Wesley J. Smith

Arnold Schwarzenegger, my failure as a governor, has gone to Copenhagen to save the world. From the story:California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger told delegates that the “planetary transformation” needed to tackle climate change could not be the work of national governments alone. He . . . . Continue Reading »

In my recent predictions for 2010, I prognosticated that Obamacare will pass without the public option.  Today, Senator Lieberman said he will vote for the bill because the PO is out.  That could be the magic 60th vote, although abortion remains a potential impediment.  But what about . . . . Continue Reading »

Oh, oh. It turns out that glaciers melted faster in the 1940s than now—because the sun was stronger.  And when the sun got weaker, they advanced.  What a concept!  From an Investor’s Business Daily editorial:Scientists at Zurich’s Federal Institute of Technology have . . . . Continue Reading »

Al Gore predicted direly that “new” information coming to his attention predicts an ice free arctic in 2014.  Oh no!!! Stifle all economic activity!  Return to being hunter/gatherers—better yet, just gatherers!One little problem: The professor upon whose work Gore’s . . . . Continue Reading »

A vaginal gel designed to prevent women from contracting the HIV virus, has failed in African studies. From the story:U.S. drug company Endo Pharmaceuticals’ (ENDP.O) gel designed to prevent infection with the AIDS virus was ineffective in trials in Africa, Britain’s Medical Research . . . . Continue Reading »

For some reason, Rat reminds me of Al . . . . Continue Reading »

This is unbelievable. Apparently the big deal in the “hide the decline” infamous email had to do with what tree ring shows about climate change.  The Daily Mail checked the graphs produced by the UN’s IPPC, and it shows they did just that: When the tree rings (in green) showed . . . . Continue Reading »

The entire Obamacare saga has been the most dishonest, reckless, and foolish bit of legislating I think I have ever witnessed.  It is a mess,  and it seems quite obvious that our leaders don’t care that it is a mess.  The problem—and particularly, Harry Reid’ s part . . . . Continue Reading »

I am not a huge fan of Thomas Sowell, It isn’t that I dislike him particularly, it’s just that he doesn’t give me the warm fuzzies. Sowell apparently has a new book out, however, that raises some issues worth pondering.  Sowell believes that intellectuals are hurting . . . . Continue Reading »

An interesting study has found that the children of deaf parents who can hear oppose the right of deaf people to select embryos for deafness. From the abstract.This study...is the first of its kind examining the views of hearing children of deaf adults towards preimplantation genetic diagnosis and . . . . Continue Reading »