Wesley J. Smith

The one child policy in China has led to forced abortion, female infanticide, eugenics, awful heartbreak, and countless other oppressions. But in the world of radical environmentalism, that may be unfortunate—but it is also, apparently,  justifiable.  How else interpret this . . . . Continue Reading »

Last night I posted a comment on the fiscal falsehoods of Obamacare pushers in the House. Now, a column by Jack Kelly at Real Clear Politics, illuminates how this corruption of democracy works.  It involves the Baucus Bill.  That plan came in under $900 billion over ten years through . . . . Continue Reading »

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that the House version of Obamacare would come in under $900 billion over ten years. I said, bunk. First, the expenses will only be for seven years since it wouldn’t start until 2013.  Moreover, said I, the thing had to be smoke and mirrors and . . . . Continue Reading »

President Obama has declared a national health emergency over the H1N1 flu outbreak.  From the story:President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency and empowered his health secretary to suspend federal requirements and speed treatment for thousands of infected . . . . Continue Reading »

This is a good news story I have been meaning to post for a week.  There is an old Jewish saying, “When you save a life, you save the world.”  If that is so, my wonderful friend and executive director of the CBC, Jennifer Lahl, has saved the world.Last week, Jennifer and her . . . . Continue Reading »

I reported earlier about the resistance among New York health care workers to taking the mandatory H1N1 vaccine. Well, the state has backed down. From the story:New York public health workers will no longer be required to be vaccinated against both the seasonal and H1N1 flu virus, state officials . . . . Continue Reading »

There is a temporary impasse about abortion funding in the House, with pro life Democrats balking at the current bill because it could have federal money fund abortion.  From the story:House Democrats are at an impasse over whether their remake of the nation’s health care system would . . . . Continue Reading »

Barbara Coombs Lee, head honcho at the assisted suicide advocacy group Compassion and Choices, has written a column in the Huffington Post that lies about me.  She doesn’t mention my name, perhaps because that would permit people to look me up and find out for themselves about whether . . . . Continue Reading »

There is an old saying: You can drag a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.  I think this aphorism is relevant to Obamacare’s prescription that each of us be required legally to buy health insurance—and perhaps even face jail—for refusing to do so and pay the . . . . Continue Reading »

Now, they’ve gone too far! Two global warming hysterics have argued that owning a dog is a threat to the planet. From a column in the New Scientist:Should owning a great dane make you as much of an eco-outcast as an SUV driver? Yes it should, say Robert and Brenda Vale, two architects who . . . . Continue Reading »