Wesley J. Smith

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Does the manner in which we treat our dead reflect how we view ourselves?  I think it does.I began thinking about this issue after reading a splendid article by my good friend Joseph Bottum, in which he opined in First Things that San Francisco’s banning of cemeteries within its . . . . Continue Reading »

GWH, at least in the USA, has really hit hard times.  Perhaps it is because global temperatures haven’t risen in a statistically significant manner for more than 10 years, despite increases in carbon dioxide emmissions. Perhaps the bad economy is such that even believers don’t want . . . . Continue Reading »

I never understood why Obamacarians taxed durable medical equipment as part of the package. I mean, if you want to cut medical costs, wouldn’t a new tax increase prices?  Unless, you want to inhibit access to these treatment modalities...but Obamacarians are sooo . . . . Continue Reading »

This is so awful and tells us the state of discrimination and loathing faced by people with disabilities. Apparently so-called “wrongful life” lawsuits are epidemic in Israel—wherein parents sue in the name of their child because a disability went undetected in . . . . Continue Reading »

This is an interesting how-do-you-do.  A crisis in the emergency care for the poor may be heading for a free market solution.  From the NYT story:Only a few private hospitals have survived in neighborhoods like Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville and Bushwick to serve poor patients like them. . . . . Continue Reading »

There has been some media buzz about a new test that appears to show some patients, previously diagnosed as unaware (persistent vegetative state), can actually perceive.  From the New Scientist story:Owen and his team used an EEG on 16 people thought to be in a PVS and compared the . . . . Continue Reading »

First it was Caligula appointing the horse, “the noble Incitatus” as a Senator. Now, Occupy Denver has elected a dog named Shelby to be its leader. (They could shorten these things if they’d quit with the zombie chanting.) The basis for her elevation to leader of a leaderless . . . . Continue Reading »

I find it amusing that the Dutch media think this is a big story. Doctors have been euthanizing patients who never asked to be killed almost from the inception of the country’s euthanasia license, and nothing meaningful is done about it. (Worst case scenario: Keep medical license, receive 2 . . . . Continue Reading »

Obamacare is profoundly unpopular. Ohio provided vivid evidence of that disdain today, when voters by about 2-1 rejected Obamacare’s individual mandate.  From the Plain Dealer story:With more than 1.5 million votes tallied, Ohio Issue 3 is winning with more than 66 percent of voters . . . . Continue Reading »