Wesley J. Smith

Everyone told Obamacarians that their long term health care provision would not work. But it was put in as part of Obamacare advocates’ promise-the-sky approach to legislating. But now, reality has bitten, and Secretary Sebelius has admitted what was always known. It won’t . . . . Continue Reading »

For those who may not get enough of me here (ha!), I was interviewed a bit ago on the radio, and it has been posted on You Tube.  I embedded it for anyone interested.  Carry . . . . Continue Reading »

What a demagogue, devoid of intellectual integrity, lying about a bill that would certainly not prevent dying women from being treated medically in an abortion situation.In the above embedded video, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) claims that under the terms of the “Protect Life . . . . Continue Reading »

I am appearing next Wednesday night as part of a town hall about end of life care, sponsored by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.  Would love it if some local SHSers turned out an introduced yourselves.In advance of said panel discussion and audience Q and A session, I have a piece . . . . Continue Reading »

Portland is experiencing a suicide crisis. From the Oregonian story:The number of suicides in Oregon — which has a suicide rate 35 percent higher than the national average — keeps climbing. According to the state’s violent death report, there were 566 suicides in 2008, 641 in 2009 . . . . Continue Reading »

When I was a kid, there was a huge controversy surrounding a concerted federal government/dental community pus to put fluoride in our drinking water as a way of reducing tooth decay.  As I recall—and my memory is vague because I didn’t pay any attention at the time—the John . . . . Continue Reading »

Good news on the IPSC front.  Scientists have created working liver cells from skin cells.  From the MSNBC story:British scientists have developed a new stem cell technique for growing working liver cells which could eventually avoid the need for costly and risky liver transplants. A team . . . . Continue Reading »

Art Caplan has a good article in the current American Journal of Bioethics about using prisoners as sources of organs.  He discusses both whether organ donation and execution should be joined, and whether prisoners should be offered early release in return for a kidney.  He says—and . . . . Continue Reading »

Good grief.  At about 48 seconds in, the embedded video shows OWS anti-capitalist protest zombie chanters channeling their inner transhumanism:Everything seems to be possible. [Crowd Parrot Chant] You can travel to the moon.  [CPC] You can become immortal [CPC] by biogenetics.  You . . . . Continue Reading »

Some of the most virulent animal rights protests have been against researchers using monkeys to find ways to help ameliorate the most difficult medical conditions we face.  Here’s a huge example.  Using monkeys enabled researchers to learn how to surgically implant electrodes into . . . . Continue Reading »