Wesley J. Smith

It is amazing that activists in the pro life movement don’t get thoroughly dejected: They are scorned by the mainstream media.  Their free speech rights are abridged in ways that would never be permitted of labor unions. They are looked down upon by celebrity culture and made fun of by . . . . Continue Reading »

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) never runs out of ideas to promote it’s a rat, is a pig, is a dog, is a boy, agenda. Now, it wants the publishers of a new translation of the Bible to personalize animals.  From the story: Animal activists say the Bible needs to be more . . . . Continue Reading »

PETA never runs out of ideas to promote it’s a rat, is a pig, is a dog, is a boy, agenda. Now, it wants the publishers of a new translation of the Bible to personalize animals.  From the story:Animal activists say the Bible needs to be more considerate of God’s furry friends. People . . . . Continue Reading »

There are advance medical directives—and then, there are advance medical directives.  In other words, all are not equally useful or safe.Some—particularly of the short form variety—push signers toward refusing care.  Others, take the decisions out of the hands of . . . . Continue Reading »

It is beyond reckless to permit ideology to endanger your baby’s health.  But that is what seems to have happened in France, where vegan parents have been charged with the neglect in the death by malnourishment of their baby. From the story:Sergine and Joel Le Moaligou, whose vegan diet . . . . Continue Reading »

Bueno! The Idaho Legislature has overwhelmingly passed legislation to explicitly outlaw assisted suicide in the state.  From the story:The Idaho House has concurred with the Senate and voted to ban assisted suicide in Idaho. The measure, Senate Bill 1070, passed the House 61-8.  It now . . . . Continue Reading »

The Sacramento Bee is like all major California newspaper editorial boards—liberal and in the tank for Big Biotech.  (I still don’t understand this love for BB, and the concomitant loathing of Big Pharma amongst the liberal chattering class.  Both have the same agendas.)But . . . . Continue Reading »

I am only partially tongue in cheek when I assert that radical environmentalists want to return us to hunter/gatherer societies, or rather, just gatherers.  No source of energy is pure enough. Nukes? Not for decades and certainly not now! Oil? Evil!  Coal? Global warming!  END THE . . . . Continue Reading »

I didn’t give Earth Hour much thought.  (For those who may not know, it is a worldwide campaign to turn off the lights and electric appliances for an hour.)  I thought of it in the same way as I think of those ubiquitous ribbon in the lapel campaigns—essentially about feeling . . . . Continue Reading »

I was sipping a glass of red wine, just now—reading the NYT Sunday Magazine. I almost choked.  After fighting for two weeks with Arianna Huffington over the role of news aggregation sites—and I sure have no dog in that fight!—editor Bill Keller this week took computer chip in . . . . Continue Reading »