Wesley J. Smith

Spain is on the verge of fully passing the Great Ape Project. Conceived by Peter Singer and an Italian philosopher, that which was unthinkable in 1993 when it began, has come to pass in a mere fifteen years.Singer’s overarching goal is to obliterate Judeo/Christianity as the reigning . . . . Continue Reading »

The patient in the Winnipeg futile care lawsuit has died while on life support. From the story: In the end, it wasn’t a judge who decided Sam Golubchuk’s fate—time ran out for the 84-year-old and his family who challenged the province’s medical community over who gets to . . . . Continue Reading »

To state the obvious, the USA is losing its common culture and moral values, creating an almost unbridgeable cultural chasm. This, in turn, is disintegrating our social cohesion and leading to the me-me/I-I consciousness of radical individualism.But radical individualism is intended for only one . . . . Continue Reading »

This is a crucial issue involving the assisted suicide debate. We have already seen in Oregon a woman denied coverage for chemotherapy to extend her life, but told that Medicaid will pay for her assisted suicide. Now, that scenario played out in the UK. The melting down NHS denied a chemotherapy . . . . Continue Reading »

A new article in Live Science predicts that adult stem cells may replace silicone breast implants and other contemporary plastic surgery techniques. But first, a crucial admission you once would never see in a science-oriented journal. From the story:Stem cells are cells that have the ability to . . . . Continue Reading »

I had decidedly mixed feelings about the late George Carlin: I didn’t like him and I thought he was hilarious. The San Francisco Chronicle’s obituary today had excerpts from his routines. This one cracked me up—particularly with my 59th birthday approaching fast:“Older” . . . . Continue Reading »

This is such a non story in the broader scheme of things, that there seems no reason for it to be spotlighted on the world’s premier news clearing house—the Drudge Report. A 15 year-old girl was apparently being pimped in New York. What a shock! It is awful, but alas, it—and far . . . . Continue Reading »

I did a radio show on WASU in Wisconsin this morning and we focused primarily on hospice care. The call-in response was strong: People were clearly interested and concerned.Then, when I checked my e-mail, I a link to a video about “how to die,” by my friend, the hospice physician and . . . . Continue Reading »

ALS, called Lou Gehrig’s disease in the USA and motor neurone disease in the UK, is the bloody flag often waved by euthanasia activists as a reason to legalize mercy killing. “Of course he wants to die,” they will say. and then some will assert falsely and cruelly that death from . . . . Continue Reading »

This is not a post about the realities—or lack thereof—of man-caused global warming. It is about the rising hubris of “the scientists” who seem to think they are entitled to rule the world.NASA scientist James Hanson has called for the jailing of oil executives for . . . . Continue Reading »