Wesley J. Smith

It is tempting to put on my quavering old man voice and say, “In my day, teenagers would never get pregnant on purpose. Heck, in my day teenagers didn’t even have sex.”Laugh if you will, but it was generally true. Most of us necked and petted almost to the point of frenzy, but we . . . . Continue Reading »

A private member’s bill (C-562) has been introduced in the Canadian Parliament. I haven’t had a chance to read it yet, but our good friend Alex Schadenberg, head of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is on the case. From his blog:• The bill legalizes euthanasia and assisted suicide . . . . Continue Reading »

The controversy over whether brain dead is really dead may have just heated up with a peer reviewed article in Spinal Cord ((2008) 46, 396-40. (I don’t have a link.)The author, a Greek physician named KG Karakatsanis, concludes that declaration of death by neurological criteria is not reliable . . . . Continue Reading »

You have what almost amounts to death on demand in the Netherlands already with its euthanasia law, and it is still not enough. Now, some Dutch doctors have made detailed instructions for committing suicide available to the general public. From the story in the British Medical Journal (only link is . . . . Continue Reading »

After three doctors resigned rather than maintain—and thus, extend—the life of the catastrophically ill Samuel Golubchuk, an unnamed physician has agreed to provide the wanted care. From the story: Three doctors at the city’s Grace Hospital have refused to continue providing care . . . . Continue Reading »

Scientists are losing the war against malaria and are desperately seeking a new tactic. From the story:Faced with a losing battle against malaria, scientists are increasingly exploring new avenues that might have seemed far-fetched just a few years ago.“We don’t have things we can rely . . . . Continue Reading »

One of the joys of being a writer is that when something galls you, you can fight back. As readers of SHS know, I have been mightily irked by CBS and MSNBC swallowing whole the specious “study” that global warming is causing earthquakes. My friends at the Daily Standard saw it the same . . . . Continue Reading »

CBS News has taken down the ridiculous story about global warming causing increased earthquake activity. But there is no acknowledgment that the “news” was pure junk. Just the statement: This page cannot be foundThat is utterly inadequate. The story was linked on the Drudge Report for . . . . Continue Reading »

Good news and bad news. An Australian jury has convicted two women who killed an Alzheimer’s patient. From the story: The Sydney jury found Shirley Justins guilty of manslaughter and Caren Jenning guilty of being an accessary to manslaughter for the euthanasia drug death of former Qantas pilot . . . . Continue Reading »

Little noted, but hopefully long remembered, the Congress passed and President Bush recently signed, the Genetic Information Non Discrimination Act of 2008. Given the ability now to quickly test the genetic makeup of each and every one of us—with or without permission—doing our best to . . . . Continue Reading »