Wesley J. Smith

Here’s some good news.  A child with cerebral palsy has been successfully treated with umbililcal cord blood stem cells.  From the story:The Levines were in luck: Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg, a professor of pediatrics and pathology at Duke University, was conducting a study where children . . . . Continue Reading »

I was so busy in the UK, I didn’t have the time to point out this story. New curriculum guidelines in the UK are apparently going to teach children that insects—mini beasts—are akin to other animals.  From the story:New curriculum guidance says the well-being of . . . . Continue Reading »

It has been a very interesting experience to debate assisted suicide here in the UK.  I had in-depth exchanges with three different advocates, one a Member of the Scottish Parliament, one a bioethicist from, I believe, the University of Glasgow, and Dr. Libby Wilson, the head of an assisted . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, this is good news: There has been no country whose people have been more subjected to the global warming propaganda bombardment than the UK.  The meme that humans are killing the planet is everywhere—on the tellie, road signs, at science exhibits, in entertainment programs, the . . . . Continue Reading »

The Netherlands has the world’s most liberal euthanasia law, which is even more radical in practice.  Its doctors assist the suicides of the depressed and  the grieving, a practice long since approved by the country’s Supreme Court.  Some “terminate” . . . . Continue Reading »

It is interesting how much attention the Obamacare debate is receiving here in Scotland and throughout the UK.  The papers are filled with stories and it is all over the television news.  In today’s Independent, the big story was the Stupack Amendment and abortion.  . . . . Continue Reading »

The UK is the land of good newspapers, and salacious ones, but lets leave that part alone.  And each of the majors has a vivid voice: The Telegraph, more conservative; the Guardian, definitely liberal; The Independent, very liberal, while the Times has imploded; whatever it once was, it . . . . Continue Reading »

I’ll be off in about two hours to debate assisted suicide at the Scottish Parliament.  I am going to alter my usual approach—or better stated, to alter my usual emphasis—to more forcefully reflect the harmful message assisted suicide advocacy sends to potential . . . . Continue Reading »

Secondhand Smokette and I had a fine day walking Edinburgh.  It was wet and cold, but the company was warm and the city beautiful.  Here are a few photos.First, the famous castle:I had to take this shot over a lot of construction that impeded the view. But I think I nailed it.I was very . . . . Continue Reading »

A few conservatives are trying to make mistaken hay out of the House bill’s payment of doctors who withhold food and fluids, even though it will not pay to “promote assisted suicide” (the nuances about which I discussed here) in the end of life counseling provision (revised and . . . . Continue Reading »