Wesley J. Smith

Yes, it’s the law—for now. But most Americans oppose it.  The Republicans are running on repealing it. The democrats are running away from it.  Obamacare is on the rocks and may yet die a’borning.Don’t take my word for it.  None other than an editorial in the . . . . Continue Reading »

A story in The Hill—one of the main newspapers serving the U.S. Capital—once again shows how unpopular Obamacare is in the country.  The polling covered districts that are closely contested in the coming election.  The result?  The call to repeal Obamacare is very popular . . . . Continue Reading »

Thar’s gold in them thar embryos!  As a consequence, as I have repeatedly written about, a great drive is afoot  to redefine the term and reduce the status of these earliest human beings so that they can be used instrumentally with impunity.  Perhaps toward this end, California . . . . Continue Reading »

I see a lot of bad reportage in this work.  Some of it is due to ignorance. Some of it is bias.  Some of it is laziness.  Some of it is bad reporting.  And some of it is caused by a sector that is shrinking with fewer bodies to cover an, if anything, expanding story bank.I . . . . Continue Reading »

Apparently Polish scientists think Europe will have the coldest winter in 1000 years, and that we may even be on the verge of another ice age.  The Russians seem to be taking the forecast seriously. From the story:Forecasters say this winter could be the coldest Europe has seen in the last . . . . Continue Reading »

The best humor contains kernels of . . . . Continue Reading »

A lot of SHSers have written to me about this and I think it is worth highlighting: A public row in the UK has raised the fearful meme that we should be allowed to kill children with disabilities who are suffering. From the story:Television pundit Virginia Ironside prompted outrage yesterday after . . . . Continue Reading »

This is a real hoot.  Apparently OZ PM Julia Gillard has stated that she doesn’t see a way to create a euthanasia legalization system with safeguards that really protect.  A Belgian professor—Down Under for a convention of the World Federation of Right to Die . . . . Continue Reading »

I was reading a story this morning, and I couldn’t believe my eyes.  The term embryo is used in a scientifically accurate way!  And it struck me, yet again, how the term embryo is used or not used depending on whether we are being spun to justify destroying or using nascent human . . . . Continue Reading »

We’ve discussed this before—purveyors of scientism trying to convince us that their subjective value judgments are objectively “scientific.”  But science is a method for obtaining and applying knowledge—it is not a philosophy or value system.  Sure, we can use . . . . Continue Reading »