Wesley J. Smith

I monitor blogs and stories that involve human exceptionalism. Recently, I noticed a recent upswing in Darwinists railing against the idea that human beings have unique moral value.  In essence, they say, we are just animals: Get used to it.That theme is found in review of a motion picture . . . . Continue Reading »

The biotech agenda has never been about stem cell research. That is only a stage. The ultimate agenda is Brave New World, e.g. genetic engineering, reproductive cloning, post humanism, and anything goes.  This has been hidden for political reasons, but with the hated Bush’s stem cell . . . . Continue Reading »

       Obamacare supporters are in a conundrum: If they pretend they don’t want rationing, people know they are not being candid.  But candor leads to increased resistance: We don’t want faceless bureaucrats telling patients and doctors . . . . Continue Reading »

As health care rationing is seriously on the table—generally supported by the political Left—some of that persuasion also want to include illegal immigrants in Obamacare if they buy the premiums.  From the story:Fearful that they’re losing ground on immigration and health . . . . Continue Reading »

Former Governor Richard Lamm fell into the soup years ago when he claimed that the elderly infirm and dying had a duty to die. Lamm claimed to have been misunderstood. But maybe he wasn’t. Lamm has come out passionately for health care rationing, stating in his Huffington Post piece : It is . . . . Continue Reading »

Former Colorado Governor Richard Lamm got a bad reputation by stating in a speech some years ago, “We [meaning when we get old] have a duty to die and get out of the way.”  When I interviewed Lamm for the “duty to die” discussion in Culture of Death, he told me that he . . . . Continue Reading »

Rita Marker, head of the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide has a new article out about assisted suicide in Washington and how it subtly (and not so subtly) undermines the equal worth of all human lives.  She describes a program held at a hospital in which a social . . . . Continue Reading »

I don’t pay a lot of attention to the polls, but I never trust the polls taken for the New York Times.  Rather than reflect opinion, I believe the NYT tries to use polling to mold opinion in a direction its bias favors.Case in point: Its latest poll, which gave Obama a 56-33% approval . . . . Continue Reading »

If we are not careful, health care reform will become the convenient excuse to permit government intrusion into almost every aspect of our lives. Now, it appears that it may even become a matter of criminal law. From the story:Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) received a handwritten note Thursday from Joint . . . . Continue Reading »

Most of the focus in the Obamacare debate has been on HB 3200. But Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) has been trying to forge a compromise package. Instead, he has upset both sides, the Left because it has no public option and the Right because it too contains provisions that would, in the name of cost . . . . Continue Reading »