Wesley J. Smith

The Alliance Defense Fund, which helped save Jesse Ramirez’s life, has won another one, at least for now. From its press release: On May 16, the patient’s husband filed the suit P.C. v. K. against the hospital and a doctor in order to keep the medical staff from removing his wife’s . . . . Continue Reading »

This is an awful story, but I think it is relevant to the underlying cultural struggle about people with disabilities reflected in the brouhaha set off by the Palins’ embrace of their son, Trig. In the UK, a mother is charged with murdering her 4-year-old daughter because she was . . . . Continue Reading »

This story was brought to my attention by “greg” in the comments to a previous post, which I appreciate, and I comment about here because it is worth more prominent notice: A Globe and Mail (Canada’s national newspaper) story reports that Andre Lalonde, executive vice-president of . . . . Continue Reading »

I continue to be amazed at the unvarnished vitriol aimed at Sarah Palin. In Salon today, not a fringe publication, the “popular culture” writer Cintra Wilson launches a demagogic diatribe—complete with Viagra jokes and which uses the f-word—that is so over the top it is past . . . . Continue Reading »

The concept of science as religion is apparently growing. In Berkeley, a new “temple to the religion of science” is soon to open. From the New Scientist story:“Praise be to Darwin! We are gathered here today to give thanks to those scientists who have given us something to sustain . . . . Continue Reading »

An assisted suicide bill sponsored by Greens in Victoria, Australia was defeated handily in the Provincial Parliament. Good. I bring this up because the scope of who would qualify for mercy killing under the proposal was quite broad. From the story: The Medical Treatment (Physician-Assisted Dying) . . . . Continue Reading »

There s an old saying: “The devil made me do it.” The modern iteration of this I-can’t help-myself-excuse is: “My genes made me do it.” This idea was boosted in a report recently that men with a certain gene variant were twice as likely to commit adultery as men without . . . . Continue Reading »

Dumb move: Senator Joe Biden has implied that Sarah Palin doesn’t care as much as he does about special needs children because she does not support embryonic stem cell research. From the story: “I hear all this talk about how the Republicans are going to work in dealing with parents who . . . . Continue Reading »

Can you believe this? A story reports that a mountain lion was courageous for standing up to human hikers! From the story:EUREKA, CA—A local mountain lion came face-to-face with a group of hikers and made it out alive, sources reported Monday. Wildlife officials are crediting the courageous . . . . Continue Reading »

Never has a vice presidential selection caused such a firestorm of con and pro—or generated what can only be called hatred in some of her opponents. The conservative columnist Mona Charen thinks, as I do, that a lot of this is about Trig: From her column:Something about Sarah Palin set them . . . . Continue Reading »