Wesley J. Smith

The air of superiority in among the global warming hysterics tells me, at least, that we should not follow them into the potentially anti-human,  unprosperous, and far less free future into which they wish to take us.  Latest example, our own Secretary of Energy, who has called us . . . . Continue Reading »

On September 9, I was asked to appear on a web-cast for the Family Research Council about Obamacare. (I would also appear at a NOW web-cast, if asked.) It was a pretty good interview, if I don’t say so myself, with interlocutor Tony Perkins.  Here it is for your approval or . . . . Continue Reading »

The defenses of the NHS are growing so untenable.  In the latest horror story, one in six patients receive misdiagnoses.  From the story:As many as one in six patients treated in NHS hospitals and GPs’ surgeries is being misdiagnosed, experts have warned. Doctors were making mistakes . . . . Continue Reading »

A UK woman was implanted with the wrong embryo and will have to give birth to another woman’s child. From the storyA pregnant mother will have to give birth to another couple’s baby after a blunder by an IVF clinic. Carolyn Savage had the wrong embryos implanted into her and will have to . . . . Continue Reading »

This was oh, so predictable: Once the UK head prosecutor decriminalized relatives assisting the suicides of their suffering loved ones, you knew the activists would sense the weakness of resolve and demand more.  And sure enough, within a day, an old time euthanasia ideologue named Dr. Michael . . . . Continue Reading »

One of the greatest injustices of the Terri Schiavo case was the adamant refusal of Judge Greer to permit a renowned University of Chicago rehabilitation expert work with Terri to help her relearn how to swallow.  (Michael Schiavo had protected his future inheritance by denying her any and all . . . . Continue Reading »

Another example of the need for—and potential human benefit to be derived from—research on animals, was reported this week. Rats, whose spinal cords had been severed, were able to walk again with the use of an experimental medical procedure. From the story:Consistent electrical . . . . Continue Reading »

A disaster for the rule of law and the sanctity of life ethic: Despite the Parliament repeatedly refusing to legalize assisted suicide, the Lords ordered the UK”s head prosecutor to publish guidelines letting people know when the law against assisted suicide will not be enforced.  They . . . . Continue Reading »

Democracy means nothing any more. The UK Parliament repeatedly refused to legalize assisted suicide.  Then, a woman with MS named Debbie Purdy wanted to be able to go to Switzerland to kill herself, with her husband in attendance. So she sued.  The Lords—the UK’s supreme . . . . Continue Reading »

A UN report has warned that the H1N1 flu could kill millions around the world and cause social dislocation and anarchy.  From the story:The swine flu pandemic could kill millions and cause anarchy in the world’s poorest nations unless £900m can be raised from rich countries to pay . . . . Continue Reading »