Wesley J. Smith

Advanced Cell Technology made huge international headlines last year by claiming to have created embryonic stem cell lines without destroying embryos. That announcement—typical of ACT PR—was way overblown. It turned out to be a modest proof of principle type experiment that had . . . . Continue Reading »

I get so sick of historical revisionism, that I decided to post this entry about how Democrats also backed the Terri Schiavo federal law. This is what Tom Harkin, Democratic senator from Iowa, said at the time:Where there is a genuine dispute as to what the desires of the incapacitated person really . . . . Continue Reading »

I am still mightily ticked at the “Baby Miracle” disgrace, so let’s have a humorous change of pace: Mr. . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, this is refreshing: Transhumanist and now former James Hughes disciple Justice De Thezier, has made a New Year’s Resolution to “quit transhumanism.” In the blog Cyborg Democracy, De Thezier, the founder of the Quebec Transhumanist Association seems to have recognized that . . . . Continue Reading »

My headline is the title of a must-read book about the eugenics movement by Edwin Black entitled War Against the Weak. Well, it’s ba-aa-aak! A pernicious new eugenics that is arising and already lashing out at the helpless and most vulnerable among us on several fronts, as it also threatens a . . . . Continue Reading »

I have been stewing over this story for days. Brittany Spears is in extreme danger of becoming the next Anna Nichole Smith and Dr. Phil, the television psychologist tried to make hay out of it for his personal aggrandizement and headline generation. First, he goes to visit her in the hospital. But . . . . Continue Reading »

I have decided to document professional studies that reach conclusions that are so obvious one wonders why precious grant money was spent on doing the research: In an earlier episode, we found that rich and powerful men like to marry young and beautiful women. And now, we learn that teenage girls . . . . Continue Reading »

Why would animal rights thugs act better when being threatening to hurt people wins battles? Like in the Netherlands recently, when a plan to build a science park was immediately abandoned when the thugs began to threaten direct action. From the story:Threats by animal rights activists have led to a . . . . Continue Reading »

First we were warned that we are becoming an obese society, indeed, that we are drowning in our own fat. Of course, that means we have adult stem cells to spare, but never mind: The fat police are so concerned that some say obese people should be denied certain medical treatments.But now, . . . . Continue Reading »

The hype generated by ESCR advocates has a lot of ill and injured people very anxious to receive stem cell treatments. China, unsurprisingly, is willing to sell stem cell treatments of the fetal and adult variety—even though most of the treatments provided are far from proven either as to . . . . Continue Reading »