Wesley J. Smith

The problem is, this is what many animal rightists—and Piraro is one—really believe.  I remember, after writing an anti animal rights column for the San Francisco Chronicle, I received an e-mail (or perhaps it was a letter to the editor), claiming that even if a chimp wrote a . . . . Continue Reading »

The WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE! hysteria pitched about global warming has so scared children, that a large percentage believe they will suffer an apocalyptic future.  Now, the HUMANS ARE KILLING THE PLANET! diatribe has added to the upset of mentally ill patients.  From the story:Global . . . . Continue Reading »

The First Things fund raiser to help pay for the technical support it provides gratis to the several FT blogs, continues.  It is seeking to raise funds in a way that offers real value for the buck.  If you go to this link, you can subscribe to First Things magazine for only $19.95 a . . . . Continue Reading »

The American Board of Anesthesiologists has determined that any member who participates in a legal execution faces expulsion. From the official notice:The majority of states in the United States authorize capital punishment, and nearly all states utilize lethal injection as the means of execution. . . . . Continue Reading »

Los Angeles is in the process of closing more than 400 “medical” marijuana stores in an attempt to stop the chaos of open marijuana sales.  Good.  From the story:Los Angeles city prosecutors began notifying 439 medical marijuana dispensaries Tuesday that they must shut down by . . . . Continue Reading »

C. Ben Mitchell used to head the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity and is now a professor in moral philosophy at Union University in Tennessee.  He has a book review, reprinted in the current Center for Bioethics in the Culture newsletter. I am excerpting parts of it because he really . . . . Continue Reading »

The Washington DC City Council has legalized the usual botch of a medical marijuana system—although without the part of people growing their own plants, apparently.  The Washington Post hits a point in this controversy that is too seldom noticed—MM isn’t dispensed in a truly . . . . Continue Reading »

I have never quite understood the media’s vapors over “face transplants.”  After all, if we can transplant a liver or a heart, why not replacing flesh on a face that has been badly deformed by a terrible accident?  There is certainly no substantive ethical distinction . . . . Continue Reading »

I have been heartened by the response to FT’s fundraiser to help defray its costs to host the many First Things blogs.  It is doing so in a manner that offers real value for the buck.  If you go to this link, you can subscribe to First Things magazine for only $19.95 a year.  . . . . Continue Reading »

I was just interviewed by a high school student about how I became involved in anti assisted suicide activism.  It’s a painful story.  I was very happily co-authoring books with Ralph Nader, who had been my hero as a teenager.  I couldn’t believe my good fortune to be both . . . . Continue Reading »