Wesley J. Smith

I have written extensively about how the Swiss Constitution declared the legal intrinsic dignity of individual plants (and an ethics committee declared the “decapitation” of a wildflower to be immoral ). I have also written how Nicaragua’s new constitution created the “rights of . . . . Continue Reading »

I have written extensively about how the Swiss Constitution declared the legal intrinsic dignity of individual plants (and an ethics committee declared the “decapitation” of a wildflower to be immoral). I have also written how Nicaragua’s new constitution created the “rights . . . . Continue Reading »

Prime Minister Gordon Brown, lead global warming hysteric who wants the elites to impose economic decline in order to save the planet, faced the coldest Christmas in the UK in many years. . . . . Continue Reading »

Christmas is a season of expectation and the joyful fulfillment of our deepest yearning.  That is easy to forget as we strive with the tensions and complexities of modern life.  So, let us take a brief pause to embrace hope and experience the simple joys of giving, receiving, and . . . . Continue Reading »

If the world was really coming to an end from global warming, there would be no NIMBY (not in my back yard) rejections of alternative energy projects, and more leadership by example—notably unlike the approach of Al Gore.  Now Senator Diane Feinstein won’t let a solar and wind farm . . . . Continue Reading »

In one of the most morally corrupt and cynical acts of recent political history, the Senate has passed Obamacare.  More fighting ahead with a required blending with the even worse House version.  But I predict ultimate passage.  That ends it, right?  Not on a bet.Obamacare . . . . Continue Reading »

They keep coming out with “studies” steeped in hysteria intended to convince us to destroy our economies in order to stop climate change, which is impossible, and halt a human-caused global warming that may not be happening.  The newest one is that animals and plants may have to . . . . Continue Reading »

I will not let it go.  I have a piece on The Church Report about how the Rom Houben “awakening” brought Terri Schiavo powerfully back to minds and hearts.  I won’t belabor most of the points again here, since we have talked about it a lot.  But I will leave you with . . . . Continue Reading »

Don’t let the headline fool you: I am not against evidence based medicine when it is used as a guide for doctors to provide optimal individualized care.  But I am against using EBM as a method of establishing categories for health care rationing—whether of “what” or . . . . Continue Reading »

Without the rule of law, we cease to be America.  That is why murdering abortion doctors not only goes against the core of what pro lifers proclaim about themselves, it strikes at the very heart of liberty.  And now, a judge has ruled properly that the killer of the odious George Tiller . . . . Continue Reading »