Wesley J. Smith

A little while ago I wrote here at SHS decrying amoral Trade reviews given to a new book called Larry’s Kidney, in which a man and his Cousin Larry go to China for a little biological colonialism to buy the aforementioned Larry a kidney—no doubt obtained from killing a prisoner (perhaps . . . . Continue Reading »

Gymnast Shawn Johnson Put To Sleep After Breaking . . . . Continue Reading »

About two years ago I wrote a piece for First Things about the perils to human exceptionalism. It must have been a good piece, because it was copied verbatim and published today over at a site called Living Text of Sociology, under what appears to be the name of one Thad Reisen Edison.  At the . . . . Continue Reading »

A murder trial is all the rage in France:  A French woman repeatedly killed her newborn babies.  From the story:Véronique Courjault, by her own admission, smothered the two babies after giving birth to them secretly in Seoul, the first in 2002 and the second in 2003. She also has . . . . Continue Reading »

Drudge is reporting that ABC News will push Obama Health Care from the White House and exclude all critical voices.  No wonder media are on life support.  More details and analysis at Secondhand Smoke . . . . . Continue Reading »

This is madness for a media struggling to survive: Drudge is reporting that ABC will push President Obama’s health care plan from the White House without presenting opposing views.  From the story:On the night of June 24, the media and government become one, when ABC turns its programming . . . . Continue Reading »

The immortality project took a body blow today as the AMA came out in opposition to the use of anti-aging hormones. From the story:The American Medical Association says there’s no scientific proof to back up the claims of anti-aging hormones. At their annual meeting in Chicago on Monday, AMA . . . . Continue Reading »

A “wrongful birth” lawsuit has been filed in Oregon in which the child’s parents are suing because a test failed to reveal that their baby has Down, which had they known, would have resulted in abortion.  As I state in my post about this at Secondhand Smoke : This is not the . . . . Continue Reading »

An Oregon couple is suing because a test missed that the child had Down syndrome, which had they known, would have resulted in their child’s abortion.  From the story:In the months before their daughter was born in 2007, Deborah and Ariel Levy worried the baby might have Down syndrome. . . . . Continue Reading »

Tort law is a market based corrective for a market-based system, which is why I am not surprised that President Obama is sending signals that he is willing to accept tort reform as part of a health care reform package. From the story:In closed-door talks, Mr. Obama has been making the case that . . . . Continue Reading »