Wesley J. Smith

This makes me gnash my teeth: Would any respectable magazine ask the racist David Duke to be part of a benign feature story, say, “What are Your Five Favorite Animals?” Of course not. But Forbes —a money magazine—decided to give Peter Singer the forum to answer that very . . . . Continue Reading »

This makes me gnash my teeth: Would any respectable magazine ask the racist David Duke to be part of a benign feature story, say, “What are Your Five Favorite Animals?”Of course not. But Forbes—a money magazine—decided to to give Peter Singer that very forum. Peter Singer . . . . Continue Reading »

Assisted suicide advocacy rests on two fundamental ideological premises. First, that we own our bodies and hence, it is the “ultimate civil liberty” to decide on the time, manner, and place of our own demise. Second, that killing is an acceptable answer to the problem of human . . . . Continue Reading »

Following up on my SHS post from earlier today that disagreed with Sally Satel’s push to legalize a market in live kidney donation to ease the organ shortage, I did a little digging on the risks. Although the surgery is generally considered quite safe, and donors appear to live as long as non . . . . Continue Reading »

Psychiatrist Sally Satel, of the American Enterprise Institute, has written about being diagnosed with eventual renal failure and her efforts to jump ahead of the organ waiting list (before going on dialysis) by finding someone to give her a kidney. (Her efforts failed until the author Virgina . . . . Continue Reading »

I don’t know why anyone would be surprised by this story. Assisted suicide advocacy rests on two fundamental ideological premises: First, that we own our bodies and it is the “ultimate civil liberty” to decide on the time, manner, and place of our own demise. Second, that killing . . . . Continue Reading »

Fossil evidence has been found that the earliest humans cared for—rather than abandoned or killed—their disabled young. From the story:The discovery of the oldest known infant born with a skull deformity hints that, contrary to popular belief, early humans might not have immediately . . . . Continue Reading »

Fossil evidence has been found that the earliest humans cared for rather than abandoned or killed their disabled young. From the story : The discovery of the oldest known infant born with a skull deformity hints that, contrary to popular belief, early humans might not have immediately abandoned or . . . . Continue Reading »

Today is “Terri’s Day.” It is the fourth anniversary of the end of Terri Schiavo’s ordeal of death by dehydration. This cruel end was not a necessary death. It was forced upon her by judicial fiat even though she was not terminally ill, did not require a respirator or kidney . . . . Continue Reading »

Today is “Terri’s Day.” It is the fourth anniversary of the end of Terri Schiavo’s ordeal of death by dehydration. This cruel end was not a necessary death. It was forced upon her by judicial fiat even though she was not terminally ill, did not require a respirator or kidney . . . . Continue Reading »