Wesley J. Smith

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I am sorry for all of the people who have been participating in the interesting conversation about the murder of Dr. Tiller. The comments have been lost, but hopefully will be found.  I am told we should be completely out of the woods in this regard tomorrow.  We apologize for the . . . . Continue Reading »

Good news: The comment function is now working directly from the “comments” link at the bottom of the page. We are definitely almost through the . . . . Continue Reading »

Once again assisted suicide is being presented by its supporters as somehow a necessity. That being so, they argue, legalizing assisted suicide would extend rather than shorten lives. From the story:The ban on assisted suicideis forcing terminally ill people to cut their lives short, the House of . . . . Continue Reading »

Some of you might have noticed that the comments have disappeared again.  This is a temporary condition, I am assured. I have also been told that the comments from the old site of SHS will soon also be imported.  Thanks again for your . . . . Continue Reading »

Our changeover is almost complete.  SHS can still be accessed at www.wesleyjsmith.com.  Soon the redirect will work faster. But for those who want to link it directly, the new URL is http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/secondhandsmoke . Muchas gracias. Merci. Danke. Much . . . . Continue Reading »

The Dutch don’t enforce their “protective” euthanasia guidelines in any meaningful way if the doctor does the killing. But if a non physician assists a suicide, there will be a (minor) consequence. Several years ago, for example, a nurse assisted a suicide and received a two month . . . . Continue Reading »

Assisted suicide advocacy, like effective advertising, creates a demand where it might not have existed before. That seems to be happening in the UK, where 800 people are reportedly on a waiting list to receive assisted suicide at the hands of Swiss suicide clinics. Check out Secondhand Smoke for . . . . Continue Reading »

If all goes as planned—which of course is never a sure thing—this week should see a material improvement in the bugs in the system. I am particularly eager for commenting to be fixed so that the permalink doesn’t have to be opened.Re comments: I have to approve all comments now, . . . . Continue Reading »

Dutch euthanasia cases have risen 10% in the last year. From the story:A total of 2,331 people made official requests for help with killing themselves under euthanasia legislation last year, a 10% increase on 2007, Nos tv reports on Friday.The figure comes from the annual report published by the . . . . Continue Reading »