Wesley J. Smith

Each year, the CBC asks me to go into a trance and astral project myself into the future to see what will happen in bioethics.  This year, my record was pretty good.  Not perfect—there are no eyeglasses in the astral plane and so my astigmatism made me miss some things, but . . . . Continue Reading »

Former President Bush is a controversial fellow, but not too many of even his most bitter enemies oppose his laudable effort to fight AIDS in Africa and other poor countries.  Today, writing in the Washington Post, he reminds us of the importance of the issue.  From “America’s . . . . Continue Reading »

Good news as it breaks: Euthanasia goes down in Scottish Parliament, 85-16-2.  And it was a free vote, meaning no party pressure. That’s huge.  Well done . . . . Continue Reading »

This is why people hate the UN, its bureaucratic functionaries, and the swarms of NGO camp followers that attend international “problem solving” conferences: In a follow up to the Copenhagen debacle, GWHs may have flown from all over the world to Cancun, Mexico, to fight . . . . Continue Reading »

Political correctness rules the world!  Men and women play in different golf and tennis tournaments because they have biological differences in body strength, coordination, and etc.  The distinction isn’t invidious. Rather, it allows like to compete against like, as it were, to give . . . . Continue Reading »

There’s something wrong with this picture: A pilot program has started in NYC that will have organ collectors go to the homes of people who just died of a heart attack to collect the body and harvest kidneys.  The motive is to increase the number of transplantable organs. But the approach . . . . Continue Reading »

Dolly the sheep has been cloned. There are now four “Dollies.”  From the story:Named after country and western singer Dolly Parton, Dolly was created from a cell taken from a mammary gland. The rest of the sample of tissue has lain in a freezer since, until it was defrosted to make . . . . Continue Reading »

Once again, we are hearing that “unless we act within ten years,” we’re all doomed from global warming.  Of course, that was first said nearly ten years ago, but never mind.  Being a global warming hysteric means never having to say you are sorry.  (Although Al Gore . . . . Continue Reading »

When George W. Bush praised scientists as having the talent and ability to discover and harness the healing potential of regenerative medicine ethically, that is, without needing to destroy embryos—his enemies scoffed.  What a dope.  His religion got in the way of the understanding . . . . Continue Reading »

Having owned both types of pets—and I use the term “owned” loosely—I have to say that dogs and cats are both very smart—but in different ways.  Dogs are more sociable, they can be taught to do more things, they are also more integrated into the family.  Cats, . . . . Continue Reading »