Wesley J. Smith

This is not a political endorsement: But it is a celebration of the culmination and success of an earlier fight on behalf of human exceptionalism—Abolitionism and racial equality.Abraham Lincoln who grew into abolitionism during his presidency, is smiling tonight as the first African-American . . . . Continue Reading »

The animal rights movement’s strongest claim promoting vegetarianism is ethical, as in “If it has a face, don’t eat it.” But that isn’t good enough. Too often they go into odious comparisons between the worst human evils and barbecuing a steak (PETA’s infamous . . . . Continue Reading »

The Oregonian is trying to defend the Oregon Medicaid rationing scheme and its offer to pay for the assisted suicides of patients for whom it denied life-extending chemotherapy. The idea behind the Oregon scheme was to expand coverage to people who were not the poorest of the poor, but at the cost . . . . Continue Reading »

Finally. It was several years in the making, but I have just electronically turned in my manuscript of the animal rights book to the publisher. It came in at between 90,000 and 100,000 words, not surprising given that “short-winded” is not exactly my strong suit.I can’t tell you . . . . Continue Reading »

When the MSM declares an adult stem cell success “stunning,” as the Washington Post headline does, you know it is a new day. In mice, scientists were able to transform adult cells into stem cells—from within the body! From the story: Scientists have transformed one type of fully . . . . Continue Reading »

The transhumanist psychologist’s last words, uttered moments before he suddenly realized that he had been chasing the literally impossible . . . . Continue Reading »

The Department of Health and Human Services has a proposed regulation up for public comment that would apparently provide protection for doctors who do not wish to perform abortions. From the story:The proposed rule, which applies to institutions receiving government money, would require as many as . . . . Continue Reading »

This isn’t presented as a political statement, but I love good political cartoons. This one from The Times of London is tops. . . . . Continue Reading »

So much good is happening in science that has nothing to do with controversial areas such as human cloning—that lest we forget that most scientific research is not controversial—I feel duty-bound to bring it to the attention of SHSers. Case in wonderful point: An engineer, who is himself . . . . Continue Reading »

Another early transhumanist experiment goes . . . . Continue Reading »