Wesley J. Smith

The show that made fun of Sarah Palin’s child with Down syndrome has sunk even lower—mocking the disability and death of Terri Schiavo.  The episode– which I embedded over at Secondhand Smoke only after much thought , opens with a fictional school play, Terri Schiavo: The . . . . Continue Reading »

In the five years since Terri Schiavo was slowly dehydrated to death, her loving family has been subjected to repeated  callousness and intentional cruelties—canards about their motives, personal vituperation, etc.. That’s life in the public eye.  But now a new line of . . . . Continue Reading »

I never cease to be amazed at how absolute the abortion right has become.  Women not only have a right to abortion, through the ninth month in many cases, but so do children—and they can obtain an abortion in some states without their parents even knowing they underwent a serious surgical . . . . Continue Reading »

More litigation against Obamacare: Apparently the law expanded Medicaid—which is paid in part by the states.  They don’t have the money and some are suing.  From the story:President Barack Obama faces a fight over the health-care overhaul from states that sued today because the . . . . Continue Reading »

Leon Kass is one of the great thinkers in bioethics (and a friend), a man of great eloquence whose rare depth of thought and knowledge sometimes makes my jaw drop.In honor of his many years of contribution to bioethical discourse and his many services to society, the Center for Bioethics and Culture . . . . Continue Reading »

Animal rights advocates and their emotionalist allies often wail, “They’re killing the elephants!” when castigating needed culling in the African wild animal parks. They are wrong about that.  Failing to cull would result in destroyed environments and possible elephant . . . . Continue Reading »

Oh golly, oh gee: Another shiv between the ribs of the global warming hysteria meme.  Rather than warming causing a radical Arctic melt, much of the 2007-08 ice loss appears to have been actually caused by wind.  From the story:Much of the record breaking loss of ice in the Arctic ocean in . . . . Continue Reading »

The CIRM is funded by state bonds, billions in borrowed money that the people of the impecunious State of California will have to pay back with interest. That is why it is enraging that they want to pay a new VP more than $300 K in salary.  From the California Stem Cell Report”s . . . . Continue Reading »

Stories like the one I discuss below are ubiquitous.  Indeed, my first hospice patient (I was a volunteer) got kicked out because he unexpectedly got better.  But when he entered the program, he wailed in my arms that he wanted to die immediately because he was a burden. Under . . . . Continue Reading »

I am not in the least surprised that Rep. Bart Stupak voted for Obamacare—and then fought against a move by Republicans to put his own original language back in the bill.  This is “the show,” politics at its hardest, and Stupak is a Democrat first, last, and always.  He . . . . Continue Reading »