Wesley J. Smith

A woman tried to commit suicide with rat poison late in pregnancy.  She survived, but her baby died after birth.  From the story:Bei Bei Shuai, 34, a restaurant owner who moved to the US from China 10 years ago, was pregnant and planning to marry her boyfriend until she learned late last . . . . Continue Reading »

The BBC will soon play a video of an assisted suicide—narrated by a famous euthanasia advocate—that took place in one of the Swiss suicide clinics.  This isn’t the first time such a thing has been done in the UK.  And of course, in the USA ,the pro euthanasia advocate . . . . Continue Reading »

I received an email from a reader today asking about the current status of Baby Joseph. The last I heard, he had the tracheotomy about a month ago. I decided to check, and here is what I found. From the story:The child known as Baby Joseph remains at a St. Louis hospital, more than three weeks after . . . . Continue Reading »

The other day I posted about Bolivia seeking to obtain a UN treaty that would grant equal rights to nature.  I think this is a particularly pernicious threat to human exceptionalism, and I am worried; not about today or even tomorrow, but that in a decade or so, this spear thrust could . . . . Continue Reading »

As if the suicide clinics weren’t bad enough, now nursing homes in one area of Switzerland will soon be allowed to facilitate suicides by residents.  From the story:A Swiss region is poised to give old people in state-subsidised care homes the right to die via assisted suicide if that is . . . . Continue Reading »

I warned in the Weekly Standard that the new Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board is the cornerstone for a new bureaucratic state.  From my piece “Our New Obamacare Masters:”At present, Congress is responsible for setting the policies that govern all aspects of Medicare, . . . . Continue Reading »

Youth suicide problem, Wesley?  What youth suicide problem?In Tennessee, the suicide promoting and assisting organization, Final Exit Network, is holding a suicide promoting event at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church.  (These kind of compasssssssionaatttte events are . . . . Continue Reading »

A new study indicates that suicide rates ebb and flow with the economy.  From the story:“Knowing suicides increased during economic recessions and fell during expansions underscores the need for additional suicide prevention measures when the economy weakens,” James Mercy, acting . . . . Continue Reading »

The anti humanism of radical environmentalism drew me into discussing this issue.  And it is rampant.  It is one thing when an Earth Liberation Front anarchist spouts the old misanthropy.  And you can find blogs that say anything, I know.  But when educated scientists do it, . . . . Continue Reading »

In case you missed it: Ecuador and Bolivia have granted (literally) “rights” to “nature,” that are co-equal with those of humans.  And Bolivia has stated it will soon try to obtain a UN Treaty doing the same. Don’t roll your eyes.  There are some very . . . . Continue Reading »