Wesley J. Smith

The arrogance and hubris of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine has grown—one would not have thought it possible—even more pronounced.  We Californians, who are borrowing to pay for their high salaries and other fat cat ways, even though California has become Greece . . . . Continue Reading »

Having lived in SF at the height of the AIDS catastrophe, and seen vividly and at first hand and very close up in volunteer activities the devastation HIV causes, this story shatters my heart. One in five gay and bisexual men living in American cities are infected with HIV, with an overall infection . . . . Continue Reading »

During my recent anti-euthanasia national tour of Australia, I was brought to Perth, the capital of Western Australia, because opponents expected a legalization bill to come up for a vote.  I met some state MPs, gave a speech to a good size crowd, and was very encouraged by the energetic . . . . Continue Reading »

As promised, I have an extended article on the DeGette/Castle/Specter—two of three of which have been booted from their jobs already by voters—bills in Congress that would not only set Obama’s ESCR funding policy in statutory concrete, but also surreptitiously fund human cloning . . . . Continue Reading »

Apropos of our recent discussion of pro ESCR advocates corrupting science by redefining the term embryo so as to make those in Petri dishes essentially nonentities: Nature editorialized against that form of scientific corruption 2005.  It bears restating. From “Playing the Name . . . . Continue Reading »

Apparently the anti science meme that an embryo isn’t really an embryo isn’t going to be given up easily by ESCR proponents.  Some of the ridiculous comments to my post about the court ruling in Sherley v. Sebelius illustrated how science is being corrupted by those who think of . . . . Continue Reading »

Good grief! A woman underwent the most extreme surgery imaginable to be cured from cancer. She was literally cut apart. From the story:A Canadian woman is the first patient to undergo an operation in which doctors cut her body in half to remove a tumor—and survive. Janis Ollson, 31, was . . . . Continue Reading »

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We have discussed the injunction issued by Judge Royce C. Lamberth against President Obama’s ESCR funding policy—and the mendacious legislative response of the likes of Arlen Specter that would authorize the Feds to fund cloning research in addition to restoring Obama’s more . . . . Continue Reading »

The problem of suffering and what do to about it has occupied philosophers and religious thinkers since humans first created civilization.  This concern has led to to the creation of great religions, such as Buddhism, and impelled some of us to astonishing acts of empathy and charity.  . . . . Continue Reading »