Wesley J. Smith

Another transhumanist plot goes . . . . Continue Reading »

For the last ten years, “the scientists,” in order to win the political debates over ESCR and SCNT, often wildly hyped the potential for CURES! CURES! CURES! In the process, they convinced Californians—now facing a $16 billion budget deficit and tens of billions in bond . . . . Continue Reading »

Now this is a very sad story that would seem to be science fiction, but isn’t. Sonny Graham received the heart of a suicide victim named Terry Cottle. Afterwards, he seems to have assimilated something of the dead man’s essence into his being. From the story:The operation was a success . . . . Continue Reading »

There is an interesting story in the New York Times today that illustrates the difficulties of reforming our health care system to provide universal access. Massachusetts recently required universal coverage through private or public means. The consequence has been greater health insurance coverage . . . . Continue Reading »

A new study has just been released finding that the new Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells were efficacious in alleviating the symptoms of Parkinson’s in rats. From the story: A novel and untested stem cell therapy has significantly improved the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in rats, . . . . Continue Reading »

Will Saletan, with whom I often disagree but whose journalism and pondering in the area of biotechnology is top notch, has an article out in Slate about how sex selection is coming to America. From his column: Two days ago, economists Douglas Almond and Lena Edlund published an article in . . . . Continue Reading »

Parkinson’s Patients who received fetal cadaver tissue grafts and whose brains were studied after they died, showed that the disease continued to affect healthy tissue and thus cell grafts may not function long term. From the story: “These findings give us a bit of pause for the value of . . . . Continue Reading »

I was speaking in beautiful Eugene, Oregon yesterday—and so was Hillary Clinton. (For some reason she made the front page of the Register Guard instead of me.) During the Q and A session, she was asked about Oregon’s assisted suicide law and gave quite the Clintonesque support for . . . . Continue Reading »

This is so repugnant: Four seal hunters drowned when their boat capsized while being towed—a terrible tragedy. But to the radical Paul Watson, head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, the deaths of the seals killed in the hunt is worse. From the story:Fishermen were infuriated when they . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, I don’t literally hate her, but despite the good she has admittedly done, I consider Oprah! to be a destructive cultural force. Case in point is her inviting the “pregnant man”—who is really a woman who has had his gender reassigned—on her show, further hyping . . . . Continue Reading »