Wesley J. Smith

Oh brother: PETA claims to be about ending all human use of animals, but its first priority is grabbing attention. The newest gimmick is a contest that will award $1 million to the scientist who first develops in vitro meat that can be sold to the public in place of steak or bacon. From the . . . . Continue Reading »

This is a perfect example of all that has gone wrong with our public discourse and what passes for important public policy. Facts simply no longer matter. What counts are narratives and motives.Thus Gail Collins, writing about global warming in the NYT, states: The Europeans have a perfect right to . . . . Continue Reading »

Washington’s Initiative 1000 to legalize assisted suicide is rolling in dough, thanks to Booth Gardner and the professional assisted suicide groups, who in turn, get much of their money from the likes of George Soros. Here is a breakdown of about $550,000 in campaign donations based on filed . . . . Continue Reading »

Studies about seniors being happy seem to have surprised a reporter. From the story:Eye-opening new research finds the happiest Americans are the oldest, and older adults are more socially active than the stereotype of the lonely senior suggests. The two go hand in hand: Being social can help keep . . . . Continue Reading »

Ha! I had some fun at the expense of Dr. Richard “a free thinking oasis” Dawkins the other day, accusing him here at SHS of being a Raelian because he states in Expelled that it is an “intriguing possibility” that life here was seeded by space aliens.Well, today Dawkins had a . . . . Continue Reading »

Showing how far adult stem cells have come in a very short time, our wounded soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan are being treated with their own stem cells to help treat wounds involving bones. From the story: With the dexterity of a carpenter, the finesse of a master chef and the tools of a . . . . Continue Reading »

You all knew it was just a matter of time, didn’t you? Yes, some ethicists have said that it is morally wrong to decapitate flowers and appear to have opined there is something of a right to life for plants. From the story: PLANTS deserve respect, a group of Swiss experts says, arguing that . . . . Continue Reading »

What a disaster the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has been. Management incompetence, fat executive raises in spite of the incompetence, conflict of interest charges sparking an official investigation, the list goes on and on. And now, it appears the CIRM tried to take credit that it . . . . Continue Reading »

Update: I am not surprised that the story turned out not to be true. From the story: The story about Aliza Shvarts’ project, published Thursday in the Yale Daily News, swept across blogs and media outlets— including the Drudge Report, Fox News and The Washington Post—before Yale . . . . Continue Reading »

I probably don’t say this often enough, but most biotechnological research is entirely ethical and exciting. Case in point: The FDA is poised to approve a test that picks up “biomarkers” that could tell researchers whether a drug is harming a patient’s kidneys during human . . . . Continue Reading »