Wesley J. Smith

It is astonishing to me the fervor with which some in the life sciences seek to dismantle the very concept of human freedom. The latest example comes from Penn biologist Anthony R. Cashmore in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , in an article in which he claims that human free . . . . Continue Reading »

It is astonishing to me the fervor with which some in the life sciences seek to dismantle the very concept of human freedom.  If they have their way, we will go from, “The devil made me do it,” to perhaps, “My genes made me do it,” or, “My genes as mediated by my . . . . Continue Reading »

HSUS—Humane Society of the United States—is an interesting organization, what I call a “stealth” animal rights group.  Unlike PETA, it doesn’t pitch the animal rights dogma of human/animal moral equality, nor does it explicitly call for an end to all animal . . . . Continue Reading »

The Netherlands vividly illustrates how euthanasia/assisted suicide cannot logically be limited to the restricted category of people diagnosed with a terminal illness. Since euthanasia began there under official sanction—first decriminalization and then formal legalization—the Dutch have . . . . Continue Reading »

I keep bringing stories like this up because the animal rights movement’s propaganda has seriously eroded the public’s support for animal research—not to the point that a majority oppose it—but the numbers should be limited to strict animal rightists, and it’s . . . . Continue Reading »

On and on it goes, where it stops, nobody knows: Now UK hospitals are being accused of putting patients’ lives at risk by failing to comply with safety orders from central control. From the story:Hospitals were accused tonight of putting patients’ lives at unnecessary risk after research . . . . Continue Reading »

Animal rights is such a peaceable movement—at least that is what its adherents insist. Yet, personal threats by animal rights fanatics have so unnerved an American Olympian, he is afraid to stay at a hotel. From the story : U.S. figure skater Johnny Weir says he received threats from anti-fur . . . . Continue Reading »

Animal rights is such a peaceable movement—at least that is what its adherents insist. Yet, personal threats by animal rights fanatics have so unnerved an American Olympian, he is afraid to stay at a hotel.  From the story:U.S. figure skater Johnny Weir says he received threats from . . . . Continue Reading »

NYT columnist Nicholas D. Kristof writes today about another one of those “conservatives are from Venus, liberals from Mars,” kind of studies that come along from time to time.  Supposedly, we are hard wired to our political persuasions, as evidenced by our reactions to various . . . . Continue Reading »

I reported earlier on the Rom Houben case that made international headlines when it turned out that he had been misdiagnosed by his physicians as unconscious for 26 years. New diagnostic techniques showed near normal brain function.  And, it appeared, he could communicate with the help of a . . . . Continue Reading »