Wesley J. Smith

Robert Novak, the syndicated columnist, is also one of the best political reporters around. He is conservative, but calls them as he sees them. (For example, he predicts that the Republicans will lose their majority in the House of Representatives.) Novak’s current column sees trouble ahead . . . . Continue Reading »

John Derbyshire, the popular writer for National Review Online , recently published a "self-interview" disclosing how and why he lost his faith . Generally, I would not comment on such a personal matter or criticize anyone’s internal struggles. But Derbyshire went further than just . . . . Continue Reading »

This is growing wearisome;condemning those who may disagree with the science elite about certain policies as “anti-science.” Now, Prime Minister Tony Blair is doing it. Disagree with his view on GM foods: Anti-science! I have nothing against GM foods in principle, but is it anti-science . . . . Continue Reading »

In radio interviews and my writing, I have decried the power of Stowers money in promoting Amendment 2. Billionaire and altruistic endower of the Stowers Institute, a medical research facility, James Stowers has personally paid for almost all the initiative campaign’s $28 million dollar . . . . Continue Reading »

Thomas Sowell makes several good points about media bias in this NRO column. His assertions, at least as to the issues we deal with here at Secondhand Smoke, are very well taken. I have concluded that media are like a high school clique. They often seem to decide the story first and then fit the . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, I won my bet with myself, although there was little chance I would lose: As expected, the American media has utterly ignored the story that UK scientists have transformed umbilical cord blood stem cells into “mini livers,” not working livers, mind you, but liver tissue the size of . . . . Continue Reading »

Charges are being leveled at the NHS in the UK for failing to properly care for men with prostate cancer. The issues are money, access to the proper multi-disciplinary health team, and who should pay for treatments. I raise this issue because it is the kind of thing that will happen if we hearken to . . . . Continue Reading »

Amendment 2 Hurts GirlsAn effective ad urging Missouri voters to “protect our daughters” from exploitation for their eggs by voting no to the human cloning legalizing Amendment . . . . Continue Reading »

John Derbyshire, the NRO writer, had a very interesting article a few days ago describing his loss of Christian faith. I would not have commented upon this piece except for his attempt to tear down human exceptionalism along with his faith. It is my strong belief that according human beings a . . . . Continue Reading »

The trial against Andrew Benjamin Cook and Adria Joy Hinkle People, both PETA employees, for killing dogs and cats they picked up at local animal shelters before dumping the bodies into trash dumpsters, will begin on November 13. I think this is an important case because it will show that PETA . . . . Continue Reading »