Wesley J. Smith

I am often asked how so many animal rights activists can also be so pro abortion.  For example, when I debated Gary Francione at Columbia Law School about animal rights, he said he supported abortion throught the ninth month even though he believes rights come from mere sentience. Sentience . . . . Continue Reading »

There is no free will, that’s the implied message here. Liberals and conservatives have supposedly different neurologies according to several studies—some of which we have discussed here.  From the ABC story:The studies looked at things like differences between groups’ . . . . Continue Reading »

Good grief: A sperm bank is bragging that it set the record of having children born with 40 year-old sperm. From the press release, headlined “World Record Shattered:”Late in August, twin girls were born to a couple who used in vitro fertilization (IVF) to achieve pregnancy. On the . . . . Continue Reading »

I just saw a funny Tweet from @jimnorton, in which he “condemns” Mitt Romney’s father for “murdering roses” when he placed one on his wife’s bedstand every night. (Romney scored emotionally in last night’s speech when he recalled that his mother found . . . . Continue Reading »

I am often asked by young people—and come to think of it, not so young people—who want to become writers what they should do to achieve their dream.  I always say, “Write. A writer writes.”Christopher Hitchens was a WRITER!  And he wrote—his upcoming last . . . . Continue Reading »

Transhumanists and immortalists hope to find a magic bullet—pardon the metaphor—that will let them live for hundreds of years. One potential hope, not eating much, seems to have been dashed in monkey research. From the LA Times story:For 75 years, scientists have documented a curious . . . . Continue Reading »

They must be so proud—the ghouls who give people moral permission to kill themselves and then teach them how to do it with helium.  Now, enough people are doing themselves in with this method that the increase is reflected in UK death statistics.  From the Guardian story:Inert gas . . . . Continue Reading »

The European Court of Human Rights has a point about Italy’s policy that outlaws only implanting healthy embryos.  From the Yahoo story:The European rights court Tuesday condemned Italy for its ban on screening embryos for genetic conditions, saying its laws leave couples wanting to . . . . Continue Reading »

No surprise to this Baby Boomer: Marijuana lowers IQ in teenage users.  From the Telegraph story:Teenagers who regularly smoke cannabis are putting themselves at risk of   permanently damaging their intelligence, according to a landmark study. Medical marijuana, as I have written, . . . . Continue Reading »

In the wake of the Akin debacle, there has been some focus on the Republican position(s) on abortion. But Jeff Jacoby, writing in the Boston Globe, notes that the Democrats are way ouf of the mainstream.  From, “Both Parties are Too Extreme on Abortion:”Though one-third of . . . . Continue Reading »