Wesley J. Smith

This is an excellent column by Colleen Carroll Campbell, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC). Apparently, a teenage “suicide craze” has hit the Netherlands and the government wonders why. But Campbell knows. The Dutch do “not seem to grasp the obvious,” she . . . . Continue Reading »

I wrote this article for the Center for Bioethics and Culture (CBC) newsletter on why the mass media malpractice in the ACT stem cell non breakthrough really matters. Check it . . . . Continue Reading »

I have posted stories like this before, but it bears frequent repeating: Stem cell research—even of the ethical kind such as adult and umbilical cord blood stem cells—remains, with some exceptions, at the formative stage. Yes, there are exciting early human trials ongoing, many of which . . . . Continue Reading »

Last week we were treated to a full fledged media frenzy about Advanced Cell Technology having derived embryonic stem cells without destroying embryos. Oops, it wasn’t true. Having been so badly taken in, one would think that the media would angrily expose the lying liars and the liars who lie . . . . Continue Reading »

So, there will be an initiative in Missouri in November to create a state constitutional right to conduct embryonic stem cell research and human cloning research via SCNT. There is a real push back from cloning opponents in that state. As a consequence, even though the pro cloning campaign has . . . . Continue Reading »

Come now the editorialists of the Washington Post, to express the paper’s opinion on the Advanced Cell Technology embryonic stem cell non breakthrough. The trouble is, the Post supports its opinion by totally ignoring the actual facts. The editorial focuses on the Bush Administration’s . . . . Continue Reading »

Wonder of wonder, miracle of miracles: Proving that it is possible to report accurately about the stem cell debate, The Economist actually got it right when describing ACT’s stem cell experiment, to wit:“The firm’s success is not, however, quite as clear-cut as it seems. The . . . . Continue Reading »

The MSM is beyond competence, it seems. Newsweek, hot to trot to turn the public away from supporting President Bush’s stem cell financing policy took a poll in the wake of the media hysteria about Advanced Cell Technology’s non advance getting ES cells without destroying embryos. The . . . . Continue Reading »

We can always count on the formerly great NYT to get things wrong. This editorial from today’s paper castigates conservatives for opposing Advanced Cell Technology’s breakthrough that didn’t really happen. Do the editorialists at that rag even care about the facts anymore? The . . . . Continue Reading »

ACT received an infusion of more than $10 million only days after its “big (non) breakthrough” generated screaming headlines in the world’s papers.A cynic might say, mission accomplished. And now there’s more news to back up the suspicion that the experiment was more snow job . . . . Continue Reading »