Wesley J. Smith

I have my differences with Reason’s science writer, Ron Bailey.  But he sure has a great gig.  He is now in Durbin, South Africa, reporting on the latest global warming hysteria climate change conference, and finds rampant delusionalism.  From “Delusional in . . . . Continue Reading »

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Back in 2003, Holly Paterson died, age 18, died from septic shock after taking the abortion pill known as RU 486.  Since then, her father Monty has researched the safety of what is sometimes called “medical abortion.”  From the SF Chronicle story (link behind paywall . . . . Continue Reading »

We have discussed the “Liverpool Care Pathway” here before.  The LCP is a procedure wherein patients suffering intractable pain are permitted to be sedated.  But the Protocol soon was abused. Rather than being a guidance, some doctors used it as a paint-by-the-numbers kind of . . . . Continue Reading »

Pro choice and pro life women have come together in coalition to protect women from being exploited for their eggs by Big Biotech. Reason?  Women would take all the risks and the companies could make all the money but for the small payments to women to undergo the unnecessary extration . . . . Continue Reading »

Scientists have known for a few years that Ambien can awaken people diagnosed in an unconscious condition. (I first wrote about it back in 2006.) The above NYT video illustrates the great potential here.Note please, that doctors urged Chris’s parents to stop treating him, which probably . . . . Continue Reading »

Full disclosure: I have very little respect for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich as a political or moral leader. Well, that’s not quite right. Actually, I have none.Small case in point: Gingrich has claimed that human life only begins at “implantation,” and yet for some . . . . Continue Reading »

Bill Hurlbut is a very close friend and colleague, and thanks to a Kathleen Parker column in the Washington Post, he is in the news regarding former Governor Mitt Romney’s ideological transition from pro choice to pro life.  From “Behind Romney’s Change of Heart on . . . . Continue Reading »

To The Source asked me to comment on the birth of the 7 billionth living human being a few weeks ago.  I decided to take a different approach than the usual hand wringing and calls for increasingly intense efforts at population control.  Instead, I decided to point out that some are using . . . . Continue Reading »

Allow me to take a brief recess from our usual fare to tout a new Amazon Kindle essay written by my wonderful friend Joseph Bottum.  Amazon has begun publishing original pieces, and the company recently asked Jody to expand his beautiful essay, Dakota Christmas, . . . . Continue Reading »