Wesley J. Smith

They keep getting it wrong.  If being human isn’t what gives us the duty to practice responsible environmental practices, what does?  Nothing.  But the global warming hysterics and others attack HE as somehow supporting the rape of the planet.Here’s an example from . . . . Continue Reading »

So much for people liking Obamacare the more they learn about what is in it. Majorities still oppose the law and 2/3 want it tossed by the Supreme Court.  From the ABC story:Two-thirds of Americans say the U.S. Supreme Court should throw out either the individual mandate  in the federal . . . . Continue Reading »

Andrew Ferguson of the Weekly Standard is one of the best writers writing. Recently, he took on the “after birth abortion” controversy, which we have dealt with extensively, so no need to revisit the details. But he opens with one of the most scathing criticisms of bioethicists . . . . Continue Reading »

The poor Copts of Egypt. They are under increasing persecution and now their patriarch has died .  With Egypt becoming increasingly Islamic, his successor will have to be as shrewd as a serpent and gentle as a dove. Memory eternal. . . . . Continue Reading »

This is good news.  The House of Representatives will vote next week to kill the authoritarian Independent Payment Advisory Board, one of Obamacare’s most egregious monstrosities. From The Hill story:Several Senate Democrats up for reelection tell The Hill they haven’t ruled out . . . . Continue Reading »

I predicted this in my annual prognistication: Unless something drastic happens, Vermont’s assisted suicide bill has been killed in committee.  Good riddance, says I.Interestingly, the Lieutenant Governor, who would break a tie vote in the Vermont Senate, pushed legalizing . . . . Continue Reading »

I don’t publicly endorse candidates, not that it would make a whit of difference if I did.  I do try to cast light on issues germane to Secondhand Smoke as they arise.  Thus, I defended Rick Santorum twice; first, when he was more right than wrong in his criticism of Dutch . . . . Continue Reading »

Reason has a very good article by a physician worried about how government control over health care is deprofessionalizing medicine—a big concern of mine.  From “The Coming Medical Ethics Cristis, by Dr. Jeffrey A. Singer:In 2010 the Patient Protection and Affordable . . . . Continue Reading »

We talked yesterday about transhumanism reengineering us to be short to save the planet.  Now, Peter Singer supports coercion to keep us from being fat.  Hey! I have an idea: Promote smoking and cocaine and crack down on pot!But I digress. Singer is no democrat, by which I . . . . Continue Reading »

I have often thought that transhumanism and global warming hysteria were a natural couple.  The former blames humans for killing the planet, and the latter believes we can redesign ourselves to achieve eugenic ends.  I have joked that transhumanist GWHs should want us to shrink all our . . . . Continue Reading »