Wesley J. Smith

I never thought it would come to this, and I am not a fan of Ron Paul. But... Paul and others have introduced H.R. 2218, called the “Parental Consent Act.” The purpose of the bill is to prevent children from being subjected to mandatory mental-health screening without the express, . . . . Continue Reading »

American physicians are threatened by their government with being forced into an untenable position. On one hand, they are professionally obligated to render optimal care to each patient based on individual need. On the other hand, they are increasingly being called upon by bureaucrats and . . . . Continue Reading »

Jack Kemp died yesterday of cancer, with which he was only diagnosed in January. By the time it was caught, it had spread throughout his body. Those who knew him mourn, and those who didn’t, like me, give a tip of the hat in appreciation to the pubic service of a respectable politician.But . . . . Continue Reading »

The science intelligentsia and our betters among the liberal elite want what they want—and they aren’t about to be constrained by the rules of fair and honest debate to get it. Thus, in the euthanasia debate—which itself is a word that once did not mean mercy killing but was . . . . Continue Reading »

Poor Philip Nitschke, so unliked, misunderstood, and unwanted. Here he is on a mission of mercy to permit old people to take Mexican animal euthanasia drugs if they are tired of life and to ensure that troubled teens to have access to the “peaceful” suicide pill in grocery stores. (Yes, . . . . Continue Reading »

Pay close attention to how the story I am about to discuss from the Philadelphia Inquirer was written to give a favorable impression of a suicide.It is about a woman named Rona Zelniker, who killed herself because of a disabling disease. Note that the word “suicide” is never used except . . . . Continue Reading »

From time to time I have pointed out the sad yearning so many seem to feel that their lives would not seem so lacking if only they could somehow be extraordinary—without having to actually work to achieve anything special. This desire is often the basis of movies and television shows . . . . Continue Reading »

Pig learns from Zebra that transhumanism is a pipe dream:Secondhand Smokette insists this cartoon is really about me. I disagree!This picture of me on my Blackberry while in Estonia, is irrelevant to her baseless . . . . Continue Reading »

Physicians are being pushed steadily into an untenable position. On one hand, they are professionally obligated to render optimal care to each patient based on individual need. On the other hand, they are increasingly being looked to by bureaucrats and bioethicists as serving another role—for . . . . Continue Reading »

In keeping with our discussion today of the power of technology—and adding in Yuval Levin’s insight that society has replaced “promoting virtue” with “preventing suffering” as its overriding purpose—you end up with this story: A man is accused of using the . . . . Continue Reading »