Wesley J. Smith

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It turns out that Compassion and Choices—formerly the Hemlock Society—had a hand in creating the end of life “counseling” provision that caused such a ruckus in the Great Health Care Debate. I have noticed that C and C is trying to position itself as the Planned Parenthood . . . . Continue Reading »

My pal Dean Koontz’s long awaited Book 3 of his Frankenstein series, Dead and Alive, is out and selling like hotcakes. When we got our copy, Secondhand Smokette devoured it in one night.  She can read almost as fast as Dean can write!In any event, I hadn’t read any of the books in . . . . Continue Reading »

For the last few weeks a battle has been brewing in the ethics committee of the Wisconsin Medical Society, with a motion filed to have it go neutral on legalizing assisted suicide. I am happy to report that effort failed by a 13-5 vote. Medical ethics maintained in Wisconsin.  Patients . . . . Continue Reading »

I have noticed in the last year that the assisted suicide ideologues at Compassion and Choices are trying to reposition the organization—formerly the Hemlock Society—as the go-to group on information and methods of dying. It began with California’s AB 2747, pushed by C and C, which . . . . Continue Reading »

I was asked by To The Source to do a quick primer on the current health care bill.  Happy to oblige. I pointed out that policy holders could keep their “current” policies, but if the policy lapsed or was revised, any new policy would have to be government approved. I also noted that . . . . Continue Reading »

I wondered the other day whether President Obama knows what he is talking about when it comes to health care, pointing to, as his latest ignorant utterance, the claim that surgeons make up to $50,000 for amputating a foot.  Now, the American College of Surgeons has weighed in as well, none too . . . . Continue Reading »

I am beginning to think that President Obama hasn’t a clue about how the health care system works. The other day, he said that a foot amputation costs $30,000-$40,000-$50,000.”  That seemed high to me, so I went to the New York State Medicaid site and looked up the surgical fee . . . . Continue Reading »

The more President Obama speaks off the cuff in the Great Health Care Debate, the less he seems to know.  Recently, President Obama contended that surgeons are paid “$30,000, $40,000, $50,000” to amputate a foot. (Hit YouTube clip, above.) But, that doesn’t seem to be true. I . . . . Continue Reading »

This is unbelievably rude: Representative Shirley Jackson Lee talks on her cell phone during a town hall meeting on health care.  Why would we think they care less about our . . . . Continue Reading »