Wesley J. Smith

A disturbing study was published about how long it takes for a baby to die when deprived of medically provided food and water. From the study (may need to register, my links to the conditions mentioned): Neonatal survival after withdrawal of artificial hydration and nutrition can last up to 26 . . . . Continue Reading »

I love good science fiction.  It allows us to examine our societies and cultures in an entertaining way without being too “on the money.”  It allows our imaginations to reach the stars—as we focus on problems and issues that are very down to earth.Examples that I have . . . . Continue Reading »

Tube supplied hydration and nutrition is deemed a medical treatment, like aspirin, surgery, or chemotherapy, and hence, can be denied or withdrawn under the law.  Normal receipt of food and water, is not allowed to be withheld when it can be taken, since that isn’t medical . . . . Continue Reading »

A piece in The New Republic wonders why people are so opposed to Obamacare and the mandatory purchase mandate. From “Who Doesn’t Want Health Insurance?” by Jonathan Cohn:There are obviously some people who don’t have health insurance and, furthermore, don’t want to have . . . . Continue Reading »

Our subject for this post is hypocrisy, that is, the hypocrisy of one of the most famous hand wringers about global warming.  We’ve seen Al Gore with his many houses and private jets.  Tom Friedman, with his mansion.  And now, director James Cameron joins the kids at the . . . . Continue Reading »

So, I’m listening to the Dennis Miller Show on my computer, as I do every morning. I like Miller.  He’s not angry. Doesn’t yell.  Has a human touch.  Is quick. Can be very funny.  And punctures.Someone asked him, “How are we going to pay for . . . . Continue Reading »

The National Primate Liberation Week should be renamed “Let’s Keep Humans Suffering Week,” as its goal is to end medical research on monkeys and other primates.If we did that, tremendous strides to alleviate human suffering would be thwarted.  Here is just a very short and . . . . Continue Reading »

I have deja vu! The UN is again pushing hysteria, warning that we are killing the planet. This time it isn’t global warming, but as I pointed out here previously, destruction of habitat.  From the story:A U.N. biodiversity conference aims to address a simple problem: “We are . . . . Continue Reading »

Obamacare seeks to help the (relatively) few (in the millions) at the expense of the many (in the hundreds of millions).  This is too bad because I believe we could and should have helped the relatively few without taking it out of the hide of the many—but that would have required the . . . . Continue Reading »

We’ve discussed this before—promoting suicide as a prophylactic against the pain of expected future grief.  For example, the Canadian assisted suicide advocate Ruth Von Fuchs specifically supported a woman who wanted to commit suicide with her terminally ill husband at the Swiss . . . . Continue Reading »