Wesley J. Smith

My uncle died of Alzheimer’s.  I hate that I felt the need to give my bona fides, but in an age where emotional narratives usually rule over reason, it is sometimes necessary.The Huffington Post published a piece by religious lefty April L. Bogle, that basically says we should kill people . . . . Continue Reading »

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued proposed rules to improve and modernize the legal ethical criteria that govern federally funded human research.  From the press release:Revisions to the current regulations are now being considered because HHS believes these changes . . . . Continue Reading »

A tragic letter was published in the current British Medical Journal (no link).  It is from a Dutch doctor who has twice euthanized patients, but now prefers terminal sedation, in part, because of the stress killing causes her.  She ends her letter on a poignant note.  From the BMJ . . . . Continue Reading »

I posted earlier about how the Obamacarians have now paid off political allies by forcing every  private health insurance policy to pay for a broad array of women’s  “reproductive” services—for free.  This is how banks are broken and healthcare becomes . . . . Continue Reading »

For years, GHWs have tried to panic the world into accepting their rule over the world’s economies—together with a scheme to redistribute wealth to destitute countries as an incentive for them to stay destitute—by claiming that the Arctic ice was MELTING!  MELTING!  . . . . Continue Reading »

Stories about the benefits of animal research are so ubiquitous that it is easy to forget that a cadre of animal rights activists want to end all such experimentation.  Here’s one that is a little different from the usual.  Vampire bats may hold the key to future pain control.  . . . . Continue Reading »

I posted here about media stories reporting on a planned live-streaming of an assisted suicide—with the intended victim seemingly paid.  It was a hoax.But that’s the thing about good hoaxes, they are of necessity grounded in substantial reality, thereby allowing those taken in to . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, they won’t be “post human” exactly.  More current tortoise.   From theTelegraph story:Jonathan, the tortoise, is believed to be 178-years-old and was about 70 at the time the black and white picture was taken. He was photographed during the Boer War around . . . . Continue Reading »

I am sorry, but there is no excuse in an advanced and educated country like the USA, which has been grappling at great cost in human suffering and financial output with AIDS for three decades: Last year, 50,000 new cases of HIV were reported.  From the NYT story:Despite years of great progress . . . . Continue Reading »

This makes Shylock’s pound of flesh seem like a bargain.  A Scot professor (of course!) has urged that university students burdened by tuition debt be allowed to sell one of their kidneys to pay the bills.  From the story:STUDENTS should be able to sell their kidneys for tens of . . . . Continue Reading »