Wesley J. Smith

Solar scientists are beginning to come out of the closet as skeptics about human-caused global warming.  From “It’s the Sun, Stupid,” by Lawrence Solomon in Canada’s National Post:Four years ago, when I first started profiling scientists who were global warming skeptics, . . . . Continue Reading »

For years we’ve been told that global warming is an unprecedented crisis, and that WE ONLY HAVE TEN YEARS TO SAVE THE PLANET!!  But now, it seems that global warming  is to be knocked into second place as the world’s catastrophe in the making, supplanted by biodiversity . . . . Continue Reading »

Pro lifers are often depicted in the media as not very bright.  But they are actually quite clever politicians, adept at using every available legal means to reduce the number of abortions, persuade the masses to accept their cultural beliefs—the majority in America now identify as pro . . . . Continue Reading »

The current First Things (June/July 2010) has an important article by Eric Cohen and Yuval Levin—both of whom were staffers on the President’s Council on Bioethics under Leon Kass. They note that President Obama has profoundly downplayed bioethics in his presidency so far—other . . . . Continue Reading »

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Just because we can do something in science, that doesn’t mean we should do it.  That verity should be kept in mind as we ponder the news that scientists have created an artificial bacterium using synthetic genes. From the story:Scientists in the US have succeeded in developing the first . . . . Continue Reading »

Just when you thought the culture couldn’t become more demeaned.  From the story:It’s official. Octomom Nadya Suleman doesn’t want your dog or cat following in her footsteps. As a front yard full of paparazzi cheered her on, Suleman unveiled a 3-foot-by-4-foot plastic sign . . . . Continue Reading »

Please, people—can we discuss climate issues without the constant WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE scenarios?  A scientific conference sponsored by the Heartland Institute—which opposes global warming alarmism—has descended into the same kind of hysteria that I find so . . . . Continue Reading »

Biotechnology has not been much in the news lately.  Adult stem cell successes continue to be ignored by media and induced pluripotent stem cell research continues apace.  There are no human trials approved for embryonic stem cells—despite years of promises by Geron and others, . . . . Continue Reading »

Back in December, Peter Singer and Agata Sagan wrote a piece in the Guardian arguing on behalf of robot rights.  I took exception here as SHS, my headline being, “Robots Will Never be People and Should Never Have Rights.” Singer and Sagan have now taken exception to my exception in . . . . Continue Reading »