Wesley J. Smith

In the wake of the Indian surrogate mother “gestational carrier’s” death and all the organ buying, and conducting unethical medical experiments on the world’s destitute, I took to the pages of the NRO to warn that “Biological Colonialism Kills:” From my . . . . Continue Reading »

The great embryonic stem cell debate has really faded, hasn’t it? I mean, when was the last time you heard the, “ESCs are the ONLY HOPE for CURES! CURES! CURES!” nonsense?I think there are several causes for the carnival folding up its tents and stealing out of town. Adult . . . . Continue Reading »

The European financial crisis has opened up a new black market opportunity—in human organs and body parts. From the New York Times story:With Europe roiled by financial upheaval, experts say that the black market for human organs — traditionally based in China, India, Brazil and the . . . . Continue Reading »

You are going to die. How’s that for a cheerful lede?  But it is true. You are going to die. So am I.  No escape. Deal with it constructively.Some say that when humans became aware of death, we invented religion for that precise purpose. But materialists don’t . . . . Continue Reading »

Some observers criticized the Obama Administration for trying to intimidate the Supreme Court after the Solicitor General’s apparently disastrous oral argument in favor of the law. Supposedly, the people would rise up in fury if the Supremes dared interfere with the carefully . . . . Continue Reading »

In a world in which all people are valued equally, testing the entire genome of a gestating fetus would be a splendid way to allow parents to prepare to care for a child born with special needs.  Alas, and to an increasing degree, our culture is one in which entitlement rules—including . . . . Continue Reading »

Planned Parenthood will be able to provide medical services to teenagers on a high school campus in LA. From the CBS2 story:Planned Parenthood and the Los Angeles Unified School District have teamed up in an unusual collaboration to reduce the number of unplanned teen pregnancies at Roosevelt High . . . . Continue Reading »

The “Last Moment Robot” has been created to be your companion as you shuffle off this mortal coil. From the CNET story:As a woman lies on a mattress on the floor, a small white machine attached to her outstretched right arm offers the following words:I am the Last Moment Robot. I am here . . . . Continue Reading »

The Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET) is one of the major transhumanist Websites.  The writers there really take the nonsense of uploading minds into computers and fashioning a post humanity seriously.I have opined often that transhumanism is a religion, that is, . . . . Continue Reading »

Legatus Magazine asked me to write a reflection on the current state of environmentalism.  Alas, and to an increasing extent, it is rife with misanthrope. From, “Anti Humanism Subverts Environmental Movement.”Environmentalism has done so much good — conservation, our national . . . . Continue Reading »