Wesley J. Smith

If the world was really coming to an end from global warming, there would be no NIMBY (not in my back yard) rejections of alternative energy projects, and more leadership by example—notably unlike the approach of Al Gore.  Now Senator Diane Feinstein won’t let a solar and wind farm . . . . Continue Reading »

In one of the most morally corrupt and cynical acts of recent political history, the Senate has passed Obamacare.  More fighting ahead with a required blending with the even worse House version.  But I predict ultimate passage.  That ends it, right?  Not on a bet.Obamacare . . . . Continue Reading »

They keep coming out with “studies” steeped in hysteria intended to convince us to destroy our economies in order to stop climate change, which is impossible, and halt a human-caused global warming that may not be happening.  The newest one is that animals and plants may have to . . . . Continue Reading »

I will not let it go.  I have a piece on The Church Report about how the Rom Houben “awakening” brought Terri Schiavo powerfully back to minds and hearts.  I won’t belabor most of the points again here, since we have talked about it a lot.  But I will leave you with . . . . Continue Reading »

Don’t let the headline fool you: I am not against evidence based medicine when it is used as a guide for doctors to provide optimal individualized care.  But I am against using EBM as a method of establishing categories for health care rationing—whether of “what” or . . . . Continue Reading »

Without the rule of law, we cease to be America.  That is why murdering abortion doctors not only goes against the core of what pro lifers proclaim about themselves, it strikes at the very heart of liberty.  And now, a judge has ruled properly that the killer of the odious George Tiller . . . . Continue Reading »

The Senate Obamacare bill seeks to stifle freedom by preventing further legislation that might change the terms of what it seeks to impose on our country.  From a blog over at the Weekly Standard:Senator Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) pointed out some rather astounding language in the Senate health care . . . . Continue Reading »

The artificial market in carbon dioxide imposed on Europe by global warming hysterics, plunged after the Copenhagen debacle. From the story:Carbon prices plunged yesterday in the aftermath of the Copenhagen conference on climate change, dealing a blow to the credibility of the European Union’s . . . . Continue Reading »

It is unthinkable that in a free country like the UK, that girls are subjected to genital mutilation. From the story:Hundreds of British schoolgirls are facing the terrifying prospect of female genital mutilation (FGM) over the Christmas holidays as experts warn the practice continues to flourish . . . . Continue Reading »

I have a new What It Means to be Human podcast out, in which I describe the brave new world agenda and my optimism in the human capacity to control our own future. “We are not helpless against the admittedly powerful forces of technological change,” I say.  “Rather than . . . . Continue Reading »