Wesley J. Smith

Kathleen Parker ably exposes the mendacity and between-the-lines legislating that opens the door to public funding of abortion in Obamacare.  From her Washington Post column:Of course the bill doesn’t explicitly state that it appropriates abortion funding. [Me: That will be done in the . . . . Continue Reading »

When Medicare Part D passed, the government gave private companies subsidies to induce them to keep retirees on private health care that covered prescriptions, toward the end of saving Medicare money by keeping those people off the prescription drug benefit rolls.  Obamacare reduced these . . . . Continue Reading »

For now, I think the fever is banking, and global warming hysteria is abating.  This is not to say, of course, that the scientific debate over global warming is settled.  To the contrary: With skeptics finally having a voice in the argument, it will grow even more intense.  But that . . . . Continue Reading »

The fat lady hasn’t sung.  A large majority of the people want opponents of Obamacare to keep fighting it, according to a CBS poll.  From the story:A CBS News poll released Wednesday finds that nearly two in three Americans want Republicans in Congress to continue to challenge parts . . . . Continue Reading »

President Obama is spending this country into a state of financial collapse akin to Greece—or worse, California.  And yet, when a little more money could have helped ease our growing doctor shortage, Obamacare failed to provide the fix.Here’s the story: Back in 1996, in a truly . . . . Continue Reading »

I wrote a quick piece in the wake of Obamacare’s passage for To The Source, in which I predicted dire developments.  From my article:For now, Obamacare preserves a private financing system—no public option. Nonetheless, it still represents a government takeover of healthcare. By . . . . Continue Reading »

The show that made fun of Sarah Palin’s child with Down syndrome has sunk even lower—mocking the disability and death of Terri Schiavo.  The episode– which I embedded over at Secondhand Smoke only after much thought , opens with a fictional school play, Terri Schiavo: The . . . . Continue Reading »

In the five years since Terri Schiavo was slowly dehydrated to death, her loving family has been subjected to repeated  callousness and intentional cruelties—canards about their motives, personal vituperation, etc.. That’s life in the public eye.  But now a new line of . . . . Continue Reading »

I never cease to be amazed at how absolute the abortion right has become.  Women not only have a right to abortion, through the ninth month in many cases, but so do children—and they can obtain an abortion in some states without their parents even knowing they underwent a serious surgical . . . . Continue Reading »

More litigation against Obamacare: Apparently the law expanded Medicaid—which is paid in part by the states.  They don’t have the money and some are suing.  From the story:President Barack Obama faces a fight over the health-care overhaul from states that sued today because the . . . . Continue Reading »