Wesley J. Smith

Oh, the whining. Massachusetts has funded and permitted human SCNT, but it forbids the buying and selling of human eggs for biological research. This has apparently brought research into human cloning to a halt because women aren’t particularly interested in risking their lives, fecundity, and . . . . Continue Reading »

As I write my book about the animal rights movement, I have noticed a crescendo of advocacy, er, studies, that seek to make chimps seem more human, the point—sometimes explicitly stated—to destroy human exceptionalism.Along these lines is this “study” that claims chimps make . . . . Continue Reading »

One of the tactics of the euthanasia/assisted suicide movement is to get medical organizations to “go neutral” on assisted suicide. Which is a ridiculous notion when you think of it. I mean, how can a responsible professional association not have an opinion on a matter of such profound . . . . Continue Reading »

Whilst I was in Seattle this summer, I was interviewed by Anika Smith of the Discovery Institute about my sometimes winding path in public advocacy. I describe how John Kennedy’s “power of idealism” stimulated my interest in public policy, how my mentor Ralph Nader profoundly . . . . Continue Reading »

I was interviewed for almost an hour for this story, which I think is pretty straight and down the middle, published today in the Daily Journal, California’s leading legal newspaper (no link available). The story concerns the suicide “counseling” in which Compassion and Choices . . . . Continue Reading »

One of the primary purposes behind ESCR and human cloning research, in my view, is to eventually genetically engineer human progeny. Such research is now in its very early stages. But I think this Nobel Prize is an indicator of where things are heading. From the story: The three scientists were . . . . Continue Reading »

Proposition 71 established a closed doors grant approval process, in which the CIRM doles out hundreds of millions of borrowed taxpayers dollars to private industry and public entities to conduct human cloning and embryonic stem cell (and related) research. All has not gone well so far, with key . . . . Continue Reading »

“Dr. Rat’s Brain Augmentation Surgery,” runs into a . . . . Continue Reading »

I used to support a single payer plan for national health insurance. Now, I am very dubious. Here’s one reason from Canada. From the story:A problem in Canada’s hospitals is sending scores of pregnant women south of the border to have their babies. Carri Ash of Chilliwack, B.C. was sent . . . . Continue Reading »

This old show of Issues Etc. Radio Program just became available on MP 3. In it, I respond to Ron Reagan’s 2004 speech to the Democratic National Convention. I point out that RR played a big game of bait and switch: that is, the speech was touted about pressuring President Bush to increase . . . . Continue Reading »