Wesley J. Smith

In all of the stories about the flip of the House of Representatives, few paid enough attention to the massive changes in state governance.  But the pro life movement did, noting that its allies have gained much political power.  And that will result in a lot of new anti abortion . . . . Continue Reading »

I have read Judge Henry E. Hudson’s 42-page ruling invalidating the individual purchase mandate of Obamacare. In a nutshell, Judge Hudson ruled: That the individual purchase mandate (“Minimum Essential Coverage Provision”) is an unprecedented stretch of government power, in his . . . . Continue Reading »

As promised, I have read Judge Henry E. Hudson’s 42-page ruling invalidating the individual purchase mandate of Obamacare. In a nutshell, Judge Hudson ruled: That the individual purchase mandate (“Minimum Essential Coverage Provision”) is an unprecedented stretch of government . . . . Continue Reading »

As I predicted, a judge in Virginia has declared the individual purchase mandate unconstitutional.  From the story:A federal judge in Virginia has declared the Obama administration’s health care reform law unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson is the first judge to rule . . . . Continue Reading »

The Greens are unhappy, and I don’t blame them.  No world governance.  No ecocide trials.  Only $30 billion in redistribution on the table.  And, from their perspective, the Cancun deal will still let the planet melt.  From the story:“Cancun may have saved the . . . . Continue Reading »

The problem of biological colonialism, in which the rich exploit the bodies of the destitute—for organs, as surrogate gestating units, and for eggs, etc.—has got to be stopped.  It is exploitation of the most crass kind.  And now, New South Wales, Australia, is putting its . . . . Continue Reading »

Obamacare’s ambitions to control the entire health care system through a medical mega-bureaucracy endangers the health care system.  In addition to the toxic potential for rationing, the attempt to undermine private insurance—both for profit and not for profit—by preventing . . . . Continue Reading »

The BBC’s, The Joy of Statistics, produced a very illuminating illustration of how human life expectancy has increased over the last 400 years around the world.  But it does more than that, I  think.  The clip demonstrates several important, and not obscure, points. The obvious . . . . Continue Reading »

GWH is about many things.  One, is to slow warming.  But some are using climate fears as a pretext to destroy the nation state system and replace it with a radically socialist authoritarianism controlled by international bureaucrats and despots, who would use the power of bureaucracies and . . . . Continue Reading »

It was just my first time—on Skype—thanks to Thom Hartmann, whose producer has been pushing me to get visual for some time so I can cross swords with the very liberal talk show host. (I heard echoes of my own younger days in talking to him.  I’m certainly no fan of big . . . . Continue Reading »