Wesley J. Smith

There may really be no such thing as a magic bullet, but hospitalists were supposed to be the medical equivalent.  Unfortunately, a new study casts significant doubts that the system is working as well as hoped.First, a little background: In hospital treatment used to be directed by a . . . . Continue Reading »

By a 2-1 vote—the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals—with two Democratic to one Republican appointees—has ruled Obamacare’s invidual mandate to be unconstitutional. From the Detroit Free Press story:A federal appeals court panel on Friday struck down the requirement in President . . . . Continue Reading »

So an 83-year-old woman has given herself implanted, what my generation used to call, “falsies.”  From the CBS story:Marie Kolstad, of Orange County, is the mother of four, the grandmother of 12 and great-grandmother to 12. Last month, Kolstad decided she needed a little boost . . . . Continue Reading »

Baby selling is a form of human trafficking, and as such, it needs to be stopped whenever and wherever it is tried.  Now, a San Diego “reproductive law” attorney and biological colonialist, Theresa Erickson and her gang, have been busted for selling babies.  Three guilty . . . . Continue Reading »

I understand why people who care about the poor support government single payer plans.  I once did too.  No more.  Single payer permits coverage refusals and restrictions that would never be permitted by private polices have turned me away from the centralized approach.Fact: States . . . . Continue Reading »

Art Caplan—very pro choice—has an interesting article out warning against fetal testing technologies that can lead to sex selection and other eugenic pregnancy terminations.  The context is a story in which sex can be determined in a blood test of the pregnant mother. From . . . . Continue Reading »

Awhile back, I posted on a blog article written by Kyle Munkittrick for the Discovery magazine Website that informed us when the transhuman future had arrived.  It was an important piece because it clearly and succinctly illustrated the subversive values that undergird the movement.  . . . . Continue Reading »

Obamacare was the most dishonestly packaged argued law I have witnessed in my about 45 years of paying attention to public affairs.  And now, we learn that the mendacity continues as a joint Congressional committee set rules to intentionally (it would seem) underestimate the costs of Obamacare . . . . Continue Reading »

This blog isn’t about sexual mores.  But sex is relevant from time to time in issues dealing with bioethics, the coup de culture, and AIDS prevention.  For example, when two US Senators suggested that smokers and the obese people pay 50% higher premiums under Obamacare because they . . . . Continue Reading »

When animals endanger human health and welfare, sometimes we have to get lethal. That time sure seems to have come in India, where (as reported here previously) macaques have overpopulated Delhi for many years.  Bureaucrats have tried to avoid acting lethally, most recently bu using a . . . . Continue Reading »