Wesley J. Smith

I came to this conclusion very reluctantly, but single payer must be rejected because it leads directly to terrible rationing in times of economic difficulty—as I wrote in the Weekly Standard this week. And now California is threatening to cut MediCal patients off kidney dialysis! From the . . . . Continue Reading »

Two big promises President Obama made about Obamacare—that it would cut jobs and allow us all to keep our current health care plan—have been labeled “more likely false than true” by a Congressional independent financial analyst.  And they cut to the core of the sales . . . . Continue Reading »

Obamacarians assure us that the new law prohibits coverage for abortion.  That’s not true.  It was merely one of the many shell games played by its supporters. The law left to the bureaucracy to include abortion as an indirectly covered procedure in subsidized state . . . . Continue Reading »

The Burlington Free Press has a front page story today on suicide prevention.  From the story:Vermont school administrators, guidance counselors and teachers routinely receive training on how to prevent teen suicides, but mental health experts say even with intervention, not every life can be . . . . Continue Reading »

When I wrote here about the restaurant planning on serving lion tacos, I said it would never happen.  And, as is usually the case when I put on my prophesying hat, I was right.  From the story:An Arizona restaurant has scrapped plans to offer African lion meat in its tacos. Bryan Mazon, . . . . Continue Reading »

I have been fighting against euthanasia since 1992.  All that time, I have been waiting for patient killing to be coupled with organ harvesting. Now it has—in Belgium.  Doctors have even taken to the road to promote the idea. From the story: A group of Belgian doctors are harvesting . . . . Continue Reading »

Back when I first got into this line of work, I wrote a piece for Newsweek about the dangers of euthanasia consciousness. I was a naif at the time.  I had no idea how insidiously seductive the culture of death could be nor how deeply it had already seeped into the culture of the West.  . . . . Continue Reading »

The manufacturer of a drug used in executions can’t produce it anymore—making lethal injections problematic. From the story:The legitimacy of the death penalty in the U.S. is regularly debated. But now, at least 35 states that already administer capital punishment may no longer be able . . . . Continue Reading »

As good intentioned as this proposal is, presumed consent for organ donations will just not fly in the USA—as I stated in my earlier post about the then pending Colorado proposal. Now, it has been dropped.Good.  Let’s focus on encouraging more people to become donors.  How . . . . Continue Reading »

American assisted suicide activists pretend that legalization is to be strictly controlled.  But the legislation they propose—and the laws they pass—contain loopholes big enough for a hearse to drive through.  Latest example, the upcoming bill in Vermont to legalize . . . . Continue Reading »