Wesley J. Smith

In “Keep Scientists Safe,” neuroscience professor Jeffrey Kordower had the guts to unequivocally identify terrorism in the name of animal rights as the thuggery it is. From his column in the Chicago Tribune:Black-masked attackers disrupting a child’s birthday party. A firebomb left . . . . Continue Reading »

Have any of you seen the commercial in which the patient is being instructed by the doctor on how to perform his own surgery? Well, that is more than afforded a grandmother over in the UK who couldn’t get a dentist to pull her teeth. From the story: A grandmother performed her own tooth . . . . Continue Reading »

I am doing the Bill O’ Reilly radio show today, guest host Tony Snow. The time is set for 1:30 Eastern, 10:30 Pacific. Topic, assisted suicide. The show is syndicated so it may play at different times in your area, should you wish to tune in. Or, it can be live streamed . . . . Continue Reading »

In the wake of their loss, the Schindler family created the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation to stand up for the intrinsic equal dignity of profoundly disabled people and to hold the line against bioethical agendas such as assisted suicide and Futile Care Theory. This has caught the attention of . . . . Continue Reading »

I have had some buzz today that a new futile care case may have come to the fore after an Illinois nursing home, the North Logan Healthcare Center in Danville, was fined for violating a patient’s advance directive declaring that he wanted to be resuscitated. But as I looked at the case based . . . . Continue Reading »

One of the things that drives me up a wall is what I call post modernist advocacy, in which narratives, rather than facts, drive the debate. Animal rights, and its assertions about animal research, is a classic case in point.There are actually two themes found in animal rights advocacy on this . . . . Continue Reading »

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Apparently the critical word that PETA euthanizes dogs and cats has gotten under the skin of its leadership. Thus when Gina Spadafori, a writer about pet issues, contended that these animals were brought to PETA to be placed in homes, PETA threatened to sue for defamation. From the lawyer’s . . . . Continue Reading »

Health care American style.Charlie Brown is elected President of the United States and calls for sacrifice. The American people . . . . Continue Reading »

Botox has been out for a long time, but it might need another look as to its safety thanks to a study done in rats on a related substance. From the story:Botulinum neurotoxin type A, sold as Allergan Inc.’s Botox remedy for wrinkles, can move from its injection site to the brain, a study . . . . Continue Reading »