Wesley J. Smith

Here we ago again. A study has apparently shown that prejudice comes from low intelligence and social conservatism. (Surprise!) From the LiveScience story:There’s no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb, according to a new study that is bound to . . . . Continue Reading »

Hype over embryonic stem cell research has been maddening.  The media bias, extreme.  And many in elected office, intent on using the sector as a special interest source of campaign funds—and believing the cures meme—have been decidedly uninterested in hearing . . . . Continue Reading »

I keep warning that the “nature rights” movement is taking off and nobody takes notice. Santa Monica has now enacted a resolution declaring, in essence, that “nature” has a right to life.  From the Santa Monica Lookout story:Santa Monica’s City Council voted . . . . Continue Reading »

I first became aware of the Catholic hospital chain called Catholic Health Care West during the Robert Wendland case, with which I was very closely involved both as a policy advocate, and later as a lawyer filing amicus briefs in the California Court of Appeals and Supreme Court.  Wendland was . . . . Continue Reading »

The UK is currently in one of its periodic outbreaks of assisted suicide advocacy.  It just turned into euthanasia advocacy as a completely paralyzed man is asking for permission to be murdered without legal consequence to the murderer. From the AP story:Former rugby player Tony Nicklinson had . . . . Continue Reading »

I am so weary of the media pretending that the federal “Terri’s Law,” was just a Republican bill.  In fact, it was one of the most bipartisan laws passed during the Bush presidency.I bring this up because the issue was raised in tonight’s Republican debate in a . . . . Continue Reading »

Advanced Cell Technology is reporting that a very preliminary review of its ESCR-derived eye treatment shows safety and potential efficacy.  From The Lancet:Schwartz and colleagues have realised the potential to use hESCs therapeutically in human beings. Their report is preliminary, in only two . . . . Continue Reading »

I am going to keep pounding this drum. The Federal Drug Administration is going to be asked to approve a prescription drug derived from real marijuana.  But there is a problem.  From the AP story:A British company, GW Pharma, is in advanced clinical trials for the world’s first . . . . Continue Reading »

I have already opined about the Obama Administration’s ordering all health insurance companies to cover free birth control and other “reproductive” services—some of which are not even medical in nature.  From “Obamacare: Lard on the Goodies, Destroy the . . . . Continue Reading »

I like Anne Conlon, managing editor of the Human Life Review.  I have known her for, gosh, more than 15 years now, having often been published in the journal, and was honored when the Human Life Foundation named me—along with my mentor in this work, Rita . . . . Continue Reading »