Wesley J. Smith

Rita Marker, head of the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide has a new article out about assisted suicide in Washington and how it subtly (and not so subtly) undermines the equal worth of all human lives.  She describes a program held at a hospital in which a social . . . . Continue Reading »

I don’t pay a lot of attention to the polls, but I never trust the polls taken for the New York Times.  Rather than reflect opinion, I believe the NYT tries to use polling to mold opinion in a direction its bias favors.Case in point: Its latest poll, which gave Obama a 56-33% approval . . . . Continue Reading »

If we are not careful, health care reform will become the convenient excuse to permit government intrusion into almost every aspect of our lives. Now, it appears that it may even become a matter of criminal law. From the story:Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) received a handwritten note Thursday from Joint . . . . Continue Reading »

Most of the focus in the Obamacare debate has been on HB 3200. But Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) has been trying to forge a compromise package. Instead, he has upset both sides, the Left because it has no public option and the Right because it too contains provisions that would, in the name of cost . . . . Continue Reading »

Assisted suicide advocates are cultural imperialists who, as they pretend they only want a “limited” change in law and culture, actually seek to widen and expand the euthanasia/assisted suicide license through the use of  loose definitions and broadly worded . . . . Continue Reading »

President Obama made a very unfortunate—but telling—analogy last month, comparing the public option in health care to the Post Office competing with Fed Ex and UPS. I commented on the problems with that argument from the pro Obamacare perspective at the time.The metaphor continues to cut . . . . Continue Reading »

My thesis, which has yet to be effectively rebutted, is that Big Biotech and the Bioethics Establishment want zero meaningful ethical parameters to be placed permanently around its stem cell/cloning/genetic engineering enterprise.  I was in a debate last week at Biola University against . . . . Continue Reading »

Dario Ringach was formerly a researcher at UCLA who used monkeys to learn whether an optical implant in the brain and attached to glasses could help the blind to see. But he was driven out of his work by terrorists who cared more for the monkeys than the blind, and were willing to terrify a family . . . . Continue Reading »

The UK Dept. of Public Prosecution has now formally issued its assisted suicide decriminalization guidelines. It is a terrible document that abandons people who are dying, and seriously disabled.The guideline, which is to be used by local prosecutors, lists assisted suicides that should be . . . . Continue Reading »

We’re calling you out, Mr. President. You have repeatedly said that Medicare benefits will not be cut under Obamacare.  Well, according to the Congressional Budget Office, that is flat-out not true. From the story:Congress’ chief budget officer is contradicting President Barack . . . . Continue Reading »