Wesley J. Smith

I have been watching the libertarian love affair with Utopian transhumanism for some time.  It seems odd to me.  Libertarians tend to see themselves as hard-headed realists about the motives and hearts of men. But whenever they get a whiff of the futurist opium, many of the . . . . Continue Reading »

To be trite, let’s call the nonsense about the Himalayan glaciers melting by 2035, “glaciergate.”  Why? Not only did the IPCC Report present the false claim to the world as a way of pressuring political leaders—discussed already here at SHS—but it now turns out . . . . Continue Reading »

The jury in the George Tiller killing convicted Scott Roeder of murder in the first degree. From the story : Jurors swiftly convicted an abortion opponent of murder Friday for shooting to death one of the only doctors to offer late-term abortions in the U.S., a killing the gunman claimed was . . . . Continue Reading »

The jury in the George Tiller killing came to the right verdict, convicting Scott Roeder of murder in the first degree.  From the story:Jurors swiftly convicted an abortion opponent of murder Friday for shooting to death one of the only doctors to offer late-term abortions in the U.S., a . . . . Continue Reading »

What a shame. When Senator Elect Scott Brown won the Massachusetts special election, I saw it is a real political and policy opportunity for President Obama. He could jettison the current disastrous bills and retool—focusing on what is actually broken rather than trying to remake our entire . . . . Continue Reading »

Joke of the day: What do Al Gore and Bin Laden have in common?  Both want to bring “the wheels of the American economy” to a halt. From the story:Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has called for the world to boycott American goods and the U.S. dollar, blaming the United States and . . . . Continue Reading »

My latest podcast delves into “nature rights,” which, I believe, could reasonably be depicted as neo nature religion. It isn’t just the constitution of  Ecuador, as I have discussed before.  Some US municipalities have passed ordinances giving “Nature” the . . . . Continue Reading »

Holy cow!  Scientists have demonstrated that pluripotency may not be necessary to transform cells into other body tissues, meaning that “stem cells” might prove unnecessary in regenerative medicine. In mice, they transformed fibroblasts—cells that construct connective tissue . . . . Continue Reading »

My pal Tom Lorentzen used to administer Medicare for the Western Region. Tom is a very sober and responsible political thinker who believes in solving problems from a conservative bent.Today, he has a piece in the San Francisco Chronicle pushing a plan that would help Obama pivot away from his . . . . Continue Reading »

To protest the seal hunt, and animal rights activist put a pie in the face of a Canadian government minister. From the story:An incident in which the federal fisheries minister was hit with a pie by a seal hunt protester should be seen as a terrorist act, says a Liberal MP. Gerry Byrne made the . . . . Continue Reading »