Wesley J. Smith

Some of the most earnest global warming alarmists look to China as the model for radically controlling human population in order to SAVE THE PLANET!  But that is to long for tyranny.  Example: China is forcing thousands of people to be involuntarily sterilized for violating the “one . . . . Continue Reading »

Two weeks ago, I wrote here about a proposed new “crime against peace” called ecocide, deemed to be equivalent to genocide.  I will have more to say about that matter soon, but in the meantime, it seems increasingly clear that—hand-in-hand with personalizing . . . . Continue Reading »

A few weeks ago, I castigated the creators of the mega crude Family Guy for using the V-word to make fun of Terri Schiavo.  Using the word “vegetable” to describe anything but carrots or squash—in other words, to describe any human being—is hateful and intended to . . . . Continue Reading »

I believe in wide open speech and the rough and tumble of public debate, particularly about important political or social controversies and public persons—me included.   That doesn’t mean, of course, that I believe in libel.  Intentionally making false claims about a . . . . Continue Reading »

For last year’s Earth Day, NRO asked me to write a piece about Hollywood pitching anti humanism in the name of the environmentalist religion.  I thought it was worth revisiting.  “From Homo Sapiens, Get Lost:”When Aldous Huxley wrote his prophetic 1932 novel, Brave New . . . . Continue Reading »

I find it interesting that supposed supporters of “science” are more upset with warming skeptics than hysterics.  The hysterics are the ones who act like Chicken Little—predicting increasingly catastrophic DOOM!!!! unless we act IMMEDIATELY!!! to SAVE THE PLANET!!!!  They . . . . Continue Reading »

I just received word from CNN that the package on assisted suicide for which I was interviewed will air tomorrow night. I apologize for any inconvenience.  If you tune in, I’m the old guy with the beard.  Thank . . . . Continue Reading »

The euthanasia legalization bill, C-384 (which SHS covered here), was soundly defeated in the Canadian Parliament today by a heartening vote of 228-59.  There seem to be no news stories on this except on pro life sites.  Hmmm.  Let’s see what tomorrow brings.  In the . . . . Continue Reading »

There is an interesting column in today’s San Francisco Chronicle about how many parents still resist inoculating their children for fear of autism—even though there are apparently no scientific bases for the purported connection. From the column:On April 7, hearings began to decide . . . . Continue Reading »

I taped an interview for CNN about the Connecticut lawsuit by two would-be death doctors, seeking to legalize assisted suicide—a crime in CT—by having a court redefine assisted suicide by doctors of the terminally ill into “aid in dying.”  Once so . . . . Continue Reading »