Wesley J. Smith

Obamacare and its included hundreds of billions of cuts in Medicare hasn’t even passed yet, and the short shrifting of doctors fees in Medicare is already driving them away from treating seniors. From the story:Medicare has become a scary word to the doctors at the largest private group . . . . Continue Reading »

I used to think that people worried about one world government were more than a little paranoid.  No more. Indeed, the global warming hysteria is being mounted, at least in part, as a pretext to impose the beginning of one world government—which would be rule by bureaucrats.  Indeed, . . . . Continue Reading »

How stupid do our faithful public servants think we are?  The public option is in real political trouble, so what does Senator Harry Reid do?  Proposes a state opt out. From the story:Reid and his supporters are touting a national insurance plan to have state legislatures vote to opt out . . . . Continue Reading »

I’m a lawyer—thanks for not holding that against me—and my knowledge of law and the U.S. Constitution has me wondering whether the mandatory purchase requirement or pay a fine under all Obamacare plans passes constitutional muster. I haven’t done a study of the matter, but it . . . . Continue Reading »

The hysterics in the global warming crowd want us to give up everything that makes modern life prosperous and worth living. We are to give up having more than one, or at most, two children. We are to give up dogs and cats.  We are to give up flying—except Al Gore. We are to give up . . . . Continue Reading »

George Orwell called it, and now Speaker Pelosi rolls out the Newspeak.  The public option, is now apparently being rechristened, the “competitive option.” From the story:In an appearance at a Florida senior center, the Democratic leader referred to the so-called public option as . . . . Continue Reading »

Nobody knows the pain of the culture of death more profoundly that the Schindler family.  First, Terri Schiavo—Bobby’s sister—was dehydrated to death because of her profound cognitive incapacity. Her cruel death, the family believes, badly undermined dad Robert . . . . Continue Reading »

The failure of the federal government to properly regulate marijuana is leading to terrible headaches.  MMJ is a Schedule 1 drug under the Controlled Substances Act, meaning that the Congress has determined it has a high potential for abuse and has no legitimate medical use.  The former . . . . Continue Reading »

This satiric song against Obamacare, I’m afraid, contains more truth than hyperbole.  Enjoy. Well don’t enjoy, exactly, I mean you can smile, but you should also be alarmed. Still, it is amusing—well, you get the . . . . Continue Reading »

We have gone mad. That is the only way to explain it.  The UK passed a bill to cut the dreaded carbon dioxide emissions last year that is so draconian, it will cost far more than the benefits to be derived—and impoverish the country. From a column by the Daily Telegraph’s resident . . . . Continue Reading »