Wesley J. Smith

This video vividly explains how computer technology’s geometric growth is profoundly changing the world—with results that may be beyond or ability to control. Secondhand Smoke notwithstanding to the contrary, by opening this particular Pandora’s box, we may have finally found the . . . . Continue Reading »

When the rulers of on line commentary site To the Source saw my piece ” Homo Sapiens, Get Lost ” in NRO about the growing anti-humanism that is infecting the environmental movement, it gave them an idea. They asked me to write a piece for TTS , using the same Brave New World analogy as . . . . Continue Reading »

Sometimes the truth really hurts:Piraro’s views are whacky but his daily cartoon is one of the best out there. This one really hit my funny . . . . Continue Reading »

When the rulers of To the Source saw my piece “Homo Sapiens, Get Lost” in NRO about the the growing anti-humanism that is infecting the environmental movement, it gave them an idea. They asked me to write a piece for TTS, using the same Brave New World analogy as a launching pad that I . . . . Continue Reading »

Overall, I have been impressed by the Obama Administration’s handling of the swine flu pandemic, which as these things go, does not appear to be Armageddon. (I am sure the Deep Ecologists are disappointed.) Part of the reason the government was so prepared, according to President Obama, is . . . . Continue Reading »

One of the great things about people is that we can find ways to find humor in almost all situations. Check out these photos of Mexicans wearing surgical masks due to the swine flu. I love the “in your face” quality to this. Also, how humans always find reasons to “do” art. . . . . Continue Reading »

Yesterday, I wrote about futilitarian law professor and blogger Thaddeus Pope’s “Seven Reasons That Might Justify Unilateral Refusal” of Medical Treatment, with my brief responses to each of the seven. Pope has apparently thought about it some more, and revised the post to now list . . . . Continue Reading »

I can’t remember an issue in which there was so much intellectual dishonesty or malpractice in media reporting than the embryonic stem cell/cloning debates—and that’s saying a lot! For example, when the Stowers Crowd began using the junk biological term “early stem . . . . Continue Reading »

Law professor Thaddeus Pope runs the Medical Futility Blog, the best such site dedicated to medical futility of which I am aware. He swings from the futilitarian side of the plate, but is always fair and even handed.Today he has posted “Seven Reasons For Supporting the Unilateral . . . . Continue Reading »

Some of our most formerly venerable medical journals are becoming increasingly radical. Critical Care Medicine, the journal for intensive care doctors, is a case in point. In the past, the Ethics Committee of the Society of Critical Care Medicine supported futile care theory, and quite notably, the . . . . Continue Reading »