Wesley J. Smith

USAToday has an alarming front page story today about a looming shortage of primary care physicians.  From the story:Longer days, lower pay, less prestige and more administrative headaches have turned doctors away in droves from family medicine, presumed to be the frontline for wellness and . . . . Continue Reading »

         The horror stories out of the UK and Canada are mounting—and serve a warning to this country against a nationalized system.  The head of the Canadian Medical Association worries that her country’s single-payer-only system is . . . . Continue Reading »

President Obama is fond of creating a false paradigm about health care reform: It is either the current plans or “nothing.” That isn’t true, of course.  Obama and the Democratic leadership made the same mistake that Hillary Clinton did back in 1993: He has allowed the . . . . Continue Reading »

        Unlimited license without moral constraint leads here.  A woman is pregnant with eleven—no, make that twelve—babies after receiving IVF.  From the story:The unnamed mum-to-be - a teacher - is said to be defying medical advice by . . . . Continue Reading »

We have been told repeatedly by Obamacare supporters and media alike,  that worries about seniors being pushed by end of life counseling  into voluntary rationing  are all so much fear mongering.  Indeed, all it does (despite Compassion and Choices being at the table helping to . . . . Continue Reading »

The “public option” aspect of Obamacare—the provision that would likely result eventually in a socialized health care financing system—may be about to be abandoned.  From the story:Bowing to Republican pressure and an uneasy public, President Barack Obama’s . . . . Continue Reading »

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It turns out that Compassion and Choices—formerly the Hemlock Society—had a hand in creating the end of life “counseling” provision that caused such a ruckus in the Great Health Care Debate. I have noticed that C and C is trying to position itself as the Planned Parenthood . . . . Continue Reading »

My pal Dean Koontz’s long awaited Book 3 of his Frankenstein series, Dead and Alive, is out and selling like hotcakes. When we got our copy, Secondhand Smokette devoured it in one night.  She can read almost as fast as Dean can write!In any event, I hadn’t read any of the books in . . . . Continue Reading »

For the last few weeks a battle has been brewing in the ethics committee of the Wisconsin Medical Society, with a motion filed to have it go neutral on legalizing assisted suicide. I am happy to report that effort failed by a 13-5 vote. Medical ethics maintained in Wisconsin.  Patients . . . . Continue Reading »