Wesley J. Smith

Oh good grief. A book reviewer named Justin Moss, discussing a book called Ethics and Animals, completely misstates the definition of human exceptionalism. From the Metapsychology blog:In the first chapter, Gruen identifies and analyzes a philosophical view she refers to as “human . . . . Continue Reading »

Sigh. I like it when prominent politicians criticize euthanasia. But I wish they would be more careful with their words because when they get the details wrong, it can do more harm than good.  Such might have been the case with Rick Santorum in an interview with James Dobson.  He told the . . . . Continue Reading »

This is so unsurprising.  Much was made a bit ago that the Heartland Institute receives donations to fight global warming alarmism.  Well, it turns out that the supposed proof came from deceptively obtained papers and one alleged forgery.  The guilty party for the . . . . Continue Reading »

Another in an endless series of language kerfuffles has broken out, this time over using the common phrase ”chink in the armor” in a sentence involving a Chinese basketball player.  As is often the case, I think this is an example of people of a certain political stripe reading . . . . Continue Reading »

Scientists claim that the first hamburger made from stem cells may soon be available for consumption. From the Telegraph story:By generating strips of meat from stem cells researchers believe they can   create a product that is identical to a real burger. The process of culturing the . . . . Continue Reading »

IVF was promised as a generally minor matter that would be available for married couples, otherwise unable, to have biological children.  Of course, that relatively conservative agenda held for about two seconds. It is now a huge industry, with unmarried people using it to get . . . . Continue Reading »

I am traveling and so forgive my conscripting the magnificent Charles Krauthammer as the primary opiner in this post.  But he has splendidly, articulately, and very succinctly summarized the constitutional crisis that the Obamacarians have brought upon this country with either malice . . . . Continue Reading »

Yesterday, I bemoaned the latest historical revisionism about the passage of the federal law to protect Terri Schiavo. I am so sick of the pretense that it was a Republican theocratic game—when in reality, it was a very bipartisan bill choreographed through passage by the leaders of both . . . . Continue Reading »

Revisionist history strikes a beat; Into your heart it will seep: Latest example, a materially false opinion piece in the Atlanta Journal Constitution by Jay Bookman. First, Bookman says he was appalled by “political overreaching,” the second of which involved Terri Schiavo. From . . . . Continue Reading »

My wife, the syndicated San Francisco Chronicle columnist Debra J. Saunders, has a splendid column out today about the Anti Liberty Obama Free Birth Control Rule imposition.  She makes a few points I have not made here, so let’s take a look.First, she notes that the Obama imposition is . . . . Continue Reading »