Wesley J. Smith

A French couple has been arrested for killing eight of their newborn babies. From the story:The quiet village of Viller-au-Tertre in north-eastern France was in a state of shock last night after the bodies of eight newborn babies were found buried in the ground. By late yesterday afternoon, this . . . . Continue Reading »

The answer is yes. He doesn’t use the term, but he embraces the concept. In a 2008 debate, Dawkins called human beings “earth’s last best hope,” and acknowledged that we have moved beyond naked Darwinian “short term greed,” to the point that we have the ability . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, I’ll be cornswaggled!  Richard Dawkins disdains the moral implications of human exceptionalism—for example, he yearns for the discovery of a human/chimp hybrid species that could interbreed with us to “break the species barrier.”But even though he . . . . Continue Reading »

As old hand SHSers know, I love to take photographs.  And when I go to terrific places—and Australia is really terrific—I take a time out from our usual fare to post a few of my shots.  Here goes.The Apple Store in downtown Sydney at about 8 PM.  We walked past the store . . . . Continue Reading »

The CBC is about to release a new documentary—Eggsploitation—about the IVF and biotechnology industries’ exploitation of women for their eggs, and the dangers donors face.  From the film’s new Web site:The infertility industry in the United States has grown to a . . . . Continue Reading »

Bull fighting is like dog fighting, it seems to me.  It is cruelty for sport.  True, there is also the spectacle and the tradition, etc.  But it is the last remaining vestige of the Roman games in which humans and animals were set upon each other to satisfy the blood lust of the . . . . Continue Reading »

I was on Barry Lynn’s Culture Shocks radio program today.  Lynn is a political liberal and he and I have disagreed about issues before.  But he and I were rock and rolling about animal rights versus animal welfare and the subversive nature of animal rights advocacy.  Check it . . . . Continue Reading »

This isn’t an BIID case, but it is disturbing nonetheless. A disabled girl wants her leg amputated so she can better engage in sports.  From the story:A brave schoolgirl has decided to have her leg amputated—because she wants to become a world-class athlete. Danielle Bradshaw, 11, . . . . Continue Reading »

This is potentially insidious.  Not the despairing man with ALS who wants to be killed for his organs, but the apparent reaction of an organ non profit representative who seems to support the idea.  From the story:A west Cherokee County man wants to end his life so he might be able to . . . . Continue Reading »

This is beyond comprehension.  Plans are apparently afoot to gut NHS services and more strictly ration care. From the story:An investigation by The Sunday Telegraph has uncovered widespread cuts planned across the NHS, many of which have already been agreed by senior health service officials. . . . . Continue Reading »