Wesley J. Smith

I just received word from CNN that the package on assisted suicide for which I was interviewed will air tomorrow night. I apologize for any inconvenience.  If you tune in, I’m the old guy with the beard.  Thank . . . . Continue Reading »

The euthanasia legalization bill, C-384 (which SHS covered here), was soundly defeated in the Canadian Parliament today by a heartening vote of 228-59.  There seem to be no news stories on this except on pro life sites.  Hmmm.  Let’s see what tomorrow brings.  In the . . . . Continue Reading »

There is an interesting column in today’s San Francisco Chronicle about how many parents still resist inoculating their children for fear of autism—even though there are apparently no scientific bases for the purported connection. From the column:On April 7, hearings began to decide . . . . Continue Reading »

I taped an interview for CNN about the Connecticut lawsuit by two would-be death doctors, seeking to legalize assisted suicide—a crime in CT—by having a court redefine assisted suicide by doctors of the terminally ill into “aid in dying.”  Once so . . . . Continue Reading »

Animal rights leader Gary Francione (abolition, veganism) and I debated on Michael Medved last week.  An MP3 of that program is now available by hitting this link.  The Medved Show decided to invite us back for Round 2, live on Monday, May 3, 1-2 Pacific Time.  Although it seemed to . . . . Continue Reading »

As I pound the drum against animal rights in my book and on the media—most recently today on Wisconsin Public Radio, Kathleen Dunn, an interview that I found to be interesting and thorough (available by following this link)—I have repeatedly distinguished between animal rights and animal . . . . Continue Reading »

I believe very strongly in free speech, but it seems to me it needs to actually communicate something.  Hence, we don’t permit child porn and can punish it criminally.  We can prevent and punish obscenity, although that seems a losing cause what with the Internet.  But the US . . . . Continue Reading »

What? Science reporter Eli Kintisch has written an LA Times opinion piece urging that we maintain air pollution to prevent global warming. From “Why Cleaner Air Could Speed Global Warming:”You’re likely to hear a chorus of dire warnings as we approach Earth Day, but there’s a . . . . Continue Reading »

HSUS—no connection with your local humane society—is the richest animal rights organization in the world, with assets north of $200 million. It doesn’t pitch the animal rights dogma, but works assiduously to attack and undermine animal industries. Sometimes HSUS finds genuine . . . . Continue Reading »

The New York Times business section has run a story demonstrating the peril of Obamacare’s anti insurance underwriting provisions that could ultimately make insurance unaffordable.  From the story:The problem stems in part from the state’s high medical costs and in part from its . . . . Continue Reading »