Wesley J. Smith

Apparently, even pre-industrial humans were environmental villains. A new study blames our ancestors for starting global warming by wiping out the mammoths. From the story:Mammoths used to roam modern-day Russia and North America, but are now extinct—and there’s evidence that around . . . . Continue Reading »

Now this really drives me nuts.  There is certainly nothing wrong with having safe havens for wildlife.  They are generally good things.  But if our devotion to animals risks human life, we have gone way overboard.  And that appears to be behind the so far unsuccessful efforts to . . . . Continue Reading »

We have been told by the Davos set, people like Thomas Friedman, that we should be more like China—and then we could build worker friendly green industries on the double time!  Of course, China’s near slave labor pool of “migrant workers” helps the country, shall we say, . . . . Continue Reading »

The San Fransisco Chronicle recently asked its political columnist Debra J. Saunders (a.k.a. Secondhand Smokette) to begin a blog.  Debra calls it Token Conservative—for reasons that anyone familiar with the politics of Baghdad by the Bay will readily understand.Debra is a wonderful . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, this is a nice way to start the day.  Someone sent me a good  review on MercatorNet (Australia)  of A Rat is a Pig is a Dog is a Boy.  And how refreshing:  The reviewer really got where I am coming from.  Here are a few excerpts:Our society rests upon the unspoken . . . . Continue Reading »

The really invaluable Yuval Levin has a post over at The Corner which shows that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) allowed its position on partial birth abortion to be written by—Elena Kagan.  From his post, “War on Science:” It seems that the most . . . . Continue Reading »

The really invaluable Yuval Levin has a post over at The Corner which shows that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) allowed its position on partial birth abortion to be written by—Elana Kagan.  From his post, “War on Science:” It seems that the most important . . . . Continue Reading »

A new test is in the works that will allow Down fetuses to be detected without the risks of current screening.  From the story:A quick inexpensive blood test for Down’s syndrome that could save the lives of hundreds of unborn babies each year is being developed by scientists.  The . . . . Continue Reading »

Afghanistan is one of the world’s poorest countries.  But it has the potential for great riches.  A recent finding discovered that there may be more than $1 trillion in minerals in the ground waiting to be mined.  From the story:The United States has discovered nearly $1 . . . . Continue Reading »

This just makes my head explode.  A woman was implanted with the wrong embryos, and rather than honor another woman’s children and let them live, immediately terminated the pregnancy process.  From the story:A woman who sought help from a prominent Connecticut fertility center last . . . . Continue Reading »