Wesley J. Smith

The medical marijuana movement has, sadly, turned into (or been co-opted by) a get high movement.  And the glamorization of pot use is growing.  The Discovery Channel is now going to have a “reality” show about a “medical” marijuana pusher distributor.  From . . . . Continue Reading »

This is what happens when the federal government seizes control of our health care system.  Sure, we will remain putatively “private.”  But history tells us that once the government controls what services must be paid for, coverage inflation kicks in and regulatory mandates . . . . Continue Reading »

I told you so.  I have said for almost as many years as I have engaged in anti assisted suicide advocacy that eventually killing (ending life) would come to be seen as a splendid way to save money in health care.  I used to have HMOs in mind in making that argument.  But now, it seems . . . . Continue Reading »

Climatologist warming skeptic and libertarian think tank senior fellow at the Cato Institute, Patrick Michaels, wrote an intriguing blog at Forbes.  Most of the predicted changes from climate computer models haven’t panned out—and warming itself seems to have stalled despite . . . . Continue Reading »

The ACLU has weighed in on a lawsuit to quash the pending referendum in SF to outlaw circumcision for minors.  From the California Report story:The ballot measure would make the circumcision of a male younger than 18 years old a misdemeanor carrying up to $1,000 in fines or a year in jail. . . . . Continue Reading »

I think that the once noble environmental movement is going mad.  Human hunger is a terrible scourge, and genetically altered wheat and other agricultural products could help substantially alleviate much human misery.  But radical environmentalists loathe such experiments and try to stifle . . . . Continue Reading »

I have written—and received much flack for so doing—that organ procurement agencies should announce they will not accept organs from suicides.  I wrote in reaction to people who committed suicide—apparently in part anyway—to donate organs.  My point is to prevent . . . . Continue Reading »

The Discover magazine blog has a piece posted by one Kyle Munkittrick, which explains in a very succinct and understandable way, the socially anarchic values that lie at the heart of transhumanist Utopianism. First, Munkittrick describes the near-metaphysical goals of the movement: From “When . . . . Continue Reading »

I noticed several news stories about an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association advocated removal of obese children from their parents and putting them into foster care as a way of preventing harm.  To say the least, that seemed a very provocative and controversial . . . . Continue Reading »

David Brooks has a column in today’s NYT that offends on several levels.  But I want to focus here on the prejudicial language he uses to describe people with quadriplegia.  From his column : Life is not just breathing and existing as a self-enclosed skin bag. It’s doing the . . . . Continue Reading »