Wesley J. Smith

One of the e-mails in the Climategate scandal—yes, I still think the hackers should be prosecuted—vividly illustrates how badly ideology has corrupted too much of science. From a Wall Street Journal editorial:As anonymous reviewers of choice for certain journals, Mr. Mann & Co. had . . . . Continue Reading »

Sigh. Here we go again—maybe. When certain facts or developments in a story don’t support the line of reportage the MSM wants to pursue, too often, they simply resort to non journalism by omission, perhaps in the hope that their non coverage will make it go away.It appears that . . . . Continue Reading »

Obamacare-along with radical environmentalism—are ultimately about power and government grabbing control over the way we live our personal lives. A case in point tonight out of Sweden, where the head of the Swedish Welfare Board wants doctors to make patients quit smoking as a condition of . . . . Continue Reading »

The Dutch have the most wild and open euthanasia license in the world. And yet, it is never enough.  Now, the lawyer responsible for obtaining a Dutch Supreme Court ruling okaying assisted suicide for the mentally ill, wants psychiatrists to have to justify not killing their suicidal patients . . . . Continue Reading »

I interviewed Dutch lawyer Eugene Sutorius in 1996 for my book Forced Exit.  I found him gracious, intelligent, and a quick legal mind.  I liked him a lot.  But he’s Darth Vader.Sutorious is absolutely committed to using the law as dynamite to create the broadest possible . . . . Continue Reading »

It is really quite remarkable how impressively research in to adult stem cells have advanced.  Now, animal studies show that they might be used to help prematurely born babies grow lung tissue.  From the story in Science Daily:An international team of scientists led by Dr. Thébaud has . . . . Continue Reading »

The World featured my recent post reacting to medical marijuana being recommended by some doctors as a “treatment” for ADHD in an article focusing on marijuana used medicinally on children. That’s always cool. But I mention it primarily because the article reports that some parents . . . . Continue Reading »

Time to get in trouble:I don’t think it is particularly healthy that medicine’s role in society is increasingly about enabling the well off to make personal lifestyle decisions, particularly when the healing side of the profession is under increasing resource strain.  This concern . . . . Continue Reading »

I have long thought that stopping Obamacare would require convincing 35% of the people to oppose.  That’s a hard number to hit in our society.  An idea or politician has to be really disliked to register that low—unless you have a very high number of people who express no . . . . Continue Reading »

“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.”— Marcus Tullius . . . . Continue Reading »