Wesley J. Smith

Sigh. The NYT lets its op/ed pages often be used to promote radical social agendas and celebrations.  This time, the unimportance of men.  But really, can’t they at least get the biology right?.  From “Men, Who Needs Them?” by biology professor Greg . . . . Continue Reading »

Enough of the nonsense about “mutilation.”  The American Academy of Pediatrics will issue a positive endorsement of infant circumcision on Monday as having sufficient health benefits to justify the procedure. From the AAP statement:Evaluation of current evidence indicates that the . . . . Continue Reading »

I have been in this work since 1993, and during that time I often asked myself the “why now” question, e.g., why now euthanasia? I decided to tackle that question in my biweekly On the Square column.  From, “Our Neurotic Fear of Suffering:” Never in human history . . . . Continue Reading »

It is too little known that young women who allow themselves to be egg harvested risk very serious complications (as exposed in the CBC’s Eggsploitation).  For women to give actual informed consent, this information should be disclosed.  But apparently, many IVF recruiters . . . . Continue Reading »

Never in human history has suffering been more readily relieved than today. And yet, paradoxically, we have never been more afraid of suffering. Our forebears would find this very odd. For them, horrendous suffering was ubiquitous, the bane of rich and poor alike. For example, before anesthesia, the agony of surgery may have killed more patients than surgical procedures helped… . Continue Reading »

If PP wants to secure its access to state money, it merely needs to bifurcate its abortionizing (to coin a term) from health care services such as pregnancy testing and STD screening, etc.  But it won’t, so some states are trying to exclude PP from Medicaid payments. on the theory . . . . Continue Reading »

Consciousness.  True self-aware consciousness: It is one of the exceptional attributes of human nature, present in all of us barring immaturity or injury.  And scientists still can’t figure out what it is all about.An interesting study has recently found that even the areas of the . . . . Continue Reading »

Declining rates of circumcision could cost society big time when the boy babies become men and risk STDs from engaging in risky activities.  From the LA Times story:Declining rates of circumcision among infants will translate into billions of dollars of unnecessary medical costs in the U.S. as . . . . Continue Reading »

Tony Nicklinson, the totally paralyzed man in the UK who lost his court quest to be legally euthanized, has died of pneumonia. From the Yahoo News story:A man left paralysed but fully conscious and aware of his predicament died Wednesday, days after losing a legal bid to end his life of “pure . . . . Continue Reading »

Critics of global warming hysteria have noted that the movement often appears to have a religious feel.  But now, a Guardian columnist makes the approach explicit.  From, “If We Are to Cope With Climate Change We Need a New Moral Order,” by Andrew Brown:It’s . . . . Continue Reading »