Wesley J. Smith

Oregon may be about to pass a law that puts a patient’s end of life desires into a computer registry.  From the story:Oregon is making it easier for the seriously ill to voluntarily make their wishes known about end-of-life care by creating an electronic database that first responders can . . . . Continue Reading »

Health and wellness are becoming the pretext for punishing the unpopular and discriminating against majority-disfavored personal activities. To Wit: A Massachusetts hospital is making job applicants take nicotine tests and refusing to hire if the victim applicant, shows signs of smoking the dreaded . . . . Continue Reading »

A very accurate weather prognosticator in the UK fears we may be on the verge of a mini ice age.  Adding to his credibility in this matter are his accurate predictions of the arctic freezes that has crippled Europe for the last three years—a time when UK government . . . . Continue Reading »

Must everything outside the norm be considered an illness?  Can’t people be iconoclastic or eccentric without being labeled sick?  The latest newly discovered mental disease: Selective Eating Disorder. From the story:Everyone knows someone who refuses to eat certain foods, whether . . . . Continue Reading »

The NYT Book Review gave the liberal columnist, Michael Kinsley, the job of reviewing President Bush’s book Decision Points. What a shock!  He didn’t like it. (Having Kinsley review Bush would be like having PETA’s Ingrid Newkirk review my book A Rat is a Pig is a Dog is a . . . . Continue Reading »

Thanks to the Drudge Report for this: In 2000, a warming scientist from East Anglia, Dr. David Viner, went way out on a limb and said there would soon be no more snow in England.  From the Independent report of March 20, 2000:Britain’s winter ends tomorrow with further indications of a . . . . Continue Reading »

This isn’t a blog about religion, but among its many threads, we do discuss what it means to be human.  And part of that is the yearning for transcendence.In the past, we have discussed what I call the coup d’ culture that seeks to replace Judeo/Christian moral philosophy and its . . . . Continue Reading »

I am sadly reminded of the old surfer song, that begins with a maniacal laughter: Hahahahahahaha,” and then the emphatic word, “Wipeout!”The NHS is cracking up. Now, patients are being denied treatments ranging from hip replacements to wisdom teeth extractions and routine . . . . Continue Reading »

I just read an interesting article in Slate that should disturb anyone who truly supports science—as opposed to supporting an ideological agenda that masks as science.   Daniel Sarewitz writes that most (American) scientists are Democrats.  From “Lab Politics:” A Pew . . . . Continue Reading »

Anyone who reads SHS knows I am very worried about the health care rationing that this way comes.  And it would be very easy to make hay out of this story as a case of Obamacare chickens coming home to roost. But that wouldn’t be fair.  I don’t think this FDA decision involves . . . . Continue Reading »