Wesley J. Smith

As promised, my extended piece on the issue of “animal standing” to sue and its support by Cass Sunstein, rumored to be on the fast track to the U.S. Supreme Court and currently appointed to be “regulations czar” for the Obama Administration—is out in the Weekly . . . . Continue Reading »

As promised last week, my extended piece on Cass Sunstein supporting granting animals “standing” to sue in their own names, is now out in the Weekly Standard.  From the column:Imagine you are a cattle rancher looking for liability insurance. You meet with your broker, who, as . . . . Continue Reading »

Futile Care Theory is bearing down on us now like a...well you pick the cliche`. But it isn’t a joke. If you want treatment, and the bioethics committee of a hospital thinks it is “non beneficial,” your stated desires mean very little.Now the San Diego Medical Association has . . . . Continue Reading »

Ryan Sayre Patrico brings up a controversy here that is beginning to buzz around Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It concerns a statement she makes in an interview to be published this Sunday in the NYT Magazine , in which she opines that she once thought Roe v Wad e was about stopping the growth . . . . Continue Reading »

Much is being made in certain circles of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ginsberg stating in an interview to be published in the next issue of the New York Times Magazine, that she thought Roe v. Wade would be used to reduce the birth rate of certain populations “that we don’t want too many . . . . Continue Reading »

A bill has been introduced to prevent chimps and other great apes from being used in medical experiments, and to provide animals currently used for that purpose sanctuary.  From “Bedrooms for Bonzo” by Neil Munro in the National Journal (July 11, 2009—no link). From the . . . . Continue Reading »

Neuroethics is a radical new field within bioethics that, from what I have seen so far, seeks to rubber stamp every brave new world manipulation of the human being imaginable.That point aside, one area of discourse within the field is an attempt to precisely define the nature and workings of the . . . . Continue Reading »

/cen>I am often accused of stacking the deck in favor of human exceptionalism. And now, for a contrary view—sledgehammer . . . . Continue Reading »

Most people are unaware of how utterly unhinged some members of the animal rights movement are becoming.  That is why I occasionally provide a peek behind the curtain.  Today, over at my other blog RPDB (for short), I cover a thinly veiled murderous screed on one of the animal rights Web . . . . Continue Reading »

As President Obama tub thumps about cutting medical costs and old people are being targeted for rationing, some scientists are trying to find a magic pill to extend our lives.  And now, they may have found a candidate. From the story:Rapamycin, a drug commonly used in humans to prevent . . . . Continue Reading »