Wesley J. Smith

Gee, I wonder why? From the story:Nearly 70 percent of Americans believe traditional journalism is out of touch, and nearly half are turning to the Internet to get their news, according to a new survey. While most people think journalism is important to the quality of life, 64 percent are . . . . Continue Reading »

While “the scientists” have groused about the Bush policy as interfering with ESCR advances, the real hindrance in the field have been the patents claimed by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, based on James Thomson’s original work. As I wrote previously here and here, those . . . . Continue Reading »

In the last debate between Senators Obama and Clinton, the candidates were asked what their greatest mistake had been. Clinton went to her Iraq vote but Obama said it was his agreeing to the federal law that tried to save Terri Schiavo’s life. He stated:I think professionally, the biggest . . . . Continue Reading »

What passes for health care these days in the UK keeps going from bad to worse. The latest bad news is a surge in deaths caused by hospital acquired infection. From The Guardian story:A 72% increase in deaths linked to the hospital superbug Clostridium difficile was disclosed yesterday by the Office . . . . Continue Reading »

The Humane Society has outed itself as indifferent to human welfare. When the HSUS revealed abuses by a meat packer, leading to a massive meat recall, many applauded. But apparently, the HSUS kept the news of animal abuse and downer cows entering the food chain to themselves for months. From the . . . . Continue Reading »

Haleigh Poutre, now 14, was on the verge of being dehydrated to death by court order. She was spared a potentially agonizing and slow death because she showed unmistakable signs of consciousness just prior to the deed being done.Now, apparently, she is talking. From the story: A motion filed in . . . . Continue Reading »

Readers of SHS may recall the terrible San Luis Obispo case of a transplant surgeon named Hootan Roozrokh who is charged felonious wrongdoing in trying to kill a profoundly disabled patient so his organs could be procured under a “heart death” protocol. I wrote about the case here and . . . . Continue Reading »

Robert Latimer, perhaps because of public pressure, is being granted day parole in Canada. He murdered his daughter Tracy because she had cerebral palsy and became something of a folk hero in the process, seen as a loving father for killing his daughter.I have heard already from one Canadian woman . . . . Continue Reading »

This panel discussion from The Onion, has an interesting discussion of what animals should do to win the fight for their rights.A few of my favorite lines: “Animals need to stop eating each other and come to the table.”“What should PETA do to get these rights for . . . . Continue Reading »

Do you wonder why the stem cell dispute that was supposed to propel Democrats into the White House is now a non issue? Credit the Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells that can be made from normal skin cells. After this astonishing breakthrough was announced, some among “the scientists” . . . . Continue Reading »