policies result in teenage children contracting STDs, but not reducing pregnancies.    From the story:A government . . . . Continue Reading »

I have no idea if this is true, but if it is—there should be a Congressional inquiry.  Powerline—a skeptical blog. to be sure—is reporting that NASA has changed its data, taking out adjustments for the “urban island effect.” and consequently, making the apparent . . . . Continue Reading »

We are told that Obamacare will save money by basing cost/benefit (rationing) decisions, made by centralized bureaucrats, using “evidence based medicine.” The idea—and it is all the rage—is that our ubiquitous medical studies will be able to show the cost controllers which . . . . Continue Reading »

I think Medicare Part D is a big success.  It brought a long-desired prescription drug benefit to Medicare for the first time, at less cost than if the government had paid for it—and indeed, for less money than its own projected budget (last time I checked).  It is very popular with . . . . Continue Reading »

There is really a chilling anti-human undertone to global warming hysteria, which was what first sparked my interest in the issue. Now, we see an article that seems to laud the killer of tens of millions of people as wonderfully cooling the planet. From the story:Genghis Khan’s Mongol invasion . . . . Continue Reading »

I have no regard for Newt Gingrich.  None.  As he prepares to run for POTUS—can you imagine?—he is now attacking the EPA for its excesses in fighting global warming.  From the story:Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich called Tuesday for the elimination of the Environmental . . . . Continue Reading »

The Netherlands is a lovely country where many people have eschewed true compassion—the root meaning of which is to “suffer with”—to promote suicide as the answer to human difficulty.  Euthanasia is available via lethal injection for the terminally ill, the chronically . . . . Continue Reading »

Oh, this is so not going to sow panic.  Rather than disappearing, some of the glaciers in the Himalayas are actually growing.  From the story:Researchers have discovered that contrary to popular belief half of the ice flows in the Karakoram range of the mountains are actually growing . . . . Continue Reading »

More and more companies and  unions are asking for Obamacare waivers to keep afloat.  And the administration is understandably defensive.  From the HHS Press Release:The Affordable Care Act is designed to provide Americans with affordable, high-quality coverage options – while . . . . Continue Reading »