Wesley J. Smith

President Obama told 60 Minutes his policies weren’t rejected by the American people on Tuesday. It was just poor communication. From the story:After suffering a “shellacking” in the midterm elections, President Obama acknowledges what many have seen as his chief weakness – . . . . Continue Reading »

A new study is out that seems to show that medical care for older Americans—of increasing interest to me!—is better than for oldsters in the UK.  From the story in Science Daily:Researchers found that while Americans aged 55 to 64 have higher rates of chronic diseases than their . . . . Continue Reading »

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I am taking a moment from my usual obsessions to highlight something that is more explicitly political than I like to get, but which is likely to have a material impact on the discussions we have here in the months and years to come, so I am crossing the line a bit.  I think Sarah Palin just . . . . Continue Reading »

White House OMB Director Peter Orszag has a column in today’s NYT that illustrates part of why so many are so implacably opposed to Obamacare.  A large part of the column  deals with ways in which the law is supposed to save money.  He admits, for example, that billions have . . . . Continue Reading »

I am sometimes asked what I mean by “global warming hysteria,” which is a different thing than whether, and to what extent, human activity might be—or is—warming the climate.  Perhaps this post will help explain.Leaving aside the anti-humanism that leavens the movement, . . . . Continue Reading »

HBO has a documentary out that apparently highlights the baby gestating industry that is growing in India, which I have dealt with over the years here at SHS (such as here and here and here). Christianity Today takes note in its Women’s Blog.  From “Outsourcing Baby Making in . . . . Continue Reading »

I don’t subscribe to this theory, frankly.  Indeed, I doubt that the votes in the House for the “Cap and Tax” bill moved many votes at all on 11/2 (that was Obamacare and the economy).  But Politico thinks I may be wrong. From the story:House Democrats who voted for the . . . . Continue Reading »

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Patents protect human inventions.  Human genes are not human inventions. Hence, they should not be patentable. This simple truth seemed to escape previous administrations.  But the Obamacans get it.  From the story:Reversing a longstanding policy, the federal government said on Friday . . . . Continue Reading »