Wesley J. Smith

You just knew this one was coming.  How often did the president promise that if you like your current insurance policy, you can keep your insurance policy.  So often it was a mantra.  And it was false according to current Adm. plans.  From the story:Internal administration . . . . Continue Reading »

There is a Q and A avec moi in Salvo, actually a version of an earlier audio interview conducted several months ago. As an abridged product, it misses some of the nuances, but here are the core points of that exchange.  From “You Beast: Animal Rights and Wrongs:”You write in your . . . . Continue Reading »

The CBC asked me to comment on the ethical implications of the recent scientific announcement that they have implanted an artificially created genome into a bacteria.  My main take is that the time to regulate this emerging field is now, not later, while we have time to deliberate and create . . . . Continue Reading »

The not so nice NICE has done it again, refusing to cover an effective life-extending drug called Lapatinib, approved by the FDA since 2007 (meaning it isn’t experimental), that can extend the lives of late stage breast cancer patients.  And in this cruelty, is seen vividly the Obamacare . . . . Continue Reading »

Some people will do anything for fame—even kill themselves in slow motion.  A New Jersey woman is trying to get to the 1000 pound mark to set a world’s record. From the story:Donna Simpson, 42, from New Jersey weighs more than 42 stone and aims to reach 1,000 pounds, or 71st. The . . . . Continue Reading »

In the wake of the BP catastrophe it was predictable that some on the Left would leap on board the ecocide campaign to destroy prosperity.  As I described more fully in the Weekly Standard, ecocide is a proposed new international “crime against peace” deemed equal in severity to . . . . Continue Reading »

I recently complained about the ludicrous push to induce President Obama to release his inner rage to show he “cares.”  It worked, as he has now said the A-word on TV.  (Sigh.)  Here’s how they did . . . . Continue Reading »

I don’t mean for this to be pick on Peter Singer week, but blame him for being so wrong at every opportunity. Singer has a piece in the Guardian decrying the outsourcing of animal research to countries with weak welfare rules.  Great!  We are, for once, on the same page.But Singer . . . . Continue Reading »

Compassion and Choices backed a lawsuit in Connecticut to legalize assisted suicide by redefining the term to “aid in dying” when committed by doctors at the request of terminally ill patients.  No go.  From the story:A Superior Court judge has rejected a request from two . . . . Continue Reading »

How many times did President Obama promise that if you liked your current coverage you could keep your current coverage. For example, in July last year, here is what Obama said.  From Jake Tapper’s (ABC News) blog:At a rally in Holmdel, New Jersey, today, President Obama continued making . . . . Continue Reading »