Wesley J. Smith

Big headlines over here in the UK today: The fight to save the life of Baby RB has ended with the father’s acquiescence to removing life support. From the story:A baby at the centre of a “right to life” court battle will be allowed to die after his father today withdrew his case. . . . . Continue Reading »

I awoke this morning in Edinburgh, jet lagged but looking forward to a productive time of debating and discussing assisted suicide.  Stumbling down to breakfast, I was sharply awakened into my usual state of concern for society by a front page headline in the Independent:Do I . . . . Continue Reading »

This is rich: A pediatrician for a hospital wanting to cut off the life support of a baby because he is seriously disabled—although cognitively fine, as discussed here before—says that the hospitals like to follow what mothers want in cases such as this.  From the story:The parents . . . . Continue Reading »

As we move forward toward centralized bureaucratic health care control, it is worth noting the problems in countries that already have it.  Ireland is apparently paying surgeons to do nothing, while surgeries are canceled because the department is over budged, and the lines grow ever . . . . Continue Reading »

The House of Representatives barely squeaked through Obamacare tonight by 220-215.  And it took a strong anti-abortion amendment to get that job done.  From the story:As drafted, the measure denied the use of federal subsidies to purchase abortion coverage in policies sold by private . . . . Continue Reading »

President Obama should be careful about what he says about the reasons Congress should vote for the overstuffed turkey that is known generically as Obamacare.  From the story:President Obama cast the House’s health care reform vote, expected to happen later today, in historic terms: . . . . Continue Reading »

This is so unconstitutional. A provision was added to the Senate Obamacare package, the effect of which would be to have the government in a public plan pay for Christian Science practitioners to provide prayer treatments to patients and/or prohibit private plans from refusing to treat such prayer . . . . Continue Reading »

This is so unconstitutional. A provision was added to the Senate Obamacare package, the effect of which would be to have the government in a public plan pay for Christian Science practitioners to provide prayer treatments to patients and/or prohibit private plans from refusing to treat such prayer . . . . Continue Reading »

The House will probably be voting on Obamacare late tonight or tomorrow.  I expect it to narrowly pass, which is a vivid illustration of how badly the Obamacare pushers have lost the political debate, given the massive Democratic majority and the fearsome power of Pelosi’s . . . . Continue Reading »

It takes remarkable hubris—not to mention a pronounced anti-democratic streak—to shove through Congress a bill that is wildly unpopular with the American people, and apparently getting more so every day. How unpopular? According to a CNN poll, a solid majority now opposes Obama-style . . . . Continue Reading »