Wesley J. Smith

Peter Singer blogs at the New York Times about a new book ( Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming Into Existence, by David Benetar) that apparently advocates human extinction as a way of preventing human suffering. Singer doesn’t agree, but is clearly sympathetic.  From . . . . Continue Reading »

I have had several inquiries about the availability of my newest book in Kindle. I promised to report when it was, and I have now kept that promise.  Here’s the link.  . . . . Continue Reading »

At the New York Times blog, Peter Singer favorably discusses a book that I haven’t read—Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming Into Existence—that illuminates the profound danger of Singer’s utilitarian philosophy and the growing nihilism among the intellectual . . . . Continue Reading »

Good news.  After making a symbolic nod to female genital mutilation—originally discussed here at SHS—and being rightfully blistered for the appeasement of oppression, the American Academy of Pediatrics has retracted.  From its press release:The controversy ignited wide . . . . Continue Reading »

The National Review’s John Derbyshire lost his religion—of no moment here—and then decided that his rejection of faith, and its replacement with scientism, meant he had to oppose human exceptionalism. I have disagreed with him before about these matters, for example when he tried . . . . Continue Reading »

We are quickly becoming an entitlement culture that increasingly refuses to set self limits and presumes the right to harness technology to get us what we want—no matter how destructive to others and to the overall culture.  Nothing epitomizes this anything goes, me-me/I-I mentality than . . . . Continue Reading »

Many people don’t follow the euthanasia controversy closely.  (I don’t know why: It’s not as if there is nothing else going on in the world.)  But even though the issue isn’t currently on the public policy front burner, I think it is important to understand that . . . . Continue Reading »

Belgium has followed the Netherlands in jumping off a vertical moral cliff by embracing legalized euthanasia.  The awful consequences that I predicted are now coming to pass; a steady increase in the number of cases, inadequate reporting, and a large percentage of non voluntary euthanasia . . . . Continue Reading »

We are in the midst of a destabilizing societal crisis of confidence—and for good reason.  In government, politics, law, diplomacy, media, science, religion, business, athletics, the academy—you name it—we have witnessed incompetence, mendacity, politicization masking for . . . . Continue Reading »

We have been told repeatedly by global warming hysterics that humans are causing the glaciers to melt at unprecedented rates. We were even told that the Himalayan glaciers would disappear by 2035—until that nonsense had to be taken back. Now, we find out that at least some of the glacial . . . . Continue Reading »