Wesley J. Smith

Following up on the anti Semitic advocacy by the author of San Francisco’s anti circumcision referendum , the ADL has now weighed in.  It is justifiably appalled.  Here’s the link to the press release. . . . . Continue Reading »

Good.  People are seeing the the sickening anti Semitism exhibited by the author of the San Francisco anti circumcision referendum, as evidenced by the character Mohel Monster (and others) in the comic book “Foreskin Man.”  (I can hardly write that without thinking I am in an . . . . Continue Reading »

After posting the brief response to the death of Jack Kevorkian here this morning, The Corner asked me to reflect further.  I decided to focus on Kevorkian as holding up a “dark mirror” to society.  From my post:So, now that he is gone, what is Kevorkian’s legacy? He . . . . Continue Reading »

People sell organs in China.  In the West, people occasionally die if they get between crazed store customers and an electronics sale.  These two darknesses have conjoined in an awful report out of China.  From the Daily Tech story:A Chinese teen has made headlines due to the lengths . . . . Continue Reading »

Not by assisted suicide.  From the Detroit Free Press story:Known as Dr. Death even before launching his fierce advocacy and practice of assisted suicides, Kevorkian, 83, died at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, where he had been hospitalized with kidney and heart problems. His attorney, Mayer . . . . Continue Reading »

Many readers of First Thoughts may be aware that San Francisco voters will be voting in November to criminalize circumcision—no religions exemptions allowed.  Beyond the questions of the propriety of putting such a personal family matter up for a vote, the author of the initiative runs . . . . Continue Reading »

I hate to get back to this issue, but Secondhand Smokette has a post out today in her San Francisco Chronicle “Token Conservative” blog that shows the profound anti Semitism exhibited in some of the anti circumcision advocacy of Matthew Hess, the author of San Francisco’s upcoming . . . . Continue Reading »

Animal rights advocates—and others—went into furious conniptions because Sarah Palin authorized wolves to be shot from helicopters as part of Alaska’s animal management program.  Some ever—erroneously—claimed she did the shooting.  She did not, but left that . . . . Continue Reading »

Legatus magazine asked me to write a column on the stem cell issue, and so I did.  From “Good Ethics Makes for Good Science:”Have you noticed that the stem-cell controversy rarely makes the news these days? There’s a reason: The greatest advances in stem-cell research over the . . . . Continue Reading »

I am really tired of the morality police going after smokers and obese people—all in the name of “health” of course. From the NYT story:Arizona, like many other states, says it is no longer able to finance its Medicaid program adequately. As part of a plan to cut costs, the state . . . . Continue Reading »