Wesley J. Smith

Senators Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and Sam Brownback (R-KS) have teamed up to co-author and promote a bill called the “Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Condition Awareness Act.” Stranger political bedfellows could not be found: Kennedy is considered the liberal lion of the Senate whose . . . . Continue Reading »

Lio demonstrates that only humans are true music . . . . Continue Reading »

PETA kills stray animals, even some that are adoptable. Yet, we only see the rare protest from animal liberationists against that group. But when an Indian city decides that it must poison 100,000 stray—and in some cases rabid, dogs—the rightists are outraged. From the story:Officials in . . . . Continue Reading »

The Schindler Family has, quite rightly in my view, concluded that it is almost impossible to obtain fairness and accuracy—or at least both at the same time—about Terri’s case and other issues such as Futile Care Theory and assisted suicide from the MSM. So, they are starting a . . . . Continue Reading »

A recruiting office was bombed in the early morning hours in Times Square today. Nobody was hurt. That means, according to the nonsense spouted by animal rights terrorism apologists, the bombing was merely a compassionate act of peaceful . . . . Continue Reading »

Intrepid readers of SHS will recall that I wrote about a study—based on interviews with family members—showing that some patients received lethal prescriptions before experiencing serious symptoms—out of worry about future potential pain or loss of dignity. This flies right in the . . . . Continue Reading »

I write often here about animal rights, most often to decry the violence in the movement. But we shouldn’t lose sight of the perfectly legal methods liberationists also apply to end the domestic use of all animals.One of the most effective, is to focus attention on a few discreet alleged . . . . Continue Reading »

The Medical Conventional Wisdom bites the dust . . . . Continue Reading »

I was happy last November to report that we were up to 20,000 visitors a month here as SHS. Well, since then, thanks to you all, we’ve passed the 25,000 mark. I am most grateful.The issues we discuss here are often overlooked or given short shrift in the mainstream media. That’s the . . . . Continue Reading »

The media like to portray opponents of assisted suicide as almost all conservative, religious, and pro life on abortion. That has never been true. Medical professional organizations—which are secular and support abortion rights—have always opposed legalization. Disability rights . . . . Continue Reading »