Wesley J. Smith

The NYT’s David Brooks—who has been called President Obama’s favorite “conservative” (my quotes)—lays Obamacare out cold in today’s column. Brooks generally stays pretty moderate on most issues—and his take on Obamacare is expressed without flame . . . . Continue Reading »

Pro-choicers say they want abortion to be safe, legal, and rare. But we will see whether major pro choice organizations react to the awful statistic that 39 percent of pregnancies in NYC result in induced abortion. From the story: In 2009, there were 225,667 pregnancies in the City with 126,774 . . . . Continue Reading »

We have discussed here whether anyone is “pro abortion.”  I think some are, and some not.  But in NYC, it is clear that far too many women are indifferent to it.  Otherwise,  what explains a 39% rate of induced abortions in that city?  From the story:In 2009, . . . . Continue Reading »

I have mixed feelings about this.  On one hand, people who drink, eat, smoke, drug, copulate, etc. to excess should not be able to claim the mantle of victim and get others to pay for the consequences of their own poor choices.  On the other hand, there does come a point where such . . . . Continue Reading »

Oh my, the fur is going to fly on this one.  The NYT is reporting that “one of psychology’s most respected journals,” The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, will publish a paper validating the existence of extra sensory perception. From the story:One of . . . . Continue Reading »

In my book, A Rat is a Pig is a Dog is a Boy, I state the clear biological truth that human beings are omnivores, that is, eating meat or meat by-products, such as milk, cheese, and eggs—are a natural part of our diet.  We can live without these things, of course—although veganism . . . . Continue Reading »

After my earlier post here about the Obama Administration decision to rescind the end of life counseling compensation regulation—just a week after promulgating it—NRO asked me to opine further.  I cranked up the old gray matter and added some thoughts I had not mentioned here . . . . Continue Reading »

I’m getting whiplash. First,they are in, then they are out, then they are in—and now, after all the yelling and defending, they are out again.  What?  Payment for doctors to provide end of life counseling.  From the NYT story:The Obama administration, reversing course, . . . . Continue Reading »

The more they do things like this, the less people will take them seriously.  A scientific study urges that we investigate replacing meat with bugs to save the planet.  From the story in Science:Forget eating local or eating organic, the new way to dine green may be eating gross. Meat . . . . Continue Reading »

I saw True Grit over the holiday, and enjoyed it thoroughly.  (In the original movie, John Wayne stole the film. In the new version, the girl who hires the marshal to capture—or better yet, kill—her father’s murderer eats the scenery; a true tour de force by newcomer Hailee . . . . Continue Reading »