Wesley J. Smith

This is an interesting study that belies the notion that fetuses are insentient: Apparently, babies cry in their own languages.  From the story:From their very first days, the cries of newborns already bear the mark of the language their parents speak, scientists now find. French newborns tend . . . . Continue Reading »

It’s one thing when the Environmental Liberation Front (ELF) pushes criminality in the name of saving the planet. That’s what fringe types often do.  But when a supposedly respectable figure like Al Gore—a former U.S. Senator, Vice President, and Peace Prize Nobel . . . . Continue Reading »

Speaker Nancy Pelosi-no democrat, small “d”—wants to shove her 2000 + page monstrous bill down our throats by forcing the House to vote before anyone—including legislators—can absorb all its provisions.  Toward this imperious end, she scheduled the vote for a rare . . . . Continue Reading »

Oh no! It looks as if the coming Copenhagen climate change, prosperity murdering summit will not produce an enforceable treaty to raise taxes, stifle employment, and kill energy production. From the story:A global treaty to fight climate change will be postponed by at least six months and possibly a . . . . Continue Reading »

I have never been so disgusted with the leaders of Congress. Speaker Nancy Pelosi—so predictably—broke her word about posting her gargantuan version of Obamacare—already more than 2000 pages and growing—on the Internet for 72 hours so people could try to figure out what is in . . . . Continue Reading »

Now, the busy bodies in the US Senate want to use Obamacare to fund “community transformation.” From the story:The bill reads:“Activities within the plan shall focus on (but not be limited to)— (i) creating healthier school environments, including increasing healthy food . . . . Continue Reading »

Next week I will be in Scotland debating against the legalization of assisted suicide.  The following are the planned events:Scotland:November 11, I will be debating at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh versus Jeremy Purvis MSP,  Time: 13.00 – 15.00 hrs. Subject: “Should . . . . Continue Reading »

American assisted suicide advocates engage in a great pretense—abetted by the media who willingly suspend their disbelief—that assisted suicide is to be very limited, a last ditch safety valve for the terminally ill for whom nothing else can be done to relieve suffering. That it . . . . Continue Reading »

A man has been given three years in jail for having sex with a horse. I feel somewhat sorry for the defendant in this case, who is clearly disturbed. But I do think it is a sufficiently important issue of human exceptionalism that sex with animals should be punished as a crime.  First, it is . . . . Continue Reading »

This is where suicide advocacy leads. In the UK, an aging but healthy couple have committed joint suicide—and blamed the anti assisted suicide law.  From the story:A couple who wrote to the BBC to say they had chosen to take their own lives and criticised British laws on assisted suicides . . . . Continue Reading »