Wesley J. Smith

Some people will do anything for fame—even kill themselves in slow motion.  A New Jersey woman is trying to get to the 1000 pound mark to set a world’s record. From the story:Donna Simpson, 42, from New Jersey weighs more than 42 stone and aims to reach 1,000 pounds, or 71st. The . . . . Continue Reading »

In the wake of the BP catastrophe it was predictable that some on the Left would leap on board the ecocide campaign to destroy prosperity.  As I described more fully in the Weekly Standard, ecocide is a proposed new international “crime against peace” deemed equal in severity to . . . . Continue Reading »

I recently complained about the ludicrous push to induce President Obama to release his inner rage to show he “cares.”  It worked, as he has now said the A-word on TV.  (Sigh.)  Here’s how they did . . . . Continue Reading »

I don’t mean for this to be pick on Peter Singer week, but blame him for being so wrong at every opportunity. Singer has a piece in the Guardian decrying the outsourcing of animal research to countries with weak welfare rules.  Great!  We are, for once, on the same page.But Singer . . . . Continue Reading »

Compassion and Choices backed a lawsuit in Connecticut to legalize assisted suicide by redefining the term to “aid in dying” when committed by doctors at the request of terminally ill patients.  No go.  From the story:A Superior Court judge has rejected a request from two . . . . Continue Reading »

How many times did President Obama promise that if you liked your current coverage you could keep your current coverage. For example, in July last year, here is what Obama said.  From Jake Tapper’s (ABC News) blog:At a rally in Holmdel, New Jersey, today, President Obama continued making . . . . Continue Reading »

Peter Singer blogs at the New York Times about a new book ( Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming Into Existence, by David Benetar) that apparently advocates human extinction as a way of preventing human suffering. Singer doesn’t agree, but is clearly sympathetic.  From . . . . Continue Reading »

I have had several inquiries about the availability of my newest book in Kindle. I promised to report when it was, and I have now kept that promise.  Here’s the link.  . . . . Continue Reading »

At the New York Times blog, Peter Singer favorably discusses a book that I haven’t read—Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming Into Existence—that illuminates the profound danger of Singer’s utilitarian philosophy and the growing nihilism among the intellectual . . . . Continue Reading »

Good news.  After making a symbolic nod to female genital mutilation—originally discussed here at SHS—and being rightfully blistered for the appeasement of oppression, the American Academy of Pediatrics has retracted.  From its press release:The controversy ignited wide . . . . Continue Reading »