Wesley J. Smith

As I have noted on more than one occasion, animal rights activists want animals to be granted “standing” to bring lawsuits.  This radical change would serve two convergent purposes: It would allow liberationists to bring case after case against animal industries—since they . . . . Continue Reading »

The first dehumanizing assisted suicide “statistics” from Washington are in, with 36 people reportedly overdosing themselves via lethally prescribed drugs in the first year. Washington voters were “sold” on assisted suicide, as is always the case, with the fear of being in . . . . Continue Reading »

This is not the right approach if the goal is to convince people that global warming is a dire threat.  Stung by the increase in public skepticism over global warming, “the scientists” have apparently decided to go to the political mattressess.  From the story:Undaunted by a . . . . Continue Reading »

About a month ago, I did an extended interview with Colleen Carroll Campbell for EWTN about my book. It will air in a few months.  But what a nice surprise today that she devoted her column to a review.  And she gets it.  From her column:Wesley J. Smith is a speciesist. And he thinks . . . . Continue Reading »

I am sympathetic to the motivation of those who argue that each of us should be presumed by law to want to be an organ donor—increasing the organ supply—but not the method.  Known as “presumed consent,” these laws assume silence means consent, making each of us potential . . . . Continue Reading »

I like Washington Postcolumnist Michael Gerson.  He writes movingly today about preventing suicide.  From his column:Suicidology is a well-studied academic field. Suicide is most prevalent among the young and the old. It is associated with depression, feelings of hopelessness, substance . . . . Continue Reading »

I have a piece in today’s NRO that tees off on Switzerland’s upcoming vote to give animals a legal right to a lawyer in abuse cases.  But as I point out in A Rat is a Pig,etc., granting animals standing may be the most desired goal of the animal rights movement.  From my . . . . Continue Reading »

Thanks to suicide tourism and the Debbie Purdy case, the office of the public prosecutor for England and Wales has published final guidelines telling would be suicide assisters when they are more or less likely to face prosecution.  The document strongly denies that it is decriminalizing . . . . Continue Reading »

I have often criticized politicized science here at SHS, that is, people who promote their ideology or beliefs in the guise of objective science.  But I have high regard for science as a field and scientists as professionals.  That is why it is very disheartening that the entirely . . . . Continue Reading »

The idea that we can quit drilling fossil fuels and go “green” within the next few years, or the planet is DOOMED!, has always seemed a fantasy to me.  Even if we actually faced a crisis—rather, than as I suspect, at worse, a problem—if it were that easy to go green it . . . . Continue Reading »