Wesley J. Smith

Just what does it mean for a river to have “rights”? Continue Reading »

When does a laudable desire to reduce healthcare costs become an obsession with controlling how we live our lives? Continue Reading »

Those who throw out accusations of “speciesism” seek to subvert human exceptionalism. Their framework should be rejected as a prescription for tyranny every time it is proposed. Continue Reading »

Last week, I moved from California to the Washington, D.C. area. I don’t expect to return. Alas, I don’t want to return. Continue Reading »

There has been much handwringing about the news that scientists injected human stem cells into pig embryos, creating a mostly-pig-but-a-little-bit-human chimera. Here are some other questions that must be debated about this emerging technology while it remains in the gestational stage: Continue Reading »

Nat Hentoff epitomized that “power of life.” So, fare thee well, you wonderful Jewish, atheist, civil-libertarian, leftwing pro-lifer. Continue Reading »

Here are five bioethical issues that have the potential to explode into controversy. Continue Reading »

China’s unexpected economic vibrancy almost masks its authoritarianism—but after a few days, the authoritarianism is plain to see. Continue Reading »

The state is abandoning the institutionalized terminally ill to their darkest impulses. This isn’t compassion. Continue Reading »

Many programs depict evil as real, of course. But only rarely do we see an unabashed presentation of practiced religion as the antidote. Continue Reading »