Wesley J. Smith

My friend Eric Cohen, resident scholar at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, has an interesting article” The Ends of Science,” in the current First Things (no link available). “Whenever I meet with scientists,” he writes, “I’m always struck by the optimism and . . . . Continue Reading »

For those who haven’t checked, here is the current status of the poll I fashioned to see how y’all read the tea leaves. The question posed was this: “In the next twenty years, what is the most likely scenario?” I gave five possible answers to choose from. Here is how you see . . . . Continue Reading »

Michael J Fox For Ben CardinMore deception from Michael J. Fox. In this ad, he claims that “stem cell research” “offers hope” for Alzheimer’s. But it is well known that of all of the degenerative conditions that either adult or embryonic stem cells could theoretically . . . . Continue Reading »

This story is amazing: A Taiwanese couple has cared for their unconscious daughter for 53 years. In today’s mainstream bioethical view, this is a “burden” that should not have to be countenanced. I say it is as profound an act of unconditional love as I have ever heard of. This . . . . Continue Reading »

I just heard a sound bite of Michael J. Fox saying that the extent of his symptoms in the ads wasn’t caused by going off his medication, but from “taking too much medication.” If true, and if he did it on purpose, he did intend to deceive. Taking too much medication to exaggerate . . . . Continue Reading »

They just keep doing it, but they can’t get away with it any more. The AP, byline Jim Salter, has a story about Michael J. Fox’s deceptive partisan ads and Rush Limbaugh’s speculation that the actor went off his Parkinson’s meds before taping them in order to make a more . . . . Continue Reading »

The calls are growing to open the door to markets in human eggs. The Telegraph has reported that Dr David Adamson, the president-elect of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, has called for opening the doors wide to purchasing eggs for use in IVF. Eggs are also needed for each effort at . . . . Continue Reading »

I have been going through the comments about the Michael J. Fox ads, euthanasia, animal liberation, and other issues we discuss here. And I must say, I am most pleased with the level of discourse. Unlike some sites in which cuss words and name calling are the order of the day, we converse. I . . . . Continue Reading »

Kathryn Lopez, over at NRO, has an excellent column on the human egg issue as it relates to cloning and the exploitation of women. The piece leads off with a quote from my good friend Jennifer Lahl, a mover and shaker behind the pro-choice/pro-life/pro-women advocacy group Hands Off Our Ovaries. . . . . Continue Reading »

The old Hemlock Society was batty, but at least it was truthful—in its name (after a poison) and its goals; the right to choose the time, manner, and method of death. Hemlock has changed its name and put on a false face as the euphemistic Compassion and Choices, where we now hear gooey talk . . . . Continue Reading »