Wesley J. Smith

To The Source asked me to expand my critique of the article in Bioethics urging that the field drop its (very tenuous) embrace of human dignity.  I was happy to do so, never wanting to miss an opportunity to defend human exceptionalism.  Here is the conclusion.  From my piece:But . . . . Continue Reading »

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A Russian journalist set off a firestorm in calling for infanticide of developmentally disabled babies, using extremely crass and dehumanizing language. From the story:The author, Aleksandr Nikonov, used the word “debil” — a deeply offensive term in Russian — to characterize . . . . Continue Reading »

Global warming hysteria is collapsing of its own hubris and ideological machinations. Whether or not carbon and other emissions are causing some warming, the movement was always more about politics—the establishment of an international governing technocracy, allowing favored insider to feast . . . . Continue Reading »

For weeks, NOW and other pro choice activists have had the vapors about a pro life ad, in which the mother of football hero Tim Tebow was allegedly to say she is glad she refused a doctor’s advise to have an abortion.  (Other supporters of abortion rights, such as the New York Times . . . . Continue Reading »

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is one of the most radical environmentalist groups around. Not only is its leader Paul Watson anti human—once calling us the “AIDS of the Earth”—but the Shepherds engage in dangerous interference activities aimed at preventing legal . . . . Continue Reading »

When I started Secondhand Smoke, I thought I was providing a good forum for learning and discussion. I had no idea it could be dangerous. From the story:?You really can be bored to death, scientists discoverBoredom could be shaving years off your life, scientists have found. Researchers say that . . . . Continue Reading »

Drip. Drip. Drip. Another day, another blow to the credibility of the IPCC Nobel Peace Prize-winning report.  This time, a claim that global warming would soon lead to a terrible reduction in corn production in north Africa turns out to have been as specious as the Himalayan glacier melt by . . . . Continue Reading »

This is the caliber of person we want to guide our international future? Feeling the heat from his own misfeasance and arrogance, IPCC head Rajendra Pachauri has lashed out at his critics.  From the story:Rajendra Pachauri, the besieged head of the U.N.’s International Panel on Climate . . . . Continue Reading »

Back in the heady days of summer, President Obama and the leaders of the House and Senate wore arrogance about passing Obamacare like a stylish coat. Ram it through, was the order of the day, as the mounting protests from the grassroots were dismissed and denigrated as just “tea . . . . Continue Reading »