Wesley J. Smith

It used to be that the parental ideal was to expose one’s children to many and varied activities so that they could discover for themselves the avocations and activities that most suited them. But apparently that’s too messy and time consuming for some. A company is now offering to test . . . . Continue Reading »

The country that has declared a constitutional right to assisted suicide for the mentally ill, and put the dignity of individual plants into its constitution, is now about to formally ratify prescribing and giving addicts their heroin. From the story: Dr. Daniele Zullino keeps glass bottles full of . . . . Continue Reading »

During the campaign over Proposition 71, I warned that even if the Golden Gate Bridge fell into the ocean and an earthquake devastated Los Angeles, “the scientists” would be constitutionally entitled to $300 million of borrowed taxpayers’ money each year. The media was so caught up . . . . Continue Reading »

In Finland, some ALF-type activists raided a chicken farm and killed thousands of chickens in the process. From the story:Suspected radical animal welfare activists raided a poultry farm in Narpio in the southwest of Finland Thursday night. The raiders broke eggs, and destroyed electric equipment, . . . . Continue Reading »

In my newest What It Means to be Human podcast, I discuss some United Kingdom cases suicide and assisted suicide cases and how the culture of death ethos they epitomize how current trends lead to the abandonment of the despairing. Here is the homepage for all of my . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, well, well: We are told that only the desire to impose religious belief stands in the way of the development of a thriving embryonic stem cell regenerative medical sector. That has always been wrong, but now there is vivid proof: The EU patent office has rejected a patent request for the . . . . Continue Reading »

This is what we are becoming. Valerie Myer was disabled by Parkinson’s disease and wanted to commit suicide. That was apparently okay with her husband, who is furious he couldn’t assist her. I will let the story speak for itself: Mr [Michael] Grosvenor Myer described his wife’s . . . . Continue Reading »

This is a follow up of an earlier post discussing Australia’s refusal to grant a German physician and his family permanent residency because his son has Down. Well the light of publicity apparently so embarrassed the country that the decision has been reversed. From the story:A decision to . . . . Continue Reading »

When this story was thrown through the proverbial transom, I thought it must be from The Onion. Alas, no. A student organization at Carleton University has dropped supporting cystic fibrosis charities because the disease is not diverse enough. I kid you not. From the story:The Carleton University . . . . Continue Reading »

I am a man with deep connections to the political left, for example, writing four books with Ralph Nader. But those Movement (not Nader) ties frayed and then snapped, first due to the Left’s embrace (before the disability rights movement engaged the issue) of assisted suicide, reinforced . . . . Continue Reading »