Wesley J. Smith

The ethical and management disaster that is the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine continues to disappoint. Now, a member of the board has received a warning letter from the California Fair Political Practices Commission. From the story:The California Fair Political Practices Commission . . . . Continue Reading »

The hospital that allowed Marin Ryan to starve to death has issued a statement telling Martin’s parents and the country that all concerned are very, very sorry that they allowed him to starve to death over 26 days and “die in agony.”From the story: Chief executive Kate Grimes said . . . . Continue Reading »

“The scientists” in the UK are throwing a tantrum because their funding for the creation of human/cow hybrid embryos has apparently slowed. From the story:Britain’s effort to lead the world in stem cell research with the creation of human-animal “hybrid” clones has . . . . Continue Reading »

Articles that worry about the rising costs of health care and hand wring about what we are to do about it are a dime a dozen. Still, Washington Post Science and Medical Reporter David Brown has written a lengthy article that presents a good summary of the problem. From the story: This difficult . . . . Continue Reading »

Bomb threats should be called what they are: Death threats. Animal researchers at UC Davis are being threatened. From the story: Police at UC Davis are on high alert while they are investigating a threat made on a controversial Web site targeting two of the university’s researchers.According . . . . Continue Reading »

The Culture of Death reaches into elementary school:Rat: I feel your pain but quitting is not the . . . . Continue Reading »

The media continue to report narratives (theirs) instead of stories. Here’s a headline you didn’t see, but should have: “Sea Ice Returns to 1979 Levels: Growth Is Fastest Rate of Change Ever.” From the notice at Daily Tech: Thanks to a rapid rebound in recent months, global . . . . Continue Reading »

The media is at it again, pushing the stem cell line desired by a Big Biotech company. This story in the Chicago Tribune seems sparked by Geron’s publicity department rather than having been garnered through independent reporting. It’s about why the field has moved slowly and how Geron . . . . Continue Reading »

The coup de culture is driving some of us out of our minds. This post has to do with the radical environmentalism/earth religion part of the triad of the New Western Order that includes as its other manifestation, utilitarianism and hedonism. A physicist has warned that we are destroying the planet . . . . Continue Reading »

Several SHSers have sent me the story of the birth of the baby girl, who was selected “in” as an embryo, as her “defective” siblings were destroyed, and permitted to be implanted and born because she did not carry a gene that gives rise to breast cancer. Yuval Levin has . . . . Continue Reading »