Wesley J. Smith

UK scientists are advocating that Parliament create a regulatory body to approve experiments with animals using human DNA.  From the story:British scientists say a new expert body should be formed to regulate experiments mixing animal and human DNA to make sure no medical or ethical boundaries . . . . Continue Reading »

A study is out worrying that it is more difficult to get a “do not resuscitate” order on a patient’s chart if the decision maker is a surrogate.  From the Health Day story:A new study finds that it takes longer to create do-not-resuscitate orders when someone other than the . . . . Continue Reading »

The Canadian (conservative) bioethicist Margaret Somerville has a good piece on the problems with transhumanism, the futurist movement that presumes to “seize control” of human evolution to create a “post human species.”  She hits some points I have repeatedly . . . . Continue Reading »

Oh good grief.  Rather than understand that violent animal rights criminals are motivated by adamant ideology, EU law enforcement wish to pretend that “dialogue” is the answer to a wave of animal rights violence in Europe.  From Public Service Europe:The European Union should . . . . Continue Reading »

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 »