Wesley J. Smith

Think of the animal rights movement as predators that threaten an entire herd: All the animals are under threat but it is the weak, stragglers, or isolated that face the most concerted attack.Thus, while all animal research facilities are under threat, Huntingdon Life Sciences is the most vilified . . . . Continue Reading »

A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order against the Governor of Illinois, protecting two pharmacists from having to dispense “Plan B” contraceptive pills due to religious objections. From the story:A central Illinois judge has ruled that the state can’t force two . . . . Continue Reading »

Great news: We have previously had human trials in which patients were weaned off of insulin with adult stem cells. Now, another study with newly diagnosed diabetes patients has achieved a similar success: And, it is written up in the Journal of the American Medical Association. From the . . . . Continue Reading »

I shouldn’t be surprised by anything the MSM does today in boosting social outlaws into cultural icons. For example, when Jack Kevorkian was at the top of his deadly game—even offering extracted kidneys from a disabled assisted suicide victim for transplant in a news . . . . Continue Reading »

This is a nice surprise. A professional site called Online MBA Guide has named SHS one among the “50 Best Business Ethics Blogs.” We weigh in at #45. Thanks MBA . . . . Continue Reading »

I shouldn’t be surprised by anything the mainstream media does today in boosting social outlaws into cultural icons. For example, when Jack Kevorkian was at the top of his deadly game—even offering extracted kidneys from a disabled assisted suicide victim for transplant in a news . . . . Continue Reading »

As I often say, the culture of death brooks no dissent. Now, none other than the celebrated academic Stanley Fish—perhaps best known for promoting post modernism (although he says he is an anti foundationalist, and who cares anyway)—claims that doctors and nurses who don’t wish to . . . . Continue Reading »

This could be very dangerous to the health and safety of FBI agents and others: The radical North American Animal Liberation Press Office—run by Dr. Jerry Vlasak, who has yearned for the murder of animal researchers—has created a Web site containing photos of FBI Agents, animal rights . . . . Continue Reading »

Radical environmentalism is growing, I fear, and its activists are increasingly willing to act against the interests and needs of human beings. In the UK, more than a hundred people were arrested, charged with plotting to sabotage a power plant. Had their alleged plot succeeded, it could have left . . . . Continue Reading »

Radical environmentalism is growing, I fear, and its activists are increasingly willing to act against the interests and needs of human beings. In the UK, more than 100 people were arrested, charged with plotting to sabotage a power plant, which could have left tens of thousands of people without . . . . Continue Reading »