Wesley J. Smith

This is a story that should receive much attention. Two years ago a woman with disabilities in India asked to be euthanized. But now, she is glad she is alive. From the story:Two years back Seema Sood longed for death and had even petitioned the President of India for euthanasia. But hope triumphed . . . . Continue Reading »

I was asked by Opposing Views, a new Web site dedicated to on-line civil debate about contentious issues, to argue against PETA and PCRM about the need to use animals in research. I agreed. If you are interested, here is the link. You may have to register and once you do, comments are allowed.The . . . . Continue Reading »

Oh, how the animal rights ideologues hated him. By him, I mean Dr. Robert Atkins, whose famous “Atkins Diet” has helped so many people lose weight through a low carbohydrate diet—meaning high on meat and other animal products. And that is all that mattered to them, to the point . . . . Continue Reading »

Childhood sure has changed since I was a . . . . Continue Reading »

Watch in horror as a cruelly enslaved rabbit is forced to open a letter by her lazy . . . . Continue Reading »

Regular readers will have noticed that there were no new posts here at SHS for about a week. That wasn’t because I had nothing to say. (That will be the day!) Rather, and I won’t use the bad words that are in my mind, Blogger would not upload to my FTP.It got so bad, and I became so . . . . Continue Reading »

Terminal Non Judgmentalism Alert: An important professional journal aimed at pediatric nurses has discussed killing sick and profoundly disabled patients with studied neutrality.This is precisely how the Culture of Death permeates our society. A bioethical practice once almost universally condemned . . . . Continue Reading »

My friend David Martosko—who is the driving force behind the industry sponsored Center for Consumer Freedom—has a piece in today’s Seattle Post Intelligencer about the need to spend Leona Helmsley’s bequest to dogs on their welfare rather than animal rights proselytizing. . . . . Continue Reading »

A GP in the UK is accused of prescribing a suicidal elderly patient an overdose knowing that she wanted to die so as to not be a burden on her family. He’s in the soup. From the story:Dr Iain Kerr appeared before a General Medical Council (GMC) hearing in Manchester accused of prescribing . . . . Continue Reading »

I have written about Spain’s plan to pass the Great Ape Project (GAP) here at SHS previously. Now, I have a more extended piece on the issue in the current Weekly Standard on. From the article:But why grant apes rights? After all, if the Spanish parliament deems these animals insufficiently . . . . Continue Reading »