Wesley J. Smith

The big brained types who either believe global warming is a real threat—or who used a warming trend as a means of grabbing power, promoting careers, scoring grants, internationalizing governance, or a combination of the above—want to impose wrenching and economy-wounding policies on the . . . . Continue Reading »

Matthew Scully’s nasty review—and my reply thereto—continues to bounce around at National Review.  Yesterday, over at The Corner, Jason Steorts wondered where we differed on principle, and offered an opportunity for both of us to clarify our positions.  Scully . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, duh: A new study reports that sexual activity declines as people age, and that people over 70 generally retire from sex.  From the story:The average person’s sex life ends by the age of 70, according to a report published today in the British Medical Journal.  Men age 30 have . . . . Continue Reading »

The danger of global warming became clear as it is blamed for radically declining musk ox populations. From the story:A team of scientists has discovered that the drastic decline in Arctic musk ox populations that began roughly 12,000 years ago was due to a warming climate rather than to human . . . . Continue Reading »

There has been an attempt ongoing for some time to harness the respectability of science and conflate it with an increasingly popular philosophy known as scientism. But scientism and science are different things. The latter is a powerful method of obtaining and applying material facts and . . . . Continue Reading »

The Dutch show the consequences of opening the door to the assisted suicide banshee. A proposal to allow doctors to assist suicides based solely on age is gaining strength in the Netherlands.  From the story:A campaign to give elderly people in the Netherlands the right to assisted suicide said . . . . Continue Reading »

As posted about previously, the National Review gave me an opportunity to respond to Matthew Scully’s diatribe against my book.  (Scully, who is a conservative speech writer, is—to understate the matter—extremely emotional about animal issues).  In part 1, I responded to . . . . Continue Reading »

After Matthew Scully’s screed against A Rat is a Pig, etc., discussed here, National Review gave me the opportunity to write an extended reply.  Let me deal with his continuing mendacity first, and then I will write a second post excerpting some of my more general comments.In his review, . . . . Continue Reading »

And now a word from our sponsor:COD, as I call it, has probably been my most successful book, other than The Lawyer Book, back in 1988.  It has certainly had the most impact (followed closely by Forced Exit, which is more narrowly focused on euthanasia/assisted suicide).The good news is that it . . . . Continue Reading »

I love good satirical political cartoons. The Weekly Standard’s cover caricatures are among the very best. . . . . Continue Reading »