Wesley J. Smith

Remember those bad old days when we were told embryonic stem cell research offered the “only hope?”  Check this National Geographic video out! Healing within days with the patient’s own stem cells.Never underestimate the ingenuity and creativity of . . . . Continue Reading »

I am growing increasingly concerned that the Obamacare Administration thinks it is above the law.  Days have passed without the government asking the Judge Vinson or an appeals court to stay the ruling that the entire Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional and void.  That means the ruling . . . . Continue Reading »

My pal and co-author of Power Over Pain, Eric Chevlen, just e-mailed to tell me I was quoted by Rush Limbaugh today.  I didn’t hear it, but found the transcript.  It’s from this SHS entry on the overturning of Obamacare. From the Rush Limbaugh Show:It’s well known that . . . . Continue Reading »

When the government went after tobacco companies, I was all for it.  The companies had lied about the deleterious health impact of smoking for years.  As for warnings by some that once Big Tobacco was swallowed, the fast food industry and other areas of eating deemed to be less than . . . . Continue Reading »

The U.S. Senate, in a pure party line vote, turned down an amendment that would have repealed the Affordable Care Act by 51-47.  No Democrats voted to repeal, and every Republican voted to repeal.Some are saying that more legislative votes have been cast to repeal Obamacare than enact it.  . . . . Continue Reading »

About ten years ago, Peter Singer praised a pornographic book about bestiality, and he was widely condemned.  Now, a new novel is out that contains graphic depictions of sexual intercourse between a woman and a chimpanzee, and it is receiving positive reviews in mainstream newspapers.  . . . . Continue Reading »

It is a sign of the times.  A novel is out with apparent transhumanist tendencies, in which a chimp is engineered to exhibit human characteristics.  And it has graphic scenes of human/chimpanzee sex.First, based on the SF Chronicle book review, it would appear that the The Evolution of . . . . Continue Reading »

I posted yesterday about a complaint filed by Planned Parenthood against a pharmacist who had refused to dispense anti bleeding medication, allegedly because she thought it followed an abortion. I wrote that based on the criteria I have proposed—not Idaho law—the refusal would not be a . . . . Continue Reading »

We are already seeing fallout from the momentous (at least for now) decision by Judge Vinson throwing the entire Obamacare law out as unconstitutional.  The administration has not yet (as far as I know) requested a stay or filed an appeal (as part of their apparent go slow strategy to draw out . . . . Continue Reading »

I was asked by a commenter to reflect on the following story and opine as to whether it would be a proper conscience clause refusal.  I do so here, taking the facts stated in the story at face value—and without judging the Idaho law in question with which I am not familiar.  Nor am I . . . . Continue Reading »