Wesley J. Smith

The NHS is broke—and so apparently care is going to go from whatever you would call it now to an even worse mess. From the Guardian:Doctors face demonstrations outside their surgeries and questions about their high salaries by angry patients because of the government’s radical NHS . . . . Continue Reading »

Last November, I was invited to Scotland to speak against assisted suicide and debate it at  Holyrood (the parliament), the University of Glasgow, and at a large public forum in Edinburgh.  The idea was for me to come to Scotland and hopefully soften the ground as the first step in a . . . . Continue Reading »

I read a shocking story today that one in five Americans experienced a mental illness last year.  From the story:More than 45 million Americans, or 20 percent of U.S. adults, had some form of mental illness last year, and 11 million had a serious illness, U.S. government researchers reported on . . . . Continue Reading »

Things have gone from the ridiculous to the surreal in the UK ever since the Law Lords ordered England’s public prosecutor to tell folk when assisted suicide would and would not be prosecuted.  That helped foster the belief among some that suicide is a necessity, and certainly promoted . . . . Continue Reading »

I almost didn’t post this because I don’t want to contribute to it in any way.  But I decided that since part of purpose of SHS is to be a running, real time history of bioethical and human exceptionalism issues of our era, I must.A Minnesota couple has established a Web site to . . . . Continue Reading »

I just read President Bush’s chapter in his new book on how he came to his ESCR funding policy.  It was very interesting, particularly since I was tangentially engaged in the effort to impact the policy—and later, repeatedly defended his decision.The ESCR issue was the first major . . . . Continue Reading »

First they did away with house calls, now Donald Berwick wants to dramatically restrict office calls. Or at least, that’s what the temporary (recess appointment) Medicare chief and rationing proponent advocated in a document he wrote and published before entering government while the head of . . . . Continue Reading »

There have been very bad results in the past using fetal neural cells to treat human maladies—particularly with Parkinson’s disease.  Moreover, fetal stem cells have caused tumors in at least one human patient.  But scientists still believe that fetal stem cells could hold . . . . Continue Reading »

This is getting hilarious. As I have reported from time to time, liberal outlets like the NYT and LA Times editorials decry those who raise concerns about rationing under Obamacare—and then they push rationing.This time around the mulberry bush, NYT pundit and liberal economist Paul Krugman . . . . Continue Reading »

The notorious Gunther von Hagens—who plasticizes the dead—is now selling his bodies, perhaps for use in home decoration. From the story:The German entrepreneur, whose Body Worlds exhibitions showed human cadavers in lifelike poses, has told clients they will be able to buy the fleshless . . . . Continue Reading »