Wesley J. Smith

The Australian state of Tasmania is expected to have a bill introduced to legalize euthanasia.  From the story:The Tasmanian Government is hoping its voluntary euthanasia legislation will be ready by the end of next year. The Attorney General last week announced she will use money from her . . . . Continue Reading »

Good grief. The Telegraph is warning of terrible slashing cuts in the NHS budget.  From the story:The NHS is suffering potentially devastating cuts to jobs and patient services as the Government’s austerity drive hits the health service, doctors’ leaders have warned. Thousands of . . . . Continue Reading »

First there was Viagra, a medicine to help men who had a physical problem being sexual, for example due to prostate maladies.  (Remember those awful Bob Dole ads?) But very quickly, the proper therapeutic use of the medicine mutated into something else—using the drug to create hyper sex . . . . Continue Reading »

The anti human exceptionalists are—rather desperately, it seems to me—ever pretending that animals are like “us,” even as they say there is nothing special about being human anyway.  And now, the effort to stop whaling has scientists in high anthropomorphic gear about . . . . Continue Reading »

The FDA is close to approving genetically altered salmon for human consumption.  From the story:The Food and Drug Administration is seriously considering whether to approve the first genetically engineered animal that people would eat — salmon that can grow at twice the normal rate. The . . . . Continue Reading »

I understand that there are many people who believe in the need to internationally fund abortion in destitute areas as a method of supporting equal rights for women.  But what I don’t get is that these same people—who claim to care oh, so much about impoverished women and . . . . Continue Reading »

I have been asked why some people can’t get into the site.  I can’t either, with Mozilla, but I can with Explorer.  Gateway Pundit has the answer:Virus-Malware Attack at First ThingsPosted by Jim Hoft on Friday, June 25, 2010, 6:33 PMThanks to ALL of you who sent messages on . . . . Continue Reading »

I had heard that a case against funding was contemplated against the NIH’s new embryonic stem cell  funding rules, but wasn’t aware that it had actually been filed.  It had, and was apparently dismissed. But a court of appeals has reinstated the case.  From the story:Today . . . . Continue Reading »

Compassion and Choices has decided not to appeal their ridiculous lawsuit that sought to legalize assisted suicide by redefining it as “aid in dying.”  From the story:In a statement Thursday, Kathryn Tucker, an attorney for the plaintiffs, said the decision not to appeal was based . . . . Continue Reading »

The media are generally terrible about using proper terms to describe controversial issues. Example, when Michael Vick abused the dogs, it was labeled an animal rights case, when animal rights is an ideology, not a matter of being nicer to animals or protecting them from abuse—properly called . . . . Continue Reading »