Wesley J. Smith

I love good science fiction. It is a splendid vehicle for exploring the deepest issues in a very entertaining way, without getting too serious or bogged down in high brow importance.  Indeed, good sci-fi is a powerful magnifying mirror, telling us where we are, and where we may be going.When . . . . Continue Reading »

Canada is a single payer system that many on the Left look to as a splendid example for the USA.  I sure used to, but then I began to learn of the significant problems in the system that hinders prompt and efficacious care in many circumstances.  And here’s an example: The Premier of . . . . Continue Reading »

I have never believed that vaccines are inherently dangerous. Yes, they can sometimes cause side effects—any medical treatment can. But their value way far exceeds their danger.On a more specific level, I have remained wholly unconvinced of an autism link with childhood inoculations. Now, a . . . . Continue Reading »

Oscar the nursing home cat apparently knows who is about to die.  More remarkably, he stays with them as they reach their end.  From the story:A cat with an uncanny ability to detect when nursing home patients are about to die has proven itself in around 50 cases by curling up with them in . . . . Continue Reading »

Climategate may be about to go nuclear. So far, the lame excuse of the alarmist community was that Climategate’s purloined e-mails may have shown attempts to stifle heterodox thinking and bully professional journals, but the data that allegedly proves global warming was not in any way . . . . Continue Reading »

The awful (and tragic) comments of novelist Martin Amis, suggesting that “suicide booths on every corner” would be a splendid solution to the purported problem of the “stinking” elderly— my take here—continues to provoke comment.  The Times of London reports . . . . Continue Reading »

One of the things that really soured me on the Clintons—or perhaps better stated, the first—was the botched Hillarycare mess. Instead of fixing what was broken, she tried to remake the entire system, resulting in a bureaucratic mess. Ditto Obamacare’s 2700 page monstrosity that . . . . Continue Reading »

Don’t tell me I am an alarmist about human exceptionalism.  The Swiss—who have already declared the intrinsic dignity of individual plants—are now going to vote whether to permit animals to sue in court.  From the story:Switzerland will hold a referendum next month on . . . . Continue Reading »

According to polls, the UK is becoming ever more assisted suicide friendly. From the story:The public’s support for a change in the law on assisted suicide and euthanasia was uncovered by the YouGov poll following a succession of high profile court cases. Three quarters of those polled said . . . . Continue Reading »

Can it get any worse for the credibility of the global warming scientific community?  The IPCC based some of its recommendations on anecdotes in a student’s thesis and an article in a mountaineering magazine. From the story:The revelation will cause fresh embarrassment for the The . . . . Continue Reading »