Wesley J. Smith

This could get ugly. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has supported “presumed consent” to organ “donation.” And this in a country that also allows Futile Care Theory, particularly for those with “mental incapacities.” The danger is obvious and acute, don’t you . . . . Continue Reading »

This morning I awoke to this very caring—yet disturbing—column (“Searching for Dignity in Old Age” published in the Tampa Tribune), awaiting perusal in my e-mail. Real estate developer Jim Dyal writes movingly of his intense grief at the increasing debility and dementia of . . . . Continue Reading »

Former Governor Booth Gardner has filed his assisted suicide legalization proposal with the Secretary of State and is out buying, er gathering, petition signatures. If the past is any clue, most media will fall over themselves to applaud the effort. But there will be important exceptions, such as . . . . Continue Reading »

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)—a (very rich) animal rights group that doesn’t spout animal rights ideology but spends tens of millions to promote the agenda—has sued a New York fois gras company for allegedly polluting water. From the story:A federal judge in White . . . . Continue Reading »

No, not a cure, but a potentially efficacious treatment to reduce symptoms and maintain cognition. The Journal of Neuroinflammation reports that fifteen Alzheimer’s patients received substantial benefit from being treated with a drug normally used to alleviate rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. . . . . Continue Reading »

Advanced Cell Technology made huge international headlines last year by claiming to have created embryonic stem cell lines without destroying embryos. That announcement—typical of ACT PR—was way overblown. It turned out to be a modest proof of principle type experiment that had . . . . Continue Reading »

I get so sick of historical revisionism, that I decided to post this entry about how Democrats also backed the Terri Schiavo federal law. This is what Tom Harkin, Democratic senator from Iowa, said at the time:Where there is a genuine dispute as to what the desires of the incapacitated person really . . . . Continue Reading »

I am still mightily ticked at the “Baby Miracle” disgrace, so let’s have a humorous change of pace: Mr. . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, this is refreshing: Transhumanist and now former James Hughes disciple Justice De Thezier, has made a New Year’s Resolution to “quit transhumanism.” In the blog Cyborg Democracy, De Thezier, the founder of the Quebec Transhumanist Association seems to have recognized that . . . . Continue Reading »

My headline is the title of a must-read book about the eugenics movement by Edwin Black entitled War Against the Weak. Well, it’s ba-aa-aak! A pernicious new eugenics that is arising and already lashing out at the helpless and most vulnerable among us on several fronts, as it also threatens a . . . . Continue Reading »