Wesley J. Smith

The Daily Show tried to make a joke out of the Wisconsin protests by bringing a camel to the snow—to mimic what happened in Cairo, apparently.  It did not work out.  The camel freaked. Where are the protests from animal rights groups against the DS and Jon Stewart? Allow me: As an . . . . Continue Reading »

Opponents of the death penalty claim execution by lethal injections is an unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment because the prisoners being killed could possibly feel pain during the execution process.  Assisted suicide advocates claim that assisted suicide with the same drug allows a . . . . Continue Reading »

A former football player named Dave Duerson committed suicide and asked that his brain be donated to research an affliction that may be caused by receiving too many blows to the head.  From the story:For 11 years, Dave Duerson made his living as a hard-hitting safety in the NFL and was known . . . . Continue Reading »

This is very scary.  Scientists claim that brain scans can identify potential future criminals.  From the story:More researchers believe that violent tendencies have a biological basis and that tests and brain imaging can pick them up in children. They argue that, by predicting which . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, I’ve been in a bit of a dispute over the last few days—but didn’t want to get into it here until the matter was resolved (assuming it could be). Readers of this blog may recall that a few weeks ago, I had a piece in the Weekly Standard that asserted “single payer” . . . . Continue Reading »

I am surprise this isn’t bigger news.  Bernard Nathanson, MD, helped found NARAL and became one of the nation’s leading abortion rights advocates.  But he had a change of heart—leading to a Catholic conversion—and spoke up very forcefully against abortion, including . . . . Continue Reading »

Polls have shown that the country is becoming generally more “pro life.”  (Let’s not quibble about how that is defined.)  Frances Kissling, a notable abortion rights activist, writes in the Washington Post that pro choicers need to change their tune if they don’t . . . . Continue Reading »

Surprise, surprise—they did it on a Friday when potentially unpopular news is released to get lost in the weekend. It took longer than I thought it would—two years—but  just as I predicted in my 2010 prognostications, the Obama Administration has stripped conscience . . . . Continue Reading »

The House of Representatives has voted to defund the Affordable Care Act as part of a bill to temporarily keep the government functioning.  From the story:The House voted to defund President Obama’s health care overhaul on Friday during a sustained burst of floor activity on amendments to . . . . Continue Reading »

The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to defund Planned Parenthood. From the story:The House has approved a Republican proposal to block federal aid for Planned Parenthood. The 240-185 vote on Friday is a victory for anti-abortion forces led by Indiana GOP Rep. Mike Pence. He says taxpayer . . . . Continue Reading »