Wesley J. Smith

I wondered how the president induced Big Pharma to support Obamacare.  Now I know: The bills extend the exclusive right to market brand names for biological drugs to more than twice the time currently allowed before less expensive generics can come on line.Sad that the US media don’t . . . . Continue Reading »

Given the state of the world’s economy, perhaps the time has come to rein in the funding of stupid scientific studies to ensure that they are limited to really important matters.  I bring this up because some scientists claim that the pill has changed women’s taste in men away from . . . . Continue Reading »

Senator Baucus’s proposal for health care reform passed muster from the CBO. From the story:A compromise health care proposal widely seen as having the best chance to win Democratic and Republican support would cost $829 billion over the next 10 years, nonpartisan budget analysts concluded . . . . Continue Reading »

A few days ago, I posted excerpts from a piece I wrote for CNS News about the drive among some within the Medical Intelligentsia to redefine death so as to permit increased organ harvesting.  It went up, and then, mysteriously disappeared.  I have been asked about this repeatedly, and some . . . . Continue Reading »

The usual suspects have filed a lawsuit to interpret Connecticut’s anti assisted suicide law as permitting “aid in dying.” Under this theory, terminally ill patients can’t commit suicide because they would want to live, but for their disease. So, when a doctor prescribes . . . . Continue Reading »

The assisted suicide movement doesn’t give a fig about consistency. If people attack legalized suicide, they pound the podium and assert that we must respect state’s rights.  But when states refuse to legalize assisted suicide—as in Montana—they file lawsuits hoping an . . . . Continue Reading »

A few weeks ago, as I have mentioned previously, I debated bioethicist and scientist Gregor Stock about designer babies.  An audience member has written a summary of that clash that pretty accurately summarizes our respective positions.  From the article in the CBC Newsletter by Evan Rosa . . . . Continue Reading »

You can’t make some things up.  All Nippon Airlines is asking passengers to use the facilities before boarding.  Why?  Using the toilet will lighten the passenger, hence lightening their collective weight, meaning—are you ready for it?—fewer carbon emissions!  . . . . Continue Reading »

This is what will happen if we permit government cost/benefit boards to decide on what treatments—and patients—are worth spending money on—and which aren’t.  The Province of Ontario, Canada, has limited life extending treatment for terminal colon cancer patients to save . . . . Continue Reading »

The latest edition of my podcast is up and ready for your listening (I hope) enjoyment.  In this edition, I discuss the issue of “animal standing” to bring lawsuits, and the now confirmed regulations “czar,” Cass Sunstein’s, support for the proposal.If we want to . . . . Continue Reading »