Wesley J. Smith

We are concluding our journey in London, my (and Secondhand Smokette’s) favorite city in the world.  Nephew Eric said that for all we have seen on our whirlwind adventure, London is the place that he definitely wants to visit again (if the strikers don’t shut the whole place down . . . . Continue Reading »

The so-called “duty to die” has been quietly discussed in bioethics for more than a decade.  Now, a major British Medical Association leader proposed an implicit duty to die by stating that terminally ill people may have to be denied life-extending treatments due to the costs of . . . . Continue Reading »

We took in the awe inspiring cave of Pesh-Merle today. What a moving experience to view the sacred art of our long ago ancestors.Clearly, they appreciated the grandeur of the large animals with which they interacted or hunted—mammoths, ox, bison, reindeer, horses, etc.—quested for . . . . Continue Reading »

I am repeatedly amused by those who decry Obamacare critics as alarmists for warning that it will lead to rationing—who then argue we need rationing.  I have posted about a few of those examples before.I don’t know if Richard Lamm supports Obamacare, but he has wanted rationing for . . . . Continue Reading »

Ouch.  A notable political scientist (and believer in global warming, at least in the general sense) has mounted a powerful critique of the disastrous political  leadership on the issue by Al Gore.  From “The Failure of Gore, Part 1” by Walter Russell Mead in his blog at . . . . Continue Reading »

I wish I could say I was surprised, but it is par for the course these days.  Apparently PP has a right to be funded by the taxpayers.  The judge didn’t put it that way, of course.  An Obama appointee, Judge Tanya Walton Pratt, ruled that Indiana’s refusal to pay $ to . . . . Continue Reading »

After Paris, our band of merry travelers rented a car and drove 7 hours south to Gascony.  We spent the day today driving and seeing castles and reveling in the breathtaking beauty that is the south of France—with the most amazing fields of sunflowers stretching as far as the eye could . . . . Continue Reading »

I have written with growing alarm about the practice of—and PR campaign for—coupling euthanasia with organ harvesting in Belgium.  I have a piece in the Weekly Standard attempting to raise the level of general awareness—since the story has received insufficient . . . . Continue Reading »

The proposed billboard (on the left) from PETA illustrates the moral hollowness of the leaders of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.  The “Go Vegan” ad intentionally plays off the gruesome actual murder of a baby by microwave oven—about which PETA’s press . . . . Continue Reading »

Secondhand Smokette, Nephew Eric, and yours truly spent two wonderful days in the City of Lights.  Nous aimons le Paris! A few . . . . Continue Reading »