Wesley J. Smith

A new Kaiser Permanente study shows that HIV infection adds dramatically to the risk of getting cancer (in addition to AIDS).  From the San Francisco Chronicle story:People with HIV infections have a higher risk of developing certain cancers  than those who aren’t infected, and . . . . Continue Reading »

The FDA has withdrawn approval for the use of Avastin to treat advanced terminal breast cancer as a life extender.  I wrote about this earlier, when the FDA decision was preliminary, suggesting that the benefit of the doubt should probably be given to keeping the drug approved.  I stated . . . . Continue Reading »

Sometimes a Tweet is better than a blog.  It forces me to be short winded, which makes Secondhand Smokette happy.  For anyone interested in some of my shorter thoughts than found here, my Twitter handle is @forcedexit.  Check it . . . . Continue Reading »

Fresh off the tremendous success of Eggsploitation, the CBC today released its new documentary Anonymous Father’s Day, which explores the impact of sperm donation on the children who result.  The trailer is embedded below.  And here’s a link if you are interested in . . . . Continue Reading »

Consider this an addendum to my Weekly Standard piece on media bias in reporting the collapse of Geron’s embryonic stem cell project that came out on Saturday.The LA Times finally got around to reporting the Geron collapse. Apparently, it had to figure out how to circle the wagons around . . . . Continue Reading »

When I first moved to San Francisco, I volunteered with Project Open Hand to deliver dinners to terminal AIDS patients. It was—and is—a wonderful organization that harnessed the energy of San Francisco’s liberal activist community and mixed it with practical planning to make . . . . Continue Reading »

Remember Ron Reagan’s nonsense speech about embryonic stem cell research (actually human cloning research) at the 2004 Democratic Convention? Media swooned at the garbage and the hype (e.g., Parkinson’s cures around 2014, “self repair kits” stored in hospitals).  . . . . Continue Reading »

This pro doctor-prescribed death meme is so old and tired: Pain control can lead to a sooner death, hence it is no different than assisted suicide.  And now, in the Canadian attempt to impose assisted suicide by judicial fiat, a pro assisted suicide lawyer cross examined a palliative care . . . . Continue Reading »

I once asked my Discovery Institute colleague, John R. Miller, to tell me his worst experience as George W. Bush’s point man in fighting slavery and human trafficking.  He told me that he once saw children confined in hanging bamboo cages.  Awful.  Just awful.The scourge shows . . . . Continue Reading »

I have written that I suspect the fix is in with regard to the pro assisted suicide lawsuit filed in British Columbia.  But at least the Canadian Government is fighting the good fight.  Marcia Angell, the former editor of the NEJM—and a wildly emotional euthanasia proponent—is . . . . Continue Reading »