Wesley J. Smith

I was afraid of this—and we see it again and again.  When mega celebrities like Bono and Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates came together to fund an anti AIDS and malaria project, the motives are splendid—but big money and celebrated international aid efforts often lead to mega . . . . Continue Reading »

So, now the weather is going to be blamed on industries thought to contribute to global warming. And if the weather causes damage, the industries will be made to pay! From the story:From being a marginal and even mocked issue, climate-change litigation is fast emerging as a new frontier of law where . . . . Continue Reading »

Regular readers of SHS will know that I have reacted to recent rationing imposed within Arizona’s Medicaid by  pointing out that it is an expected consequence of a single payer health systems hitting a budgetary brick wall.  I expand on that analysis in this week’s Weekly . . . . Continue Reading »

The nation was shocked at the arrest of a Philadelphia doctor and staff members for the murder of babies who were allegedly born via induced premature delivery, and then killed.  The clinic also did late term abortions, including after viability. Over at Secondhand Smoke , I ask an important . . . . Continue Reading »

Slate’s Will Saletan, who definitely pitches his beliefs tent in the pro choice camp, goes into details about the Philadelphia abortion/infanticide mill, which I posted about the other day.  He first notes that some pro choice absolutists believe in abortion through the ninth . . . . Continue Reading »

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We are a public policy promise breaking society. Here’s how the game is played: When a new controversial bioethical policy is proposed, proponents soothingly promise it will be strictly limited to very tightly controlled circumstances.  When that gets them through the door, often, the old . . . . Continue Reading »

A restaurant in Tucson is planning to serve tacos containing lion meat.  From the story:In the six months since it launched Exotic Taco Wednesdays, Boca Tacos y Tequila has served up python, alligator, elk, kangaroo and rattlesnake. Frog legs, turtle, duck and Rocky Mountain oysters have also . . . . Continue Reading »

The House of Representatives, with three Democrats joining all Republicans, voted to repeal Obamacare today.  This is the first step in a long journey that will be traveled over at least the next two years. From the story:House Republicans passed a bill to repeal President Barack Obama’s . . . . Continue Reading »

This theory is worth pondering:  Because global warming weather prophets wrongly predicted that it would lead to mass drought in Queensland, its political leaders may have made decisions that worsened the impact of the current flood.  From a Telegraph blog by Spiked’s Brendan . . . . Continue Reading »