Wesley J. Smith

I am not a scientist, but I believe I am a good analyzer of information. I keep reading that ESCR is necessary because of the need for stem cells used in medical treatments to be pluripotent, that is, capable of becoming any body tissue. This never made sense to me, since apparently adult stem cells . . . . Continue Reading »

I just don’t understand the emotional stake some people invest in convincing us that humankind is nothing special in the universe. Indeed, some, such as University of Washington psychology professor David P. Barash, are willing to go to extraordinary lengths to knock us off the pedestal of . . . . Continue Reading »

My WEBsite just hosted its 50,000th hit. Most, I believe, are visits to Secondhand Smoke. When I began this blog (HT, Colin), I was skeptical about the genre. But I have learned that blogging is an excellent way to communicate with (a growing) number of people—and to be communicated to by . . . . Continue Reading »

Mike Spence of California’s Republican Party, blisters San Diego area Republican Congressman Brian Bilbray in Flashreport for promising in writing to uphold President Bush’s veto of the stem cell funding bill—when he wanted social conservatives’ votes to get elected to an . . . . Continue Reading »

This important study supports my hypothesis that science is being corrupted by the money imperative, and indeed, is becoming akin to any other special interest feeding at the government trough. Society looks to scientists to provide dispassionate, objective information so that proper public policies . . . . Continue Reading »

For all of moaning and groaning by the MSM and ESCR propagandists about Bush imposing theocracy on America for refusing to permit the federal government to fund the destruction of embryos for use in research, get this: Led by Germany, the EU has just passed its own stem cell funding bill and it only . . . . Continue Reading »

I have a book review of a wonderful history of the euthanasia movement in the current issue of First Things. It begins, “To read Ian Dowbiggin’s A Concise History of Euthanasia is to learn that in more than a century of advocacy for euthanasia, the arguments have barely changed at . . . . Continue Reading »

The UK has had a terrible time with animal liberationists trying to prevent the use of animals in necessary medical research. Apparently their campaign isn’t working. The number of animal experiments rose by 2% last year. Obviously, animals should not be subjected to research for frivolous . . . . Continue Reading »

Oh, puhleese: Time is now fear mongering that our top stem cell scientists will flee to Singapore to do stem cell research because of the President’s veto. Wait a minute! I thought they were all going to be coming to California to get a piece of the $3 billion we will be handing out in my . . . . Continue Reading »

So, my governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, has authorized California to borrow $150 million to fund the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine. This means a lot of money is going to go to human cloning and ESCR, more perhaps than researchers will be able to spend—money that may well never . . . . Continue Reading »