Wesley J. Smith

Please excuse this excursion into areas not of direct concern to matters SHS.  But my pal (and co-author) Ralph Nader deserves significant credit that he is being denied.  Apparently, we have the lowest auto death rate in history.  From the story:The fourth quarter of 2009 was the . . . . Continue Reading »

An Alaskan wolf pack apparently hunted and killed a jogger.  Hunters are now out to kill the pack.  From the story:Alaska authorities have dispatched teams of hunters to the Chignik Lake area of the Alaska Peninsular to hunt down the wolves they have concluded stalked and killed a special . . . . Continue Reading »

I received word last night that Baby Isaiah, the subject of a bitter futile care case in Canada, died in his parent’s arms after they decided the time had come to stop treatment.  They made that decision—not the doctors and not the courts—based on the bad news they received . . . . Continue Reading »

I haven’t been blogging the daily machinations of those trying to pass Obamacare—even after losing the political debate over it.  But Yuval Levin made a pithy comment over at The Corner about this huge mess that is worth noting.  From his post:Democratic leaders should be . . . . Continue Reading »

I am frequently asked in interviews how a radical and misanthropic organization like PETA gets so much money.  The answer is simple. Many average people think the group is about just being nicer to animals, when it is actually about ending all animal domestication.Then there are the shallow . . . . Continue Reading »

Joe Carter has a splendidly detailed history of Dutch euthanasia in the “On the Square” feature here at First Things.  Read it carefully.  It will show how mercy killing, sold to the Dutch as a restricted practice, expanded steadily to where it now includes infanticide and . . . . Continue Reading »

The big brained types who either believe global warming is a real threat—or who used a warming trend as a means of grabbing power, promoting careers, scoring grants, internationalizing governance, or a combination of the above—want to impose wrenching and economy-wounding policies on the . . . . Continue Reading »

Matthew Scully’s nasty review—and my reply thereto—continues to bounce around at National Review.  Yesterday, over at The Corner, Jason Steorts wondered where we differed on principle, and offered an opportunity for both of us to clarify our positions.  Scully . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, duh: A new study reports that sexual activity declines as people age, and that people over 70 generally retire from sex.  From the story:The average person’s sex life ends by the age of 70, according to a report published today in the British Medical Journal.  Men age 30 have . . . . Continue Reading »

The danger of global warming became clear as it is blamed for radically declining musk ox populations. From the story:A team of scientists has discovered that the drastic decline in Arctic musk ox populations that began roughly 12,000 years ago was due to a warming climate rather than to human . . . . Continue Reading »