Wesley J. Smith

This is the GWH’s gig: Economic downturn and even depression to “save the planet.”  A new study claims that an economic contraction equivalent to the Great Depression is needed to keep us real cool. From the Science Daily story:The study, conducted by José Tapia Granados . . . . Continue Reading »

Professor Michael-Don’t Eat-Your-Peas-Marder as a teenager:One of Obama’s new “happiness bureaucrats” on the . . . . Continue Reading »

An Oregon jury recently ruled that a child born with Down syndrome was wrongfully born because her mother would have destroyed her had the prenatal testing been properly performed.  Now, Bioedge reports about a similar case before the European Court of Law and Justice.Sigh.  Our ability to . . . . Continue Reading »

This satirical video tells some important truths about the stealth animal rights front group, the Humane Society of the United States (not to be confused with your local animal welfare human societies).  Funny—“We’re basically PETA, with suits and . . . . Continue Reading »

The darkness continues to spread in Switzerland. From the World Federation of Right to Die Societies:Following the initiative of 3 October 2009 launched by EXIT ADMD Suisse romande,  a vote will be held in the Canton of Vaud on 17 June 2012, hoping to change existing Swiss law in such a way . . . . Continue Reading »

The New England Journal of Medicine is a major player, perhaps the major player, among the Medical Intelligentsia. Its editors really, really want health care rationing.  After all, a rationing regimen gives the posse with which they ride a lot of power since technocratic regimes . . . . Continue Reading »

Political thuggery: The Obamacarians are threatening that Medicare will collapse in chaos if Obamacare is declared unconstitutional. From the AP story:Medicare’s payment system, the unseen but vital network that handles 100 million monthly claims, could freeze up if President Barack . . . . Continue Reading »

Bioethicist Art Caplan advocates taxing cats to help fund healthcare because they can make you sick, adding to the societal burden of care. From, “A Modest Proposal: To Solve Healthcare Funding Crisis, Tax Cats” at the MSNBC:Once a cat is in a home it is nearly impossible to . . . . Continue Reading »

The Medical Intelligentsia is bound and determined to devolve medicine into a technocracy. A professional practices medicine, providing optimal care to each patient as individuals. A technocrat is a service provider who provides consumers with medical care according to check . . . . Continue Reading »

The only time I cried reading a political columnist—except when my wife surprised me with a public tribute on our tenth anniversary, but that doesn’t count—was over a wonderful piece written many years ago by George Will about his son Jon who has Down syndrome. I don’t . . . . Continue Reading »