Wesley J. Smith is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism, and consults for the Patients Rights Council.
By Alex SchadenbergDr. Hans-Joachim Sewering, a 92-year-old german physician has been honored for performing unequalled service in the cause of freedom of the practice and the independence of the medical profession, and to the nation’s health system by the German Federation of Internal . . . . Continue Reading »
Ystad, Sweden: A really pretty town on the Southern Coast. Relaxation commenced.Sunrise this morning over the Baltic off the coast of . . . . Continue Reading »
I have long warned that some are attempting to turn science from a method of obtaining and applying knowledge, into a belief system known as scientism. I am not the only one who has noticed. From a column about debate tactics employed before a recent vote in the House of Commons to permit . . . . Continue Reading »
By Jennifer LahlA friend sent me the link to this news story the other day. In this Culture of Death, I never ceased to be amazed with the miraculous. This story highlights, yet another person, not quite dead yet, who suddenly and amazingly woke up. Her family said their good byes, and had pulled . . . . Continue Reading »
By Jennifer LahlLouisiana just passed through their Senate committee, HR 370, which if passed, would ban the use of public funds for human cloning research. Hooray! Great model legislation moves forward without opposition and is headed to the Senate floor for a vote. Since its not being resisted, I . . . . Continue Reading »
Can’t even take a vacation! But this is very big:Chimp personhood is a primary goal that animal right activists seek to attain and then use as a wrecking ball to disintegrate human exceptionalism. Once a court’s declares a chimpanzee to be a full person, that ruling would make chimps, in . . . . Continue Reading »
By Alex SchadenbergCNN news has reported about a suicide case in Japan that resulted in 54 people becoming sick from the toxic fumes related to the suicide concoction that was composed of a liquid pesticide.http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/22/toxic.suicide/?iref=hpmostpopEarlier this . . . . Continue Reading »
By Bobby SchindlerI found this article very interesting, or should I say pathetic?Philip Nitschke recently appeared as a witness in a euthanasia trial. Evidently, the prosecutor claimed that he was “hell-bent” on helping a man to commit assisted suicide despite the fact that he suffered . . . . Continue Reading »
Lio runs into a little “plant . . . . Continue Reading »
By Jennifer LahlMonday, as was expected, the United Kingdom approved the creation of human-animal hybrids for research. British officials have bought it hook line and sinker . . . they want to maintain their reputation as leaders in stem cell research. And since a strong contingent of organized . . . . Continue Reading »
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