Wesley J. Smith

Animal rights leader Gary Francione (abolition, veganism) and I debated on Michael Medved last week.  An MP3 of that program is now available by hitting this link.  The Medved Show decided to invite us back for Round 2, live on Monday, May 3, 1-2 Pacific Time.  Although it seemed to . . . . Continue Reading »

As I pound the drum against animal rights in my book and on the media—most recently today on Wisconsin Public Radio, Kathleen Dunn, an interview that I found to be interesting and thorough (available by following this link)—I have repeatedly distinguished between animal rights and animal . . . . Continue Reading »

I believe very strongly in free speech, but it seems to me it needs to actually communicate something.  Hence, we don’t permit child porn and can punish it criminally.  We can prevent and punish obscenity, although that seems a losing cause what with the Internet.  But the US . . . . Continue Reading »

What? Science reporter Eli Kintisch has written an LA Times opinion piece urging that we maintain air pollution to prevent global warming. From “Why Cleaner Air Could Speed Global Warming:”You’re likely to hear a chorus of dire warnings as we approach Earth Day, but there’s a . . . . Continue Reading »

HSUS—no connection with your local humane society—is the richest animal rights organization in the world, with assets north of $200 million. It doesn’t pitch the animal rights dogma, but works assiduously to attack and undermine animal industries. Sometimes HSUS finds genuine . . . . Continue Reading »

The New York Times business section has run a story demonstrating the peril of Obamacare’s anti insurance underwriting provisions that could ultimately make insurance unaffordable.  From the story:The problem stems in part from the state’s high medical costs and in part from its . . . . Continue Reading »

There was a thoughtful opionion article in the New York Times Sunday about industrial farming and the potential over use of antibiotics to keep the animals from becoming infected. I found myself in complete agreement with the approach and, as a consequence, very open to the . . . . Continue Reading »

As the coup de culture progresses, hedonism increases, leading to some decadent behaviors that are destructive to intrinsic human dignity.  Bestiality is one such behavior, and in Washington State, a man has alleged to have, in effect, pimped his animals for sex.  From the disgusting . . . . Continue Reading »

I was going to joke that someone would say the current volcano in Iceland was caused by global warming. But as I always say, you can’t get ahead of them—if you say something sarcastically, someone will make the same claim seriously.For example, I used to kid to human unexceptionalists . . . . Continue Reading »

Ah, the Dutch: Having jumped off a vertical moral cliff when it comes to doctors killing patients, they seek to replace virtue with “transparency” through official reporting.  The idea is that control over such practices can be maintained if the homicides are done in front of an . . . . Continue Reading »