Wesley J. Smith

The assisted suicide movement is so full of pretense. It is “only” about terminal illness when nothing else can be done to end suffering, they coo.  Baloney.  Well, it is only for the “hopelessly ill.”  Baloney.  Once one accept the ideology of euthanasia, . . . . Continue Reading »

The European Court of Human Rights has refused to impose euthanasia on the EU based on the right to family life.  From the Reuters story:The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that it’s up to individual countries to decide on euthanasia. It also decided, however, that the German . . . . Continue Reading »

I grow weary of the continual attempts to spin and cover up the depth of the death culture of the Netherlands. For example, recently, articles have celebrated the official 2.8% euthanasia rate. But that doesn’t include assisted suicide (0.2) and the fact that 23% of euthanasia deaths . . . . Continue Reading »

President George Bush’s greatest success was the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPfAR), his signature program to assist poor countries afflicted with AIDS.  According to a Standford study, between 2004-2008, the program saved 740,000 lives.That benefit has continued . . . . Continue Reading »

The FDA has approved a pill that can help those having sex with HIV + partners avoid being infected. From the SF Chronicle story:The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the marketing of the first drug shown to curb the transmission of the HIV virus, a development heralded by AIDS . . . . Continue Reading »

It is not surprising that many of the most notable anti human exceptionalists are atheists. By attempting to deconstruct those uniquely human moral attributes that distinguish us from animals, they hope to make God go away.  Ironically, that would elevate us back into superiority . . . . Continue Reading »

Monkeys or people?  That’s the choice.  Scientists are hopeful that they are hot on the trail—finally—of a vaccine to thwart HIV. From the Retuers story:Vaccine experts are equally excited about a vaccine that Michael’s team is developing with Harvard University and . . . . Continue Reading »

The ruling by the head of the BC Supreme Court (sitting as a trial judge), granting a constitutional right to assisted suicide because suicide is somehow a right, is being appealed to the BC Court of Appeals. From the press release:The laws surrounding euthanasia and assisted suicide exist to . . . . Continue Reading »

Somebody paid for this study, and apparently it was bogus.  A science study said we are more altruistic if we are at a higher—as in elevation—level.  Now, it appears not. From the Chronicle of Higher Education blog:Uri Simonsohn, the University of Pennsylvania researcher whose . . . . Continue Reading »

The Telegraph has an interesting article out about how mating in the future will be based on compatibility of genetic codes. From, “DNA Testing ‘Will Screen Out Lovers’:”Couples will soon be able to choose their life partner solely based on the compatibility of their genes . . . . Continue Reading »