Wesley J. Smith

Over at Secondhand Smoke , I take some time to summarize and analyze yesterday’s big ruling in Florida voiding Obamacare as unconstitutional. But I think something more needs to be written here, as well as at SHS.  The Administration is apparently stating that since Judge Vinson did not . . . . Continue Reading »

The 78-page ruling in Florida by Judge Roger Vinson in a constitutional challenge brought by half the states against Obamacare is a deeply reasoned decision that is, I think, not only right on the law, but alongside the earlier Virginia decision declaring the ACA’s unconstitutionality, creates . . . . Continue Reading »

A Florida federal judge declared Obamacare’s individual purchase mandate unconstitutional.  Not unexpected, and I think, very right on the law.  But he also seems to have declared the whole law null and void, much further than the Virginia judge who also found the individual purchase . . . . Continue Reading »

And the winner is...Eggsploitation!This is a triumph for the Center for Bioethics and Culture (for which I am a compensated special consultant) generally, and its director, the indomitable Jennifer Lahl, specifically.  Eggsploitation—which warns against the health dangers of egg . . . . Continue Reading »

Very serious charges are being made that some Australian and UK medical students conduct intimate body exams on unconscious patients without consent.  From the story:AUSTRALIAN medical students are carrying out intrusive procedures on unconscious and anaesthetised patients without gaining the . . . . Continue Reading »

A few months ago I wrote about how the Isle of Wight planned on giving the morning after pill to 13 year old girls.  Well, a recent UK study indicates that such policies result in teenage children contracting STDs, but not reducing pregnancies.    From the story:A government . . . . Continue Reading »

I have no idea if this is true, but if it is—there should be a Congressional inquiry.  Powerline—a skeptical blog. to be sure—is reporting that NASA has changed its data, taking out adjustments for the “urban island effect.” and consequently, making the apparent . . . . Continue Reading »

We are told that Obamacare will save money by basing cost/benefit (rationing) decisions, made by centralized bureaucrats, using “evidence based medicine.” The idea—and it is all the rage—is that our ubiquitous medical studies will be able to show the cost controllers which . . . . Continue Reading »

I think Medicare Part D is a big success.  It brought a long-desired prescription drug benefit to Medicare for the first time, at less cost than if the government had paid for it—and indeed, for less money than its own projected budget (last time I checked).  It is very popular with . . . . Continue Reading »

There is really a chilling anti-human undertone to global warming hysteria, which was what first sparked my interest in the issue. Now, we see an article that seems to laud the killer of tens of millions of people as wonderfully cooling the planet. From the story:Genghis Khan’s Mongol invasion . . . . Continue Reading »