Wesley J. Smith

I interviewed Dutch lawyer Eugene Sutorius in 1996 for my book Forced Exit.  I found him gracious, intelligent, and a quick legal mind.  I liked him a lot.  But he’s Darth Vader.Sutorious is absolutely committed to using the law as dynamite to create the broadest possible . . . . Continue Reading »

It is really quite remarkable how impressively research in to adult stem cells have advanced.  Now, animal studies show that they might be used to help prematurely born babies grow lung tissue.  From the story in Science Daily:An international team of scientists led by Dr. Thébaud has . . . . Continue Reading »

The World featured my recent post reacting to medical marijuana being recommended by some doctors as a “treatment” for ADHD in an article focusing on marijuana used medicinally on children. That’s always cool. But I mention it primarily because the article reports that some parents . . . . Continue Reading »

Time to get in trouble:I don’t think it is particularly healthy that medicine’s role in society is increasingly about enabling the well off to make personal lifestyle decisions, particularly when the healing side of the profession is under increasing resource strain.  This concern . . . . Continue Reading »

I have long thought that stopping Obamacare would require convincing 35% of the people to oppose.  That’s a hard number to hit in our society.  An idea or politician has to be really disliked to register that low—unless you have a very high number of people who express no . . . . Continue Reading »

“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.”— Marcus Tullius . . . . Continue Reading »

For years, I have been warning people that the time has come to man (and woman) the ramparts to defend the citadel of human exceptionalism (that’s a metaphor for you literalists) against its many attackers. Indeed, the unique and intrinsic value of human life merely for being human is under . . . . Continue Reading »

I believe reasonable skepticism is warranted any time a major “medical miracle” story breaks.  But there comes a time when skepticism becomes something else, an ideological tool to keep society from drawing ethical conclusions that the skeptic might oppose.I think we have reached . . . . Continue Reading »

I loathe the tactic of hacking and publishing, whether in support of a side I am on or not.  It seems to me that such Nixonian tactics—as I wrote here—destroy the comity necessary for democracy to function. (Yes, I am aware of the NYT’s hypocrisy on this matter, but what does . . . . Continue Reading »

More details are coming out about the Rom Houben case.  This struck me hard.  From the story:Belgian doctors who treated him early on said that Rom had gone from a coma into a vegetative condition. Coma is a state of unconsciousness in which the eyes are closed and the patient can’t . . . . Continue Reading »