Wesley J. Smith

Well, now: In an apparent acknowledgment that adult stem cell research is moving much more swiftly toward clinical application than embryonic, the CIRM is putting most of this year’s cache of taxpayers’ borrowed money into adult stem cell research.  The New York Times has noticed. . . . . Continue Reading »

“Expert commissions” to advise on contentious issues of public policy are usually political tools designed to come to a predetermined conclusion in order to pave the way for a desired  policy changes.  Remember that as we take a look at a new commission being appointed by the . . . . Continue Reading »

Switzerland, perhaps as much as the Netherlands, illuminates the perils of legalizing and culturally accepting assisted suicide.  The Swiss permit lay assisted suicide—proving that causing death is not a medical procedure—so long as the motive is proper.  This has led to the . . . . Continue Reading »

This is what I have been saying: Under Obamacare, “wellness” will be pushed to promote cost reduction.  It won’t work.  After all, that is what HMOs—health maintenance organizations—were supposed to be all about.  But HMO wellness programs didn’t . . . . Continue Reading »

Obamacare and its included hundreds of billions of cuts in Medicare hasn’t even passed yet, and the short shrifting of doctors fees in Medicare is already driving them away from treating seniors. From the story:Medicare has become a scary word to the doctors at the largest private group . . . . Continue Reading »

I used to think that people worried about one world government were more than a little paranoid.  No more. Indeed, the global warming hysteria is being mounted, at least in part, as a pretext to impose the beginning of one world government—which would be rule by bureaucrats.  Indeed, . . . . Continue Reading »

How stupid do our faithful public servants think we are?  The public option is in real political trouble, so what does Senator Harry Reid do?  Proposes a state opt out. From the story:Reid and his supporters are touting a national insurance plan to have state legislatures vote to opt out . . . . Continue Reading »

I’m a lawyer—thanks for not holding that against me—and my knowledge of law and the U.S. Constitution has me wondering whether the mandatory purchase requirement or pay a fine under all Obamacare plans passes constitutional muster. I haven’t done a study of the matter, but it . . . . Continue Reading »

The hysterics in the global warming crowd want us to give up everything that makes modern life prosperous and worth living. We are to give up having more than one, or at most, two children. We are to give up dogs and cats.  We are to give up flying—except Al Gore. We are to give up . . . . Continue Reading »

George Orwell called it, and now Speaker Pelosi rolls out the Newspeak.  The public option, is now apparently being rechristened, the “competitive option.” From the story:In an appearance at a Florida senior center, the Democratic leader referred to the so-called public option as . . . . Continue Reading »