Wesley J. Smith

I never believed the Chinese Government’s assurances that they were going to dismantle the organ trade in their country.  And now, it seems that the supposed effort has predictably failed. From the story:Organ trafficking in China is more active than ever despite efforts to crack down on . . . . Continue Reading »

The UN global warming bureaucrats in charge of the hysteria section never run out of imaginative horrors being caused—or coming soon—by (now stalled) global warming.  In today’s edition, it’s a cause of prostitution!  From the story:The effects of climate change . . . . Continue Reading »

We have become a culture that tells the elderly, people with disabilities, and others who need care and support that they are “burdens.” Indeed, in my recent debate in Edinburgh with Dr. Libby Wilson, my opponent explicitly supported legalizing assisted suicide so that the ill and . . . . Continue Reading »

Apparently somebody hacked into climate change researchers’ e-mails and published the exchanges.  From the story:Hundreds of private emails and documents allegedly exchanged between some of the world’s leading climate scientists over the past 13 years have been stolen by hackers and . . . . Continue Reading »

The more we use human body parts in medicine and products, the more stories like this are likely to take place:Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and sold their fat to buyers who used it to make cosmetics. Four Peruvians were arrested on . . . . Continue Reading »

Global warming has apparently stalled, and the usual media suspects are getting restless. First, there was the heresy from the BBC, and now a major German news magazine is showing some sign of coming out the reverie. From the story in Der Spiegel:Climatologists use their computer models to draw . . . . Continue Reading »

Here are a few more of the photos I took during my recent sojourn to the British Isle.A view from Edinburgh Castle over the city to the extinct volcano just outside of town:I was taken with the color coordination between the (rare) blue sky of Edinburgh and the gray statue on top of an Edinburgh . . . . Continue Reading »

I don’t remember a more vivid case of tricky legislating than the attempt to shove Obamacare down the collective throat.  And here’s the latest example. The Senate version of Obamacare is actually an unrelated House Bill that has already passed the Lower Chamber.  From the . . . . Continue Reading »

The Senate version of Obamacare is actually an already-passed House Bill, HR 3590.  Why a House Bill?  By gutting the passed bill and substituting the Obamacare plan, it could avoid a conference committee.  If the bill passed, it would go back to the House, and if it passed without . . . . Continue Reading »

Major changes in the new Senate Obamacare bill from its House counterpart, in the sections involving assisted suicide.  (The bill is actually a gutted and already passed bill from the House—HR 3590—a trick that may be designed to get around the necessity of a conference . . . . Continue Reading »