Wesley J. Smith

A study is out that is being interpreted by some as claiming that the conservative position is the “default,” and that it takes more thought effort to be “liberal.” From “Is Conservatism Our Default Ideology?”:A research team led by University of Arkansas . . . . Continue Reading »

A California woman has been arrested for assisting the suicide of an elderly man. From the Sacramento Bee story:The motive for Koency’s suicide was not immediately released, but prosecutors said he was not terminally ill, bedridden or immobile.  ”People are to some degree . . . . Continue Reading »

The above embedded political ad accuses Rep. Paul Ryan of wanting to “throw grandma off a cliff,” for proposing needed Medicare reforms, none of which would impact current recipients. (Oregon Democratic Senator Ron Wyden has now joined with Ryan in a compromise proposal. More on that . . . . Continue Reading »

The cruel article I posted about the other day, in which a former Catholic Herald editor made an uncharitable attack on the fat and urged that they be put at the back of the health are line, put me in mind of my oft-stated retort: Fine, if you are going to punish one group for increasing healthcare . . . . Continue Reading »

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Friday, I was honored to be the emcee at the Center for Bioethics and Culture Annual Paul Ramsey Award Dinner. The award was given to Mary Ann Glendon. The keynoter was my wonderful friend, Joseph Bottum. He really put the problems we face in our culture in general, and bioethics/biotech in . . . . Continue Reading »

This and $2 will buy you a cup of coffee, but CNN”s legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin thinks that the individual mandate is toast, and indeed, that the entire Obamacare leviathan could be declared unconstitutionality. I’ll believe it when I see it, but as they say, from his . . . . Continue Reading »

Misanthropy is the sickness of the West.  We see it expressed in global warming hysteria, radical environmentalism, animal rights, and other areas of concern—including assisted suicide/euthanasia advocacy. And now, Brendan O’Neill, editor of Spiked, nails it in the Telegraph. From . . . . Continue Reading »

A column in the Telegraph questions why obese people should have precedence in care over the elderly in the socialized NHS.  From “Why Should Fat People Take Precedence Over the Elderly in the NHS?”Already the elderly are short-changed when it comes to nurses’ time. Nurses in . . . . Continue Reading »

Update: Much is being made in the press that the Solicitor General apparently did a poor job arguing the case today. That doesn’t matter a whit. Oral argument is usually something of a Kabuki dance. A good argument rarely changes minds that were not persuaded by the written briefs, nor will a . . . . Continue Reading »