Wesley J. Smith

When an orca drowned one of his trainers at Orlando’s Sea World, nobody discussed “punishing” or otherwise holding him morally accountable.  Indeed, the very notion is nonsensical, as a consequence of which, the question about “what to do” has properly revolved . . . . Continue Reading »

Late next week I will be in New York. Big doings.First, I have been asked to tape an interview for use on Penn and Teller’s Showtime program as the voice opposing assisted suicide.  It is my understanding that P and T are for assisted suicide, so I am to be the designated cannon . . . . Continue Reading »

Scientists are apparently getting ready to try and explain the lull in global warming over the last decade-+. From the story:Climate scientists must do more to work out how exceptionally cold winters or a dip in world temperatures fit their theories of global warming, if they are to persuade an . . . . Continue Reading »

Even as President Obama throttles down, trying to ram the presidential limo through the public opinion blockade erected by a huge majority of the people, the barricade is growing. A new CNN poll finds that only 25% of those polled want Obamacare to pass.  That’s a debacle for a man . . . . Continue Reading »

I knew Matthew Scully, the animal rights movement’s favorite conservative, would attack A Rat is a Pig is a Dog is a Boy.  When he did, I expected him to respect readers sufficiently to disclose that I criticized (and praised) his book Dominion.  He didn’t.  I didn’t . . . . Continue Reading »

As promised, here is another in a series of excerpts from my book criticizing the animal rights movement that I will post from time to time here at SHS.  We began with the conclusion of Dean Koontz’s wonderful preface. We now turn to the book in proper.I open by describing a visit I took . . . . Continue Reading »

Global warming hysteria—which is not the same thing as the science investigating AGW—has been discredited.  And now, a senator wants a criminal investigation. From the story:The Senate’s top global warming skeptic on Tuesday is calling for a possible criminal investigation . . . . Continue Reading »

It is stunning to me that President Obama would yet again try to push the popularly rejected Obamacare plan through Congress.  Apparently, his new proposal is more of the same, leaning more toward the Senate version than the House, e.g. no public option.  The tax on “Cadillac” . . . . Continue Reading »

The ethical struggle over medical futility can be intense, but I think both sides have the best interests of patients and society at heart.  A very thoughtful commentary in the NEJM by Robert D. Truog—who, I have disagreed with in the past when he advocated doing away with the dead donor . . . . Continue Reading »

There they go again: A study that the seas are rising at an alarming rate—which was used to validate the IPCC report used by hysterics to justify dismantling our economies and imposing international bureaucratic governance—has been withdrawn. From the story:Scientists have been forced to . . . . Continue Reading »