Wesley J. Smith

As we have discussed here at SHS, PETA has killed tens of thousands of dogs and cats at its Norfolk, VA headquarters in the last ten years—apparently including adoptable animals. But based on public records studied by the non profit, food industry-financed Center for Consumer Freedom, the . . . . Continue Reading »

Among the downsides of IVF has been the overproduction of embryos, that were then put into the deep freeze. Because most of these nascent humans will never be gestated to birth, they are now looked upon as mere things to be used in research.The reason we have about 400,000 embryos in cold storage is . . . . Continue Reading »

I was just watching President Obama’s press conference and noticed that he once again dissembled on his answer regarding embryonic stem cell research. From the transcript:QUESTION: Thank you, Mr. President. In your remarks on stem-cell research earlier this month, you talked about a majority . . . . Continue Reading »

Deep Ecology is a neo earth religion, the ideology of which holds that nature should be given equal consideration with people—a concept sometimes called ecological egalitarianism. The explicit rejection of human exceptionalism led adherents into a profound nihilism and anti-humanism in which . . . . Continue Reading »

A science reporter named Steve Connor in the UK, has written a diatribe against opponents of ESCR in the Independent. Part of his critique is an unoriginal cheap shot at the Catholic Church and the issue of ensoulment—which is way beyond our jurisdiction here, and moreover, as far as I know, . . . . Continue Reading »

If organs can be purchased, it seems obvious to me that the rich will buy and the poor will sell. Singapore’s plan to open the door to this form of biological colonialism has raised this very concern. From the story:Plans by Singapore to allow payments to living organ donors have run into . . . . Continue Reading »

Good for Leon Kass and well deserved! The country’s most eloquent and articulate defender of intrinsic human dignity will be giving the NEH Jefferson Lecture, the Endowment’s most prestigious honor. From the press release: Dr. Leon R. Kass, a widely published author, award-winning . . . . Continue Reading »

I have crossed pens occasionally with Reason writer Ronald Baily and debated him (and others) at CUNY about transhumanism and other brave new world agendas. Well, Baily just [update, actually in 2006] learned about a Texas futile care case that, he writes, led to scorched earth commentary from the . . . . Continue Reading »

The media love social outlaws, particularly those involved with assisted suicide, and rarely challenge them in interviews or journalistic profiles—a phenomenon I have discussed here at SHS before. That could explain why Ted Goodwin, the former head of Final Exit Network and vice president of . . . . Continue Reading »

When I read Peter C. Glover’s article about the attack on Christian belief in the UK and the parallel decline in morality, it brought me back to a very dispiriting speaking trip I took there last month. When I arrived in London, the country was all atwitter over a 13-year-old boy named Alfie . . . . Continue Reading »