Wesley J. Smith

I have been repeatedly asked when my podcast for the Discovery Institute, What It Means To Be Human, will return. Soon, my pretties.  Very soon.The problem had to do with the time pressure of other work and personal matters. Then, my laptop crashed and burned.  My new system has Vista and . . . . Continue Reading »

      I continue to scratch my head over the response of Obamacare supporters to the concern about Medicare “end of life” counseling sessions. Liberal Boston Globe columnist Ellen Goodman, for example, scorns the worry as a . . . . Continue Reading »

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This is the kind of action that PETA and many other “mainstream” animal rights groups refuse to condemn. The vacation home of a drug company executive was torched and his mother’s ashes stolen. From the story:British animal rights activists have been accused of burning down a . . . . Continue Reading »

Oh burr-u-ther! A “study” is out blaming “psychological barriers” for preventing us from getting all hot and bothered about global warming, er, climate change.  From the story:Psychological barriers like uncertainty, mistrust and denial keep most Americans from acting to . . . . Continue Reading »

On July 16,  Betsy McCaughey alleged on the Fred Thompson radio program that Medicare recipients would be required under the House health reform bill to receive end-of-life counseling every five years.  That set off a firestorm that roiled the debate for two weeks.  It was not . . . . Continue Reading »

SHSers, and readers of the news in general, know all about the “mandatory” end of life counseling controversy that erupted a few weeks ago concerning  HB 3200.  The brouhaha started on July 16, when Betsy McCaughey alleged that seniors would be required to receive counseling . . . . Continue Reading »

The president hasn’t supported this plan, but many Democrats (and John McCain during the campaign) want to tax employee health insurance as income if the benefits or employee’s income are above a certain point. I understand the notion as a way of raising revenue—the . . . . Continue Reading »

I have been discussing the anti-humanism of radical environmentalism for some time now here at SHS, that is, the idea that humans are the enemies of the planet and we must depopulate dramatically or the planet might die. This meme has been adopted by the global warming crowd too. For example, in the . . . . Continue Reading »

Supporters of health care reform respond to the charge that Obamacare will lead to health care rationing with two paradoxical arguments. First, they deny that rationing is being contemplated.  Then, they argue that health care is already rationed anyway, so we might as well do it right. (The . . . . Continue Reading »