Wesley J. Smith

Never in my life have I seen such widespread formal resistance by the states to a federal law than we have witnessed with Obamacare. Even during the Civil Rights struggles, there were far fewer states in revolt than we see now.  And polls continue to show majorities of the people wanting . . . . Continue Reading »

The It’s-Okay-to-Kill-the Sick-Crowd intentionally blur distinctions and destroy definitions in their quest for legalizing/normalizing doctor-prescribed death and even, Final Exit Network ghoul helium terminations. It really disgusts me.One of their favorite moves in this regard is . . . . Continue Reading »

A neurologist named Dr. Rohan Ramakrishna tells of a potential treatment for persistent vegetative state.  From the MSNBC report:Researchers from the University of Munich recently reported that they were able to awaken an 82-year-old woman who’d been in a persistent vegetative state by . . . . Continue Reading »

We are individuals, not statistics. But don’t tell that to the healthcare technocrats, who are now strongly urging that the NHS give all people over 50 prescribed statin drugs to lower the risk of heart attack—even people who don’t have any apparent need for the drugs.  . . . . Continue Reading »

Interestingly, I did an interview with a Polish magazine today that dealt precisely with the problem of abandoning the elderly to the abuse of euthansia and medical neglect of “quality of life” refusals of treatment.The former leader of the Catholic Church in the UK, Cardinal Cormac . . . . Continue Reading »

I agree with Tom Hartsfield, a physics Ph.D. student writing in Real Clear Science, who writes that the National Science Foundation grants should be reserved for “science,” not “social science.” From, “NSF Should Stop Funding Social Science:” By forcing . . . . Continue Reading »

I have little sympathy for a lawsuit that has been filed against the California Transplant Donor Network. Apparently, it received consent from a family for limited organ retrieval, but may have gone further than the family wanted or agreed to. And now, in the unfortunate American tradition, they . . . . Continue Reading »

The Final Exit Network “counsels” suicidal people on how to kill themselves with helium and a plastic bag.  They also “attend” the suicides and apparently “clean up” afterwards so that investigators are unaware of the helium element in the deaths.This . . . . Continue Reading »

Anyone who is somewhat familiar with my work knows I defend human exeptionalism from distinctly non religious/theistic bases.  Some people disagree with me about HE, of course.  But some who accept HE disagree that it can be rationally defended, seeing religion as a necessary predicate to . . . . Continue Reading »

A BBC commenter and religious leftist named John Bell went on a sexist tirade that was remarkable in its vitriol. He makes a point that people will do in groups what they would never do as individuals, which has long been known as mob psychology. No argument there. But the . . . . Continue Reading »