Wesley J. Smith

A wise wag once defined a political gaff as telling the truth. If that is so, Rep. John Conyer made a whopper yesterday when he admitted that Obamacare is flawed, but that’s okay because it is a necessary platform to impose single payer on the USA. From the story (and see video above):Rep. . . . . Continue Reading »

This is good news.  The Canadian hospital trying to impose a futile care-forced termination of life support upon Baby Joseph no longer has control of his care. He is now in St. Louis.  From the story:“Baby Joseph” was brought to St. Louis overnight where doctors are evaluating . . . . Continue Reading »

Connect the dots:  Legalized assisted suicide costs about $100 for the drugs, and perhaps $1000 for the medical review.  Assisted suicide is pushed unremittingly across the country, and is currently a big fight in Vermont.Hospice, costs much more, because rather than discarding the patient . . . . Continue Reading »

It is a modern presumption not only that life shouldn’t be a struggle—and for most of us, it isn’t anymore—but that we should always be happy.  Indeed, I consider one of the driving forces in the coup de culture today to be the intense drive—whatever it . . . . Continue Reading »

I reported on Friday that Rachael Nyirahaabiyambere was back on a feeding tube by court order. I can now report that the ADF has—once again—leaped into the breach to help a family whose loved one was threatened with dehydration—just as it did in the Jesse Ramirez case.  In . . . . Continue Reading »

A book review in the Wall Street Journal of a new book called The Moral Lives of Animals (by Dale Peterson) highlights the ongoing threat to human exeptionalism posed by those who are working to erase the moral boundaries between us and fauna. The reviewer, Stephen Budiansky (The Truth About Dogs), . . . . Continue Reading »

Last week, I wrote about Rachel Nyirahabiyambere, the immigrant woman denied food and fluids—in which a Catholic hospital moved a court to have the family removed from guardianship over their own mother, and the appointed guardian cared more about the social costs then her own ward, and the . . . . Continue Reading »

Splendid. From the story: After a sober and emotional debate, the Idaho Senate on Friday passed a bill making assisted suicide a felony punishable by 5 years in prison on a 31-2 vote Friday.But note, if you hit the link, how the story focuses mostly on the reasons a senator voted no, and . . . . Continue Reading »

For all the faux screaming about Bush—which was mostly pure politics—the real financial impediment to ESCR has been the patenting question. And now, the European Court of Justice has dealt a body blow to the sector. From the story:The European Court of Justice today issued a preliminary . . . . Continue Reading »

Believe it or not, this is a light show. . . . . Continue Reading »