Wesley J. Smith

Cathy Young, a libertarian writer, wrote this piece on transhumanism for the Boston Globe, which she launches using my piece published a few weeks ago in the Weekly Standard. Young tries to take the center spot between those who have a “knee-jerk fear of the unknown” (that would be me, . . . . Continue Reading »

I reviewed Ramesh Ponnuru’s book Party of Death in the current issue of the Weekly Standard. I gave it pretty much a . . . . Continue Reading »

In preparation for trying to convince the House of Lords to legalize assisted suicide, a small rump group in the BMA pulled a ploy that got the organization on record as neutral to legalizing PAS. But now the membership has weighed in and come out strongly against legalization. With the BMA now . . . . Continue Reading »

I was in France when word came through that AB 651 had failed in the California Senate Judiciary Committee. Splendid news. I was so pleased that Senator Joseph Dunn, the Democratic committee chair, came down on the side of true compassion and patient care by voting no to assisted suicide. When I . . . . Continue Reading »

Secondhand Smoke is pooped. It’s been a very busy winter and spring and after yesterday’s informational hearing, I am completely out of gas. So, Secondhand Smokette and I are heading to Europe for three weeks. Chances are, I won’t blog, but I will be checking the site and may post . . . . Continue Reading »

My piece on the transhumanism conference is in this week’s Weekly Standard, but there is no link available other than for subscribers. Here is a brief overview. In the article, I describe how transhumanism advocates obliterating the belief in intrinsic human value and replacing it with . . . . Continue Reading »

It was a very intense but fair hearing in Sacramento today. I was expecting a low key affair but the press was out in force and the hearing room full of both supporters and opponents of AB 651, the assisted suicide legalization bill. Here is my written testimony, an abridged version of which I read . . . . Continue Reading »

This is a hoot: Say hello to the all new “Genpets.” They are “allergen free, child safe,” and “life perfected.” These “mass produced” bio-engineered pets come in plastic packages where your “new buddy” rests in suspended animation” . . . . Continue Reading »

Advocates for assisted suicide know that when their agenda is described accurately and descriptively—they lose. So, they are ever about the task of trying to come up with new gooey euphemisms to describe assisted suicide—to be, if you will, the sugar that helps the hemlock go down.Latest . . . . Continue Reading »

Another mass fraud in the making in biotechnology—this time out of China. It appears that Dr. Hongyun Huang has been claiming that his aborted fetal stem cell treatments have had amazing restorative powers. But now, a study soon to be published reveals it may all be a fraud—worse than a . . . . Continue Reading »