Wesley J. Smith

The Seattle PI columnist Joel Connelly is a refreshing exception to much of the media that continue to see assisted suicide as a modernistic “choice” issue rather than one founded in abandonment and inequality. He has a column today (for which I was interviewed) properly critical of the . . . . Continue Reading »

A very interesting and disturbing article, written by medical school professor Dr. Herbert L. Fred, has been published in the Texas Heart Institute Journal. Dr. Fred warns warns that our medical students have a “laboratory oriented” rather than a “patient oriented” mindset . . . . Continue Reading »

Why this was ever considered “art” I will never know, but there was supposed to be a film shown at the San Francisco Art Institute that depicted animals being bludgeoned, with a discussion to follow. Stupid and cruel. But we have seen other deeply offensive “art” presented . . . . Continue Reading »

The NHS is continuing to implode, and apparently some have seen that perhaps a private/public system is the answer. From the story:Tens of thousands of NHS patients will be given money to pay for their own health care in a controversial “voucher” scheme under new government plans. . . . . Continue Reading »

Our hyper commercialization of science and medical research is both a great strength and a great weakness. The profit motive certainly stimulates innovation and risk, but it can also stymie advances that don’t fit easily into the prospective bottom line. And so I worry that universities, now . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, the old days of “the scientists” such as some of the people over at Amendment 2 in Missouri telling reporters and legislators that adult stem cells are merely “unipotent,” that is, that they can only create their own kind of tissue, are beyond defending any more. . . . . Continue Reading »

Demonstrating the subversive nature of the euthanasia/assisted suicide movement on proper medical care, Dutch doctors are switching from lethally injecting patients to sedating them into a permanent coma so they die by dehydration over a period of days or weeks. This is the angle being taken in new . . . . Continue Reading »

For shame! Assemblywoman Patti Berg and Assemblyman Lloyd Levine are at it again in the California Legislature. Soon to be term limited out of office, desperate to pass a bill—any bill— that will open the door to assisted suicide/euthanasia, thwarted in their desire by a powerful and . . . . Continue Reading »

Scientists have conducted a study indicating that human beings can smell danger. From the story:Scientists found volunteers who were previously unable to differentiate between two similar scents learnt to tell them apart when given electric shocks alongside just one of them.They said the findings . . . . Continue Reading »

The CIRM has a policy against buying eggs for cloning and other biomedical research. But...I warned a bit ago that some bioethicists and bioscientists were agitating to change that policy. Now, the new head of the CIRM, Alan Trounson, has apparently dropped hints that he would like to see eggs . . . . Continue Reading »