Wesley J. Smith

The popularity of Robert Latimer in Canada—the man who murdered his daughter because she had cerebral palsy—rightfully terrified the disability rights community and indeed, anyone concerned with human equality. That so many people embraced a father who asphyxiated his daughter in a . . . . Continue Reading »

When I read that Peter Singer was going to sit in judgment of the ethics of meat eaters for the ridiculous “The Ethicist” feature of the NYT Magazine, I thought that it figures. I have seen the mainstream media engage in far too much airbrushing of bad . . . . Continue Reading »

The subtitle of my book, A Rat is a Pig is a Dog is a Boy, is The Human Cost of the Animal Rights Movement.  Case in point: Airlines are foolishly acceding to PETA’s pressure not to transport macaque monkeys, necessary for advanced medical and scientific research.  From the Nature . . . . Continue Reading »

This is what it is coming to.  The Ethicist feature in the NYT Magazine—highbrow Dear Abby in my book—has a new contest running in which people who eat meat have to explain why they think it is ethical. From “Tell Us Why It’s Ethical to Eat Meat:”Ethically . . . . Continue Reading »

The good adult stem cell successes keep on pouring in. The latest: A little girl with a defective heart is being given a better chance at life. From the Wall Street Journal story:Four-year-old Angela Irizarry was born with a single pumping chamber in her heart, a potentially lethal defect. To fix . . . . Continue Reading »

The UK’s health system continues its implosion. We have already seen the stories exposing the poor care the elderly receive in England.  And now, the Scottish Nurses Association has charged that the elderly aren’t safe in Scottish hospitals. From the Scotsman story:OLDER . . . . Continue Reading »

They keep getting it wrong.  If being human isn’t what gives us the duty to practice responsible environmental practices, what does?  Nothing.  But the global warming hysterics and others attack HE as somehow supporting the rape of the planet.Here’s an example from . . . . Continue Reading »

So much for people liking Obamacare the more they learn about what is in it. Majorities still oppose the law and 2/3 want it tossed by the Supreme Court.  From the ABC story:Two-thirds of Americans say the U.S. Supreme Court should throw out either the individual mandate  in the federal . . . . Continue Reading »

Andrew Ferguson of the Weekly Standard is one of the best writers writing. Recently, he took on the “after birth abortion” controversy, which we have dealt with extensively, so no need to revisit the details. But he opens with one of the most scathing criticisms of bioethicists . . . . Continue Reading »

The poor Copts of Egypt. They are under increasing persecution and now their patriarch has died .  With Egypt becoming increasingly Islamic, his successor will have to be as shrewd as a serpent and gentle as a dove. Memory eternal. . . . . Continue Reading »