Wesley J. Smith

What a shame. When Senator Elect Scott Brown won the Massachusetts special election, I saw it is a real political and policy opportunity for President Obama. He could jettison the current disastrous bills and retool—focusing on what is actually broken rather than trying to remake our entire . . . . Continue Reading »

Joke of the day: What do Al Gore and Bin Laden have in common?  Both want to bring “the wheels of the American economy” to a halt. From the story:Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has called for the world to boycott American goods and the U.S. dollar, blaming the United States and . . . . Continue Reading »

My latest podcast delves into “nature rights,” which, I believe, could reasonably be depicted as neo nature religion. It isn’t just the constitution of  Ecuador, as I have discussed before.  Some US municipalities have passed ordinances giving “Nature” the . . . . Continue Reading »

Holy cow!  Scientists have demonstrated that pluripotency may not be necessary to transform cells into other body tissues, meaning that “stem cells” might prove unnecessary in regenerative medicine. In mice, they transformed fibroblasts—cells that construct connective tissue . . . . Continue Reading »

My pal Tom Lorentzen used to administer Medicare for the Western Region. Tom is a very sober and responsible political thinker who believes in solving problems from a conservative bent.Today, he has a piece in the San Francisco Chronicle pushing a plan that would help Obama pivot away from his . . . . Continue Reading »

To protest the seal hunt, and animal rights activist put a pie in the face of a Canadian government minister. From the story:An incident in which the federal fisheries minister was hit with a pie by a seal hunt protester should be seen as a terrorist act, says a Liberal MP. Gerry Byrne made the . . . . Continue Reading »

I’ve long said that the magic number to kill Obamacare was %35.  But with the election in Massachusetts, I think %38 will do. From the story:Only three in ten Americans say they want Congress to pass legislation similar to the health care reform bills that have already been approved by . . . . Continue Reading »

The chaos that is California’s medical marijuana “system” took another turn today as Los Angeles is on the verge of closing down most dispensaries.  From the story:The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday tentatively approved an ordinance to close most of the city’s . . . . Continue Reading »

There is no country more in the global warming tank than the UK.  Thus, it is notable that the government’s lead adviser on science issues admits that climate scientists have hyped global warming, and further, urges that they open the books and interact with skeptics. From the story:The . . . . Continue Reading »

I was asked by First Things to write an “On the Square” essay about the awful comments by the novelist Martin Amis, who yearned for “euthanasia boxes” to be placed on every corner to do away with the “stinking” elderly.  I did.  From my piece, . . . . Continue Reading »