Wesley J. Smith

The World Health Association has warned media not to positively depict suicides, or even, air actual self killings, quote suicide notes, etc. because it could lead to copy cat deaths and/or create a suicide positive atmosphere. And yet, we see the BBC, 60 Minutes, and other programs and networks . . . . Continue Reading »

Nation’s Climatologists Exhibiting Strange Behavior (Season 1: Ep 5 on . . . . Continue Reading »

UK rock star and animal rights believer, Morrisey, has claimed that the slaughter in Oslo is nothing compared to McDonald’s. From the Daily Mail story:Morrissey has sparked a storm of protest with an outrageous claim that fast food chains are guilty of murder on a par with mass killer Anders . . . . Continue Reading »

Timberrrrrr!  GWH may be on its last leg if this is verified.  Apparently NASA measurements show that more heat escapes into space than the computer models predicted, meaning that any warming that occurs from greenhouse gasses will be much slower than “the consensus” thought, . . . . Continue Reading »

In an age in which emotional narratives often trump facts, the polar bear became the icon of global warming hysteria. After a report about four drowned polar bears seen far out at sea,  they were put on the USA threatened list—even though there has been no demonstrated diminution in . . . . Continue Reading »

The UK’s National Health Service continues its collapse.  Now, things have gotten so tight that surgeries are being rationed. From the story:Hip replacements, cataract surgery and tonsil removal are among operations now being rationed in a bid to save the NHS money. Two-thirds of health . . . . Continue Reading »

I’ve covered the proposed SF circumcision ban pretty extensively. And now, unless an appeals court reverses—it’s over.  A judge has thrown it off the ballot. From the LA Times story:San Francisco residents will not be voting in November on whether to prohibit circumcision . . . . Continue Reading »

After my earlier post about Judge Lamberth dismissing the case seeking to enjoin government funding of ESCR, The Corner asked me to weigh in.  I decided to focus in part on a pet peeve of mine—how policy today too often is decided by expediency, redefining terms, and refusing to enforce . . . . Continue Reading »

District Court Judge Royce Lamberth has dismissed the lawsuit filed against the Obama funding of ESCR. From the story:A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuitchallenging the Obama administration’s funding of stem cell research. The lawsuit, filed by Boston biological engineer James L. . . . . Continue Reading »

At the height of the AIDS crisis, gay men were barred from donating blood because of the greater likelihood that homosexuals could be infected with HIV.  Now, the U.S. Government is going to take another look.  From the National Journal story:The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, an HHS . . . . Continue Reading »