Wesley J. Smith

Wayne Pacelle reveals the religious nature of animal rights in a column published in today’s San Francisco Chronicle . The head of the country’s most powerful—and rich—animal rights organization, the Humane Society of the United States (no connection with local humane . . . . Continue Reading »

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is the smartest and richest animal rights group around.  Unlike PETA, it doesn’t openly proselytize that old animal rights religion, e.g., sentience gives moral value, “a rat, is a pig, is a dog, is a boy,” the quote from Ingrid . . . . Continue Reading »

A nurse who went on the Internet to teach people how to commit suicide has lost his license.  From the story:Using the online aliases “Li Dao” and “Falcon Girl,” a male nurse from southern Minnesota participated in international suicide chat rooms and presented himself . . . . Continue Reading »

I have an article in the Center for Bioethics and Culture (CBC) newsletter about the continuing effort by many within the Medical Intelligentsia to redefine death toward the end of expanding the organ donor pool.  From my column:For years, organ transplant ethicists and some in the bioethics . . . . Continue Reading »

I love dogs and cats as much as most and have loved my pets deeply. But they are not children and shouldn’t be treated as if they were under the law.  Now, a bill has been tossed in the hopper that would grant tax deductions for the expenses of caring for pets. From the story:Should you . . . . Continue Reading »

Is there no bottom to our moral decline? A woman has written a memoir telling how she got pregnant on purpose fifteen times, and then aborted the babies . This isn’t a matter of law. It is an illustration of the hedonism of our times.  It is a matter of basic morality and the casting . . . . Continue Reading »

Is abortion a moral issue? I say yes. The unborn child is a living human being, albeit in the developing stage. Some say no, that the fetus is no more meaningful morally than a tumor.  Indeed, a few have called it a parasite.Those who think abortion is no big deal may still be bothered by this . . . . Continue Reading »

Back in 2007, former Robert Reich told an audience at UC Berkeley what an “honest” presidential candidate would tell the country that health care reform would require.First, young people will have to pay more for their health insurance.  No question there under Obamacare, because . . . . Continue Reading »

The health insurance industry has issued a report warning that under the current Senate version of Obamacare, the cost of private insurance will soar, apparently because the coverage requirement aspect has been weakened significantly.  From the story:The study, done by PricewaterhouseCoopers . . . . Continue Reading »

Earlier this year, I did a podcast interview with Kevin Allen, who runs a very fine feature on Ancient Faith Radio called The Illumined Heart.  It mostly dealt with human exceptionalism, and it has now been abridged (with my permission) into a written Q and A in Salvo magazine.  From the . . . . Continue Reading »