Wesley J. Smith

Well, I couldn’t get away to Wyoming without casting a little light on a revealing NYT.  On one hand, it castigates critics of Donald Berwick—for, among other things, accusing him of promoting rationing for the USA.  It’s all fear mongering, don’t you know.  . . . . Continue Reading »

Secondhand Smokette and I are heading to Wyoming for horseback riding, hiking, photography (always!), Scrabble (we walk on the wild side!), and general relaxation.  I am taking my laptop, but I doubt the places where we are staying will have broadband. If not, I won’t post. If so, . . . . Continue Reading »

I have stated in a previous article on a different issue that we are becoming a nation of public policy promise breakers.  That is, we make solemn and legally binding promises, which are relied on by people, and then break them later in the face of intense emotional narratives by other affected . . . . Continue Reading »

A Saudi man who paralyzed another man in a physical assault is threatened with the punishment of being made paralyzed. From the story:A Saudi man convicted of paralysing a fellow countryman in a cleaver attack is being threatened with having his spinal cord cut in a tit-for-tat punishment. The . . . . Continue Reading »

Democrats forced Obamacare down the national throat in defiance of the views of the American people. Having badly lost the political debate, they assured themselves that once people found out what was in it, we would thank them and see the wisdom of the new law’s ways.Uh, not so much. And so, . . . . Continue Reading »

Margaret Somerville, the splendid Canadian bioethicist, has a good (and needed) column out defending human exceptionalism.  From “Preserving Humanity:”Wrestling with difficult questions is routine work for ethicists. But some are much more difficult than others. Recently, an editor . . . . Continue Reading »

Dr. Laura Schlessinger is retiring from radio after a flap over her use of the N-word on her radio program.  Schlessinger says she didn’t mean it in a hurtful manner—but was trying to point out that African-Americans use the word, which (I guess she meant) should be just as wrong as . . . . Continue Reading »

Longtime readers of SHS and those who have read my books and other writings, know I oppose legalizing futile care theory. Futile care theory would permit bioethics committees or doctors to refuse wanted life-sustaining treatment based on quality of life and/or resource husbanding purposes (as . . . . Continue Reading »

Al Gore is dreaming if he thinks that global warming will spark a sustained mass protest movement here in the USA.  From the story:Former Vice President Gore is calling for major rallies to protest congressional inaction on climate change. In a post on his personal blog headlined “The . . . . Continue Reading »

It’s hard to keep track of all the futurist predictions whether the next several decades are going to be utopian or dystopian. Still, when it comes to global warming, we so often hear nothing but dire predictions of doom, it is refreshing that some scientists have concluded that higher . . . . Continue Reading »