Wesley J. Smith

I have discussed here and in my book, A Rat is a Pig is a Dog is a Boy, the ambition of animal rights activists to gain “standing” for animals to sue in their own names—which would, of course, actually be animal rights activists doing the litigating in pursuit of their own agendas. . . . . Continue Reading »

California is Greece without the Acropolis. And yet, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine—perhaps its profligate administers fearing that the people of California will pull the plug when its ten year borrow and spend license expires—is spending desperately on research in . . . . Continue Reading »

A new study is out that claims atheist physicians are more likely than those of a religious persuasion to hasten the deaths of patients.  From the story:Terminally-ill patients would be well advised to find out the religious beliefs of their doctor, according to research showing the effect of . . . . Continue Reading »

Readers of SHS know I love to take photographs. I post a few here from time to time, but I am often asked (I am flattered to say) to make more available. That isn’t the purpose of this site, so I have taken selected photos of our Wyoming vacation and posted them on my Facebook page (where many . . . . Continue Reading »

Before I left for my vacation, the CBC (for which I am a compensated consultant) asked me to write a piece on its new documentary Eggsploitation, a warning about the health risks to women from egg donation.  I watched the DVD (I have one line in it), and found it very . . . . Continue Reading »

The first interview I did for A Rat is a Pig is a Dog is a Boy was for EWTN.  That was several months ago, and it is about to be aired on Colleen Carol Campbell’s show, Faith and Culture.  Campbell is a very good interviewer and I thought the discussion went well.  It will air . . . . Continue Reading »

We often hear that majorities support ESCR.  And there is little doubt in my mind that that is true (for reasons we need not get into here).  But supporting ESCR as a legal matter is not the same thing as wanting taxpayers to fund it.  Indeed, the latest Rasmussen Poll finds that a . . . . Continue Reading »

I’m back from the Grand Tetons, which is my favorite place on earth.  Here are a few photos.  More soon on my Facebook page.Whilst I was gone, I was unable to post (except about the ESCR ruling from the Denver Airport), or personally monitor the comments, a few of which—you . . . . Continue Reading »

A court has enjoined the federal government from funding embryonic stem cell research under the Obama policy, as it most likely violates the Dickey Amendment.  The Dickey Amendment is a budgetary law passed each year that bars federal funding of destructive research on embryos.  Bill . . . . Continue Reading »

The thing is, this is what many global warming hysterics really . . . . Continue Reading »