Wesley J. Smith

A bioethicist named Alasdair Cochrane, who is, ironically, a deep thinker at the Centre for the Study of Human Rights in the UK, argues against intrinsic human dignity as a basis for establishing bioethical policies.  He attacks various theories that promote human dignity, e.g., “as . . . . Continue Reading »

I am certainly not opposed to transitioning from fossil fuels into renewable energy sources. But that will take decades, and in the meantime, we need to be sure our energy needs are met.I saw first hand the problem when California experienced power brown outs several years ago.  It helped bring . . . . Continue Reading »

One of the greatest threats to human exceptionalism comes from the ideology of people who work in the life and environmental science sector, who it seems, take every opportunity to subvert and undermine our self concept as the unique species in the known universe.  The latest example can be . . . . Continue Reading »

I was planning on commenting about the reported increase in Dutch euthanasia deaths. But the indefatigable Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (to the left of the old guy in the center as you look at the photo), beat me to it. From his blog:An article in the Dutch News has . . . . Continue Reading »

I have today’s lead letter in the New York Times reacting to the paper’s palliative sedation article (thanks NYT!), about which I wrote more extensively here.  From my letter:Bravo to The New York Times for its in-depth reporting on palliative sedation. When death is imminent, . . . . Continue Reading »

Stories like this one don’t help the cause of making people believe we should become hysterical about global warming.  Apparently a part of Peru is growing ever colder, threatening the people who live there.  The cause?  Global warming! Aaugh! From the story:The few hundred . . . . Continue Reading »

Chris Mooney is a partisan author (The Republican War on Science) and a leftist political advocate.  He has made a career of pushing ideological goals as if they were objective scientific agendas. And of course many science journalists—often in name only—have followed his lead, . . . . Continue Reading »

This can’t be right.  As much of the USA chatters in the deep freeze—N. Carolina facing a once in a generation cold snap—weather folk in the UK warn it is facing one of the coldest winter in 100 years.  From the story:Britain is bracing itself for one of the coldest . . . . Continue Reading »

C.W. Nevius has a good column in today’s San Francisco Chronicle that dovetails with a post I wrote the other day about the abuse of medical marijuana laws by patients, doctors, and “clinics.”  Apparently in San Francisco—where nothing aberrant should ever surprise . . . . Continue Reading »

Obamacare will be partially paid for by cuts in compensation to doctors and hospitals—already being short-shrifted by Medicare. It will also seek to control rates of compensation from Obamacare Central.  That may or may not cut costs, but it will result in fewer physicians participating . . . . Continue Reading »