Wesley J. Smith

Another big breakthrough on the IPSC front: Skin cells from a patient with Parkinson’s—a variety caused by a genetic condition—have been turned into neural cells, and then studied as the Parkinson’s destroys the tissue.  From the story:There are no cures because research . . . . Continue Reading »

What difference does it make if Francis Collins is a Christian and Christopher Hitchens is an atheist? Hitchens has cancer and Collins is working on individualized cancer treatments based on genetics. But that is the hook for this Telegraph story:The author of God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons . . . . Continue Reading »

Animal rights ideology states that there should be no domesticated animals of any kind and no human utilitarian uses of animals of any sort.  This would cause great human harm, which animal rights/liberation theorists try to downplay so as to not lose any chance of suading the public to their . . . . Continue Reading »

I posted here the other day about the Abby Dorn case, in which an ex husband was trying to prevent visitation between his ex wife and their children, based it seemed to me from the story on her disability and his loathing of her mother.  Not knowing all the facts, I didn’t opine—but . . . . Continue Reading »

Coup de Culture operatives—utilitarianism, hedonism, scientism/earth religion—get them while they are young.  Part of destroying Judeo/Christian moral philosophy (of which human exceptionalism is a vital part) is the pop culture campaign  against personal behavioral restraint . . . . Continue Reading »

Shades of Terri Schiavo—but without the killing part.  A woman gave birth to triplets five years ago and suffered terrible complications that rendered her with a profound cognitive disability.  A year later the husband divorced her.  Now he is in a fight with her parents over . . . . Continue Reading »

I have been fighting the euthanasia agenda since 1993.  During that time, the arguments haven’t changed much, although the euphemisms have.  But even after all those years, I still marvel that many euthanasia/assisted suicide promoters think the “choice” is as sterile as . . . . Continue Reading »

Whiplash! Representative Anthony Weiner (D-NY) has been fighting back ferociously against those bad opponents of Obamacare! From a Dana Milbank column in the Washington Post:It is the first anniversary of the health-care law approached this week, many Democratic lawmakers went to ground, leaving . . . . Continue Reading »

When the debacle called the Affordable Care Act—better known as Obamacare—was jammed down the collective throat in the most corrupt and dishonest legislative action I have ever seen—after the pro side lost the political debate in the country—supporters were self . . . . Continue Reading »

The general ABC approach seems to be working in another African country in fighting AIDS—this time Zimbabwe.  A=abstinence.  B=Be Monogamous.  C=If you can’t do A or B, use condoms.  From the story:HIV prevalence in Zimbabwe has declined remarkably in recent years, . . . . Continue Reading »