Wesley J. Smith

Secondhand Smokette gets to the nub of the problem with Obamacare in her San Francisco Chronicle column today: It is a fiscal house of cards, built in sand, on a windy day.  Perhaps that is why the president and Democrats are so desperate for a Republican vote or two—then, they can share . . . . Continue Reading »

We supposedly live in enlightened times. But like the opening scene in Blue Velvet that shows the vermin crawling beneath the beautiful appearing lawn, the downtrodden in our world are exploited and oppressed in unbelievable ways.  Children are trafficked for sex. People are trafficked for . . . . Continue Reading »

I was asked to write a piece for an online magazine called The Church Report.  I decided to expand my criticism of the lawsuit in Connecticut to redefine the word “suicide” in the assisted suicide context to “aid in dying.” The suit wants a judge to rule that when the . . . . Continue Reading »

I have been warning for nearly ten years that the Medical and Bioethics Intelligentsia were committed to imposing futile care theory on the most weak and vulnerable patients.  Lately, we have been discussing the pronounced threat of health care rationing under Obamacare.  Today, I noticed . . . . Continue Reading »

Wayne Pacelle reveals the religious nature of animal rights in a column published in today’s San Francisco Chronicle . The head of the country’s most powerful—and rich—animal rights organization, the Humane Society of the United States (no connection with local humane . . . . Continue Reading »

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is the smartest and richest animal rights group around.  Unlike PETA, it doesn’t openly proselytize that old animal rights religion, e.g., sentience gives moral value, “a rat, is a pig, is a dog, is a boy,” the quote from Ingrid . . . . Continue Reading »

A nurse who went on the Internet to teach people how to commit suicide has lost his license.  From the story:Using the online aliases “Li Dao” and “Falcon Girl,” a male nurse from southern Minnesota participated in international suicide chat rooms and presented himself . . . . Continue Reading »

I have an article in the Center for Bioethics and Culture (CBC) newsletter about the continuing effort by many within the Medical Intelligentsia to redefine death toward the end of expanding the organ donor pool.  From my column:For years, organ transplant ethicists and some in the bioethics . . . . Continue Reading »

I love dogs and cats as much as most and have loved my pets deeply. But they are not children and shouldn’t be treated as if they were under the law.  Now, a bill has been tossed in the hopper that would grant tax deductions for the expenses of caring for pets. From the story:Should you . . . . Continue Reading »

Is there no bottom to our moral decline? A woman has written a memoir telling how she got pregnant on purpose fifteen times, and then aborted the babies . This isn’t a matter of law. It is an illustration of the hedonism of our times.  It is a matter of basic morality and the casting . . . . Continue Reading »