Wesley J. Smith

Dusty’s inner carnivore is getting out of hand.Rat’s book is as good as a published scientific study.Lio finds a proper human use for an animal . . . . Continue Reading »

Anyone who believes that Bush funding embryonic stem cell research with leftover IVF embryos would satisfy “the scientists” just aren’t paying attention to the constant whining by Brave New Britain’s scientists who have what amounts to a virtual blank check. Regulators there . . . . Continue Reading »

The animal rights movement claims to be peaceable—despite the terrorists in its midst. But how peaceable can it be when so many advocates use vividly violent imagery in their advocacy. From an editorial, Animal Rights & Ethical Veganism,” by one Gary Yourofsky, published in the . . . . Continue Reading »

The wonderful adult stem cell advance that has liberated some organ transplant patients from anti-rejection drugs—which I posted about here—is yet another illustration of the ongoing need to use animals in medical research. From the story:[Dr. David] Sachs first tried this approach . . . . Continue Reading »

A wonderful breakthrough in transplant medicine is also another testimony to the apparent healing power of adult stem cells. Bone marrow transplanted from the organ donor to the organ recipient at the time of the transplant apparently can eventually result in the recipient being liberated from . . . . Continue Reading »

I did an interview with a Catholic radio show last Friday that focused pretty hard on assisted suicide, futile care, eugenics, hospice, and bioethics. It was a call-in show and a couple of hospice nurses called offering some interesting comments. If you want to hear me spout hot air and emit . . . . Continue Reading »

You know it’s really getting ugly when the British Medical Association, not exactly known for radical agitation, may urge its member doctors to walk out of the UK’s National Health Service. From the story:A mass exodus of GPs from the NHS is being considered by the British Medical . . . . Continue Reading »

As a California resident, I am painfully aware that my state is sinking in a red sea of debt. Yet, the borrowing to support human cloning research continues. Last week, Investor’s Business Daily noticed and in “The Bullet Missed,” argues that the time has come for a little fiscal . . . . Continue Reading »

This time in the UK, using a patient’s own bone marrow to attempt to treat heart attack damage. From the story:British scientists have been given the go-ahead to begin potentially ground-breaking experiments using injections of stem cells to repair patients’ damaged hearts. The team . . . . Continue Reading »

We continually hear from the brave new world crowd that only religion would cause one to oppose ESCR and human cloning. That isn’t true, of course., One need not be religious to have serious reservations about using nascent human life as a mere natural resource.Here’s some evidence . . . . Continue Reading »