Wesley J. Smith

This is unbelievable. Apparently the big deal in the “hide the decline” infamous email had to do with what tree ring shows about climate change.  The Daily Mail checked the graphs produced by the UN’s IPPC, and it shows they did just that: When the tree rings (in green) showed . . . . Continue Reading »

The entire Obamacare saga has been the most dishonest, reckless, and foolish bit of legislating I think I have ever witnessed.  It is a mess,  and it seems quite obvious that our leaders don’t care that it is a mess.  The problem—and particularly, Harry Reid’ s part . . . . Continue Reading »

I am not a huge fan of Thomas Sowell, It isn’t that I dislike him particularly, it’s just that he doesn’t give me the warm fuzzies. Sowell apparently has a new book out, however, that raises some issues worth pondering.  Sowell believes that intellectuals are hurting . . . . Continue Reading »

An interesting study has found that the children of deaf parents who can hear oppose the right of deaf people to select embryos for deafness. From the abstract.This study...is the first of its kind examining the views of hearing children of deaf adults towards preimplantation genetic diagnosis and . . . . Continue Reading »

Why Goat is a bore and Rat . . . . Continue Reading »

There is much to complain about with the US health care system. But there is no question it is the driving force in the world behind the continual advancement of medical knowledge and skill.  But that innovative energy could well be dissipated by the cost/control/ rationing boards that . . . . Continue Reading »

A journalist asked an inconvenient question about Climategate to a hoity-toity global warming expert from Stanford. He didn’t like it at all, and the UN staff apparently intervened to stop the apostasy.  Watch, and then note my further comment below.Unlike some, I don’t think the . . . . Continue Reading »

I still think some form of Obamacare will pass, because the Democratic leaders in charge of Congress don’t give a fig about what the American people think.  But it is abundantly clear that they have badly lost the political debate.  A full 61% of those polled by CNN—this is . . . . Continue Reading »

Medical marijuana is often a front for recreational marijuana.  This has led to crime issues and problems with the location of the ubiquitous “medicine” dispensing locations.  LA is trying to control the chaos, but it seems to be tough sledding. From the story:When the state . . . . Continue Reading »

The first thing this AM, I posted a warning about the potential of a Draconian population control tyranny being imposed  on the world by global warming hysterics.  And now—how timely—the idea is pushed from Canada, of all places.  A writer in the Financial Post claims that . . . . Continue Reading »