Wesley J. Smith

I thought this was the Onion, but alas, no.  Italy’s head seismologist and five other politicians (and a government official) are actually being criminally charged because they failed to predict a deadly earthquake. From the  Fox News story: Italian government officials have accused . . . . Continue Reading »

The radically subversive utilitarian bioethicist, Joseph Fletcher, pined for a future in which men would be able to give birth and nurse their child. Transhumanists sometimes bring that desire up, too. Why should we be limited by natural biology? Why should we be expected to adhere to cultural . . . . Continue Reading »

Given the hyper emotionalism over animals, I am not sure this is a good business move for Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg.  He is personally killing the animals he eats.  From the story:When he’s not too busy connecting people across the universe, Mark Zuckerberg is pursuing a . . . . Continue Reading »

France is poised to maintain its very strict limitations on ESCR.  From the Reuters story:France looked  set on Thursday to maintain its curbs on human embryonic stem cell research after the conservative government fought off a parliamentary bid to liberalize the country’s bioethics . . . . Continue Reading »

Former President Bill Clinton told Rep. Paul Ryan that he hoped the Democratic victory in NY 26 would not mean doing nothing.  Republicans pounced, as if the statement really boosted their hand.But look at this clip.  Clinton is consistent in both.  The Ryan exchange is much ado about . . . . Continue Reading »

Warning!  If we rely primarily on government funding for health care, when funding is scarce, big problems arise.  We’ve dealt with this before in the context of the NHS, Medicaid cuts, and rationing by time in Canada.  But look at what is happening in Greece.  From the . . . . Continue Reading »

Global Warming Hysteria holds that we should destroy our national sovereignty by handing over our economies to an international, unaccountable technocracy run by the pathetically hapless UN, as we redistribute wealth from the West to pay destitute countries to stay destitute. (See the craziness that . . . . Continue Reading »

I have found the ongoing discussion over the proposed San Francisco law outlawing circumcision from being performed in The City, very interesting.  I thank the many commenters to my two recent previous posts (here and here) for their participation, frankness, and passion.It is that very passion . . . . Continue Reading »

I don’t know the ins and outs of the loss by the Republican in NY 26 House District.  I know there was faux Tea Party spoiler candidate, and etc.  But the MSM is claiming that it is a rebuke of Representative Paul Ryan’s idea of fixing Medicare—depicted above in a prime . . . . Continue Reading »

The authoritarian attempt to outlaw circumcision in San Francisco—no religious exemptions allowed—stirred quite a hornet’s nest here at SHS when I first brought it up. Having paid attention to the comments, particularly those in support of the ban, I am more convinced than ever . . . . Continue Reading »