Wesley J. Smith

I have been very interested that much of the reacton to the Rom Houben case—the man misdiagnosed for 23 years as being unconscious—ultimately gets back to Terri Schiavo. Indeed, she remains so much with us that every time we hear about the newest “miraculous” awakening, we . . . . Continue Reading »

The USA didn’t participate in Kyoto because Al Gore signed an agreement allowing the USA to be bound by carbon dioxide emission cuts, but not China and India—this despite a unanimous vote in the US Senate beforehand opposing such a proposal.  You see, the impossibility . . . . Continue Reading »

Some Obamacare supporters want to tax cosmetic surgical procedure as a way of helping pay for its costs.  I am no fan of cosmetic surgery, but oppose taxing it on principle, as I wrote here.At the time, I had no idea feminism has devolved into what we could call “Victoria’s Secret . . . . Continue Reading »

I have an article in the current Weekly Standard on the Rom  Houben case. I find it fascinating that Terri Schiavo—and what happened to her—is the subtext of the entire event. From my article:The case of Terri Schiavo—who died five years ago next March, deprived for nearly two . . . . Continue Reading »

The media are struggling to promote excitement over new embryonic stem cell lines becoming eligible for federal research funding.  It is a change to be sure, but I think way too much is being made of it.  From the Washington Post story:Launching a dramatic expansion of government support . . . . Continue Reading »

The Senate is now considering amendments to its version of Obamacare. What a travesty.  John McCain proposed to eliminate the $400 billion in Medicare cuts.  The Democrats voted it down.  (Remember when Democrats accused Republicans of wanting to cut Medicare?) But then, another . . . . Continue Reading »

The media continue to pretend that global warming is as incontestable as the existence of gravity. That being so, they happily pitch the panic propounded by the would be world governors of the international global warming scientocracy. Take this lead from the always in the tank AP, with the SF . . . . Continue Reading »

Apparently NASA’s James Hansen has been as secretive over at NASA as the UK climate warming scientists caught up on Climategate were, refusing to release data by which NASA had made its calculations puruant to a Freedom of Information Act request. A lawsuit is being filed.  From the . . . . Continue Reading »

A radical in one area generally thinks radically in every other area.  Witness utilitarian bioethicist Peter—let’s permit infanticide—Singer, who has now weighed in on global warming. Predictably, it is an extreme view. From the story:We asked Australia’s best-known . . . . Continue Reading »

I couldn’t make this MSNBC headline up: “Earth Could Plunge into Sudden Ice Age.”  And the cause? Why, that old bogeyman, global warming. From the story:In the film, “The Day After Tomorrow,” the world gets gripped in ice within the span of just a few weeks. Now . . . . Continue Reading »