Wesley J. Smith

Considering the continual revisionist biology about what constitutes a human embryo we have heard in the halls of Congress and from among some members of the science intelligentsia, I thought it worth revisiting an old Nature editorial that decries the sophistic attempt within bioethics and the . . . . Continue Reading »

A famous global warming scientist issued an alarming study today finding that too much sex is a major cause of global warming. “All that heavy breathing releases tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere,” Dr, Raymond Sunburn, the head of the Aspen/Davos Collective’s think tank, . . . . Continue Reading »

It is an intentional tactic on the part of some who push for the instrumental use of nascent human life to make the sophistical argument that human embryos are not really organisms until they implant in a uterus. Ironically, these advocates make this bogus claim in the name of boosting science. But . . . . Continue Reading »

Considering the discussions we have had here as to what constitutes a human embryo, I thought it worth revisiting an old Nature editorial that decries the sophistic attempt within bioethics and the life sciences to pretend that an embryo before implantation in a uterus isn’t really an embryo. . . . . Continue Reading »

Last month, Tim Kaine the Governor of Virginia, signed into law a bill that prohibits the state from funding embryonic stem cell research . From the story : Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, has signed a bill into law banning the use of some state funds for . . . . Continue Reading »

The Oregon Department of Health is reporting that the recession will push more Oregonians than ever onto the Oregon Health Department’s system of rationed care. From the press release: The forecast laid out in stark detail how economic factors affect the work we do. Our analysts calculated . . . . Continue Reading »

This escaped my notice until it was brought to my attention by a regular SHS reader. Last month, Tim Kaine the Governor of Virginia, signed into law a bill that prohibits the state from funding embryonic stem cell research. From the story: Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, the chairman of the Democratic . . . . Continue Reading »

The science journal Nature pushes the brave new world agendas of cloning and embryonic stem cell research with gusto and zealotry. That is why I find the below quote from a 1987 editorial that decried the use of the phony term “pre-embryo” so interesting. From the editorial, “IVF . . . . Continue Reading »

Either Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi doesn’t know what is actually happening in biotechnology or she doesn’t care. Actually, I think it may be both. The other day on her home turf of San Francisco, she went into utter hype mode about ESCR that was reminiscent of the bad old days . . . . Continue Reading »

The headline of this story from the Times of London—“Blind to be Cure with Stem Cells”—is really putting the cart before the horse—it hasn’t even been tried yet, after all. But such hype is par for the course. From the story:British scientists have developed the . . . . Continue Reading »