Wesley J. Smith

The reason I believe this claim is that PETA and other animal rights groups have planted zealots into animal using industries with the intent of making public accusations.  Alas, the truth or falsity doesn’t really matter as in the infamous Silver Springs Monkey Case, which sought to . . . . Continue Reading »

The Weekly Standard blog has surveyed four major polls and found that all show strong support for repeal of Obamacare.  From the post:On the morning of the House of Representatives’ vote to repeal Obamacare, it’s worth noting that four polls in the past two weeks have asked . . . . Continue Reading »

An alleged late term abortion/infanticide clinic has led to murder arrests.  From the story:Eyewitness News has learned that a West Philadelphia doctor, his wife and eight other suspects are now under arrest following a grand jury Investigation. Sources say Dr. Kermit Gosnell faces eight counts . . . . Continue Reading »

A Reuters-conducted poll validates the fears we have seen expressed in medical organizational polls about the likely  deleterious impact of Obamacare on American health care in general, and on physicians in specific.  From the story:Nearly two-thirds of U.S. doctors surveyed fear . . . . Continue Reading »

The more states join the suits against Obamacare, the more pressure on the administration—and the stronger the sense of the suit among the public and in the courts.  (Yes, it is true: Courts follow the election returns.)  The total number of states that have sued to have parts of . . . . Continue Reading »

This has President Obama shaking in his boots!  That self aggrandizer, Randall Terry, says he is going to challenge Obama in the Democratic presidential primaries.  From the story:Pro-life activist Randall Terry announced he will challenge President Barack Obama in a Democratic primary for . . . . Continue Reading »

I just read over at The Corner that sea levels may have decreased in 2010. So I followed the link to Watts Up With That, written by a warming skeptic named Anthony Watts.  From the post:Of course the rate is not constant.  The rate of rise over the past 5 years has been half the overall . . . . Continue Reading »

I just read that former Vice President Dick Cheney may decide to obtain a heart transplant.  From the story:The potential for a heart transplant: “What’s happened over time is the technology’s gotten better and better and we’ve gotten more and more experience with people . . . . Continue Reading »

I thought that language which dehumanized women was supposed to be verboten. But in the procreation as manufacture world of IVF, surrogate mothers, who used to be known as birth mothers, are now called “gestational carriers.”  As in the recent birth of a child for Nicole Kidman and . . . . Continue Reading »

So now we are being told by novelist Martin Amis that euthanasia is an “evolutionary inevitability.”  From the story:Martin Amis is to campaign for the laws on assisted suicide to be reformed. The author, who caused an outcry last year when he called for euthanasia booths to be . . . . Continue Reading »