Wesley J. Smith

The South African government has relegalized the culling of elephant herds. Predictably, animal rights activists are calling for a boycott. From the story: Beginning in May, the government will lift a 13-year ban on elephant culls, which are usually carried out by shooting entire herds, including . . . . Continue Reading »

Are you as sick of this kind of nanny state advocacy as I am? So called “experts,”—who I have come to believe are the cause of most society’s problems—are now proclaiming obesity to be more dangerous than terrorism. From the story: World governments are focusing too . . . . Continue Reading »

George Soros is a big fan of euthanasia and assisted suicide and wants to see it legalized everywhere. Toward this end, Soros has donated millions to groups promoting the cause—which I believe to be an ultimately abandoning policy that implicitly tells people with terminal illnesses and other . . . . Continue Reading »

I had a wonderful time speaking in the Tri City area of Washington as the campaign to kill the assisted suicide proposal begins. But it was a travel day from hell getting home. It’s at times like this that I turn to the SHS Funnies:Lio does Richard Dawkins a personal favor:The Larry the Croc . . . . Continue Reading »

The deconstruction of the CIRM, enacted by California, is earnestly to be wished. That won’t happen, but at the very least, given its many troubles, a good reorganization is needed. That is apparently the idea behind a bill in California. From the story in Entrepreneur.Com (no link):California . . . . Continue Reading »

Doctors deciding who will be allowed to fight to remain alive and who will be forced out of treatment is epidemic in the UK where nationalized health care combined with huge influence by utilitarian bioethicists results in some patients being thrown out of the lifeboat.This is a case of a near miss. . . . . Continue Reading »

Animal rights advocates and ALF apologists often say that they aren’t terrorists because all they do is burn buildings, and not hurt people. But they also terrorize their enemies with threats, like the one quoted below—intending to coerce her out of research by threats of burning her . . . . Continue Reading »

A few years ago this would have been a huge story. No more. The wind is slackening behind the embryonic stem cell research sails.Still, it is worth pointing out what the Times reported, and then, what they—so unsurprisingly—left out of the story: The scientists, at the biotechnology . . . . Continue Reading »

Lio meets Dick Cheney’s . . . . Continue Reading »

I admit that I am pleasantly surprised. The pro cloning bias among the political elite and media in Missouri make it almost impossible to get the straight information to the people of MO about this crucial ethical issue. When a new initiative to outlaw all human cloning was filed awhile ago, the . . . . Continue Reading »