Wesley J. Smith

The UK has fallen off a vertical moral cliff. First, the head prosecutor for England and Wales effectively decriminalized family and friends assisting the suicides of people with serious disabilities and terminal conditions .  Now, a coroner’s inquest has determined that physicians were . . . . Continue Reading »

I wrote some time ago about the awful and tragic case of Kerrie Woolterton. Woolterton was badly mentally disturbed, so much so, that she now only wanted to commit suicide but repeatedly tried to by swallowing anti freeze.  The last time she tried, she called an ambulance and then pinned a note . . . . Continue Reading »

It is really dangerous for a free country when bills are written so arcanely and in such a convoluted way that legislators have no idea what they are voting for or against.  A Senate Democrat has admitted this is the case with the upper house’s version of Obamacare, and hence, he . . . . Continue Reading »

Obamacare was supposed to be about providing “affordable” health insurance for all. But now, smokers and the obese may face penalties, perhaps even as high as 50%!  From the story:Despite opposition from more than 50 health groups, the Finance Committee approved an amendment . . . . Continue Reading »

I reported earlier today that scientists have concluded that we did not evolve from apes.  In response, a source sent me a book review that appeared in the New Scientists I had missed.  It turns out that our apparent genetic closeness does not mean that we are that closely related to . . . . Continue Reading »

Human exceptionalism received a boost today with the news that human beings apparently did not evolve from apes.  From the story:The skeleton of an early human who lived 4.4 million years ago shows that humans did not evolve from chimpanzee-like ancestors, researchers reported on Thursday. . . . . Continue Reading »

A great shell game is being played by supporters of Obamacare.  Abortion isn’t “in the bill,” they loudly proclaim, and “illegal aliens aren’t covered.”  Yet, as they loudly decry those worried about such matter as “lying about the . . . . Continue Reading »

It is one disaster after the next for the UK’s NHS. Now, computer problems are hitting people where they hurt. Literally. From the story:Thousands of people are being forced to wait six months or more for hospital treatment or tests because of problems with the £12.7 billion project to . . . . Continue Reading »

The bioethical and transplant communities continually agitate to increase the number of donated organs by loosening standards of declaring death. Now Nature has added its hefty editorial voice to the call, even claiming that doctors today cut corners and falsely declare brain death. If that is . . . . Continue Reading »

Oh, oh: Here they come.  Nature is one of the top science journals in the world.  What is published within its pages matter.  And now, it has editorialized to loosen standards of declaring brain death so that more organs can be harvested.  From the editorial:The law seems . . . . Continue Reading »