Wesley J. Smith

I find this ironic: a ScienceBlogs (corrected from my original post stating it was a Huffington Post blog) called the Denialism Blog, subtitled “Don’t Confuse Denialism With Debate,” is upset because the HP published Bruce Friedrich—the beta wolf of the maniac . . . . Continue Reading »

A patent is allowed if something is a human invention.  Naturally occurring elements and entities should therefore, not be patentable.  And now, the Supreme Court has overturned a lower court case that upheld a patent for a method of testing for genes. From the AP story: The . . . . Continue Reading »

They don’t want us to be able to do anything!  “Nature rights” would stop development in its tracks, and “ecocide” would punish large scale projects as an international crime akin to genocide.Showing you how serious they are about imposing such anti human nonsense . . . . Continue Reading »

This is outright human experimentation—no matter how benignly motivated.  “Ashley’s Treatment,” that is giving massive doses of hormones to seriously disabled children to keep them small and sexually immature, seems to be spreading. (Ashley also had her budding breasts . . . . Continue Reading »

See, this is why the debate over man made global warming isn’t over.  In order to escape the implication of the Medieval Warming period on the theory of human-caused catastrophic warming, alarmists have insisted it was a localized phenomenon, that is, only Europe warmed quickly . . . . Continue Reading »

I was happy to hear that former VP Dick Cheney successfully underwent heart transplant surgery. I was also very glad that he waited in line like everyone else—20 months.  The organ transplant triage system should not be a respecter of persons.  Every potential organ . . . . Continue Reading »

When Robert Latimer first murdered his daughter because she had cerebral palsy, many people bemoaned that Robert had been forced to use car exhaust to put Tracy out of her his misery rather than have a doctor do the deed.  But doctors should be no more able to kill children than . . . . Continue Reading »

A suicidal man is suing Switzerland, claiming a positive right to assisted suicide. His claim is not only that assisted suicide should be legal, but that the state has a duty to ensure its provision for anyone capable of deciding who wants to die.  That really would lead to the death on demand . . . . Continue Reading »

If the AMA had  stalwartly opposed Obamacare, the debacle could have been prevented. But it went with the government takeover of healthcare.Now, it is upset that sleeping with the devil leads to being burned. Thus, the AMA applauds the House of Representatives voting to repeal the very . . . . Continue Reading »

This is the strategy: We have to have a “conversation” about euthanasia. Commissions are appointed. If it comes to the conclusion that assisted suicide or euthanasia should not be legalized, we have to continue the conversation. Another commission might be appointed. Repeat, as . . . . Continue Reading »