Wesley J. Smith

Why don’t the American media report these stories (as if I didn’t know)? A new experimental gene therapy treatment seems to alleviate symptoms in Parkinson’s disease. From the Telegraph story:Evidence that a breakthrough has been achieved in gene therapy for serious brain diseases . . . . Continue Reading »

The below quoted piece of twisted thinking was posted on an assisted suicide list serve whose members are obsessed with “self deliverance” methods (my emphasis):If you are planning to self-deliver with helium and want to make your own “hood” but cannot find turkey-roasting . . . . Continue Reading »

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This story is unbelievable. New Zealand is refusing to let a woman emigrate from the UK to be with her husband because she is too fat. Wouldn’t want to let someone in who might cost the nationalized health care system too much money, don’t you know. From the story:Robyn Toomath, a . . . . Continue Reading »

The cultural ethic of “choice ubber alles” is growing increasingly radical. We have seen previously, that a few bioethicists have advocated that doctors be permitted to cut off healthy limbs of people suffering from Body Identity Integrity Disorder (BIID), also known as “amputee . . . . Continue Reading »

We just topped 20, 000 visits in the last 30 days, here at SHS. I am most pleased. We were growing steadily, had a bit of a decline in the summer, and have had a recent surge. I appreciate everyone who comes by, agree with me or not. I receive many compliments from readers when I am out speaking, . . . . Continue Reading »

Other names may be trying to catch up with Smith, but we will never give up the championship. Despite a bit of a decline, we are still number 1! From the NYT story:Smith remains the most common surname in the United States, according to a new analysis released yesterday by the Census Bureau. But for . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, this is some unexpected good news: Ian Wilmut is turning his back on human cloning.Wilmut has had several positions on this morally contentious and volatile issue. In his book The Second Creation, Wilmut wrote that he would not engage in human cloning. Then, he supported reproductive cloning, . . . . Continue Reading »

Have we not at long last had enough of investigations seeking to find rational bases for perceived racial differences among us? Now, Peter Singer—while rejecting racism—supports doing research into the genetics of Africans to see whether they measure up to other populations on the . . . . Continue Reading »

What a dumb headline from the AP: “Court Clears Way for Egg Rights Showdown.” No, there is no attempt to give eggs any rights.The story actually involves the court’s approval for backers of an initiative in Colorado to obtain petition signatures. If the proposal makes it to the . . . . Continue Reading »