Wesley J. Smith

Well, RationalWiki—the “rationalists’” answer to Wikipedia, I guess, has sniffed out human exceptionalism and irrationally label it “creationism.”  From the entry:The angle the ‘Toot uses for this one is to publish a newsletter called The Human . . . . Continue Reading »

aObamacare’s Independent Payment Advisory Board is authoritarian. It does not “advise,” it imposes on cost cutting for Medicare—even over a presidential veto.  Moreover, it’s imposed “advice” is also immune from judicial review.  Frankly, . . . . Continue Reading »

The paperback version of A Rat Is a Pig Is a Dog Is a Boy, my critique of the animal rights movement, has just been published. From my Preface to the Paperback Edition:I had two primary purposes in writing A Rat Is a Pig Is a Dog Is a Boy, a project that took several years. First, I wanted . . . . Continue Reading »

Only humans are capable of true evil.  And only we are capable of virtuous goodness. That’s the nature of . . . . Continue Reading »

The assisted suicide movement is so full of pretense. It is “only” about terminal illness when nothing else can be done to end suffering, they coo.  Baloney.  Well, it is only for the “hopelessly ill.”  Baloney.  Once one accept the ideology of euthanasia, . . . . Continue Reading »

The European Court of Human Rights has refused to impose euthanasia on the EU based on the right to family life.  From the Reuters story:The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that it’s up to individual countries to decide on euthanasia. It also decided, however, that the German . . . . Continue Reading »

I grow weary of the continual attempts to spin and cover up the depth of the death culture of the Netherlands. For example, recently, articles have celebrated the official 2.8% euthanasia rate. But that doesn’t include assisted suicide (0.2) and the fact that 23% of euthanasia deaths . . . . Continue Reading »

President George Bush’s greatest success was the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPfAR), his signature program to assist poor countries afflicted with AIDS.  According to a Standford study, between 2004-2008, the program saved 740,000 lives.That benefit has continued . . . . Continue Reading »

The FDA has approved a pill that can help those having sex with HIV + partners avoid being infected. From the SF Chronicle story:The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the marketing of the first drug shown to curb the transmission of the HIV virus, a development heralded by AIDS . . . . Continue Reading »

It is not surprising that many of the most notable anti human exceptionalists are atheists. By attempting to deconstruct those uniquely human moral attributes that distinguish us from animals, they hope to make God go away.  Ironically, that would elevate us back into superiority . . . . Continue Reading »