Wesley J. Smith

These things can become very complicated—and finding anything in federal law and regulations is increasingly difficult.  (Sometimes, I think they don’t want us to find things.)  But earlier, I cited a Forbes blog which asserted flat-out that the new end of life care discussion . . . . Continue Reading »

Much is being made throughout the blogosphere and on talk radio about the new Medicare regulation that compensates physicians for discussing end of life options with their patients.  As I said yesterday over at The Corner, these are not “death panels.”A Forbes blogger makes the same . . . . Continue Reading »

There is something wrong with this picture.  A full one in four of American kids takes meds.  From the story:These days, the medicine cabinet is truly a family affair. More than a quarter of U.S. kids and teens are taking a medication on a chronic basis, according to Medco Health Solutions . . . . Continue Reading »

As promised, I checked into the testimony given in Scotland that claimed C & C created Oregon’s annual statistics. The state has responded and denied it is true. From the e-mail I received:The Act requires the Oregon Department of Human Services (currently named the Oregon Health . . . . Continue Reading »

The bureaucracy promulgated a rule paying doctors for end of life counseling.  The original Obamacare legislation had provisions in this regard, which were taken out in order to pass the final bill.  I was going to comment on it here at SHS, but The Corner asked my views, so I did it . . . . Continue Reading »

Reproduction, we are now told, is a fundamental right.  That sounds good.  We don’t want government preventing people from having children.But under this theory, the right to reproduce has become more than just the right to have children. Women who don’t want their babies can . . . . Continue Reading »

Reproduction, we are now told, is a fundamental right.  That sounds good.  We don’t want government preventing people from having children. But under this theory, the right to reproduce has become more than just the right to have children. Women who don’t want their babies can . . . . Continue Reading »

I have a piece in today’s San Francisco Chronicle urging my fellow Californians to turn a deaf ear to the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine’s insistence we continue to borrow money—as the good ship California sinks beneath waves of red ink—to fund its luxurious . . . . Continue Reading »

I always laugh at the purported scientific studies that seek to explain differences in perception between liberals and conservatives.  The latest, “Politics and Eye Movement,”  is reported over at BioNews:  From the story:It goes without saying that conservatives and . . . . Continue Reading »

This is becoming a parody.  I noted here recently that ten years ago, an East Anglia climate scientist and others warned that that because of global warming, “within a few years” there would be NO SNOW IN ENGLAND! Poor UK kids would soon only know virtual snow.That didn’t work . . . . Continue Reading »