Wesley J. Smith

The perceived entitlement of the West sickens.  We now believe our lives are so important that with biological colonialism, some of us are willing to work with criminal gangs to grab the kidneys of the vulnerable destitute.  There is a shameful report out of the UN illustrating just how . . . . Continue Reading »

I am very confident that the Obama anti-Catholic and religious liberties “Free Birth Control Rule,” as it applies against religious institutions with dogmatic objections, is doomed by the First Amendment.  I had always assumed the case would be decided by the Supreme . . . . Continue Reading »

I have begun to argue that controlling health care costs will require that we make a greater distinction between medical “treatments” and “services.” Treatments involve diagnosing and treating actual disease (roughly stated), while services involve using medical . . . . Continue Reading »

The quest for male birth control, other than of the latex kind, has moved a step closer with the discovery of a gene involved in sperm production.  From The Independent story:A contraceptive pill for men which works by preventing sperm development could result from the discovery of a new gene, . . . . Continue Reading »

German doctors were not forced by the Nazis to commit infanticide or eugenic murder between 1939-1945, nor to participate in death camp atrocities.  Now, the German Medical Association has issued an unequivocal apology.  From Art Caplan’s column:Unanimously adopted by the delegates . . . . Continue Reading »

There is a tendency in media and among the public to blame racism and other assorted bigotries on ignorance, stupidity, or “superstition” (religion). And sometimes that is true. But just as often, evil comes from the top, down—from those who are the . . . . Continue Reading »

Oh joy. Yet another movie that features the “love” that supposedly is euthanasia. From the Daily Beast story:The plot couldn’t be simpler. Georges (Trintignant) and Anne (Emmanuelle Riva) are retired classical-music teachers who still relish each other’s company and the . . . . Continue Reading »

A very disturbing article in New York Magazine by Michael Wolff.  It tells the difficult story of his mother’s dementia, a course of physical and mental decline about which I am very familiar as my uncle died from the complications of that Alzheimer’s disease. But Wolff . . . . Continue Reading »

The UK’s rationing board, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) wants doctors to use more pain control. From the BBC story:NICE wants doctors in England and Wales to make more use of morphine and other strong opioids - the only adequate pain relief source for many patients. The . . . . Continue Reading »

Good ethics and good science are an unbeatable combination.  For example, I believe that in part due to President Bush’s keeping the focus on the value of human embryonic life, scientists looked for ways to get the hoped for benefits of embryonic stem cells, without . . . . Continue Reading »