Wesley J. Smith

There is a lot of talk about repealing Obamacare under “reconciliation,” that is, by a majority vote not subject to a Senate filibuster.  Since the mandate has been made into a tax by the wave of Chief Justice Roberts’ magic wand, that might work.  But even though the . . . . Continue Reading »

The “all clear” has sounded.Yesterday, across Google, Facebook, Firefox, etc. people who wanted to read this blog were warned that doing so could harm their computers. The brilliant IT guy at First Things—thanks Joe!—has successfully defended against the attack, however it . . . . Continue Reading »

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A sign of the times: From the San Francisco Chronicle’s “Public Eavesdropping” feature in Leah Garchik’s column:“The doctor takes an egg from the mom, pokes a hole in it, puts a seed from the dad inside the egg and puts the embryo back in the mom.”- Fourth-grader . . . . Continue Reading »

Lately, I have been pondering the increasing use of medicinal means to achieve what are essentially non “medical” ends, by which I mean, using the knowledge of medicine to promote lifestyle agendas and fulfill what I am calling “consumerist” desires. I think . . . . Continue Reading »

Today is my country’s birthday.  I celebrate humbly, knowing I have no merit in having been born in such an astonishingly free and prosperous nation, for which I have never shed a drop of blood.But the Declaration isn’t “ours.”  It is universal.  . . . . Continue Reading »

Doctors are being pulled every which way but loose. On one hand, patients want optimal care. On the other, they are told by the Medical Establishment they must cut costs.  Some advocate that they become killers of seriously ill or disabled patients who want to die—perhaps even the . . . . Continue Reading »

A neglected patient in the UK was so thirsty, he called the police to get water—who were turned away by the hospital. The man died. From the Daily Mail story:A desperate hospital patient who died of  thirst after he was denied vital medication rang police and begged them to bring  . . . . Continue Reading »

I don’t even see why this is controversial. An anorexic woman was refusing to eat in the UK—and a judge has ordered her force fed. From the court ruling:E is a 32-year-old woman who suffers from extremely severe anorexia nervosa, and other chronic health conditions. On 18 May 2012, an . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, I think we are going to be stuck with this benighted law, thanks to a cowardly judge who realized it was unconstitutional under the commerce clause but wanted to save it anyway.Going forward, I think opponents need to pursue two tracks. First, continued implacable and . . . . Continue Reading »