Wesley J. Smith

Komen has surrendered and kissed the abortion ring.But that’s okay.  I think the pro choice fury directed at Komen was a huge PR debacle for PP and its supporters.  For years, the organization has used ancillary services such as breast cancer screening—which does not . . . . Continue Reading »

The good people at To The Source asked me to expound further on the thesis enunciated in my NRO article of a few days ago, accusing the Obama Administration of a full frontal assault on freedom of religion by trying to substitute the far more restricted concept of “freedom of worship” . . . . Continue Reading »

I told you so. The scientific/bureaucratic complex, I warned in the Weekly Standard, now losing their fight to control the world’s economy in the global warming fight, would soon turn their attention to obesity and propose the same kind of “remedies” to control what we eat as they . . . . Continue Reading »

This is rather stunning.  The Hill is reporting that Rep. Jackie Spier is leading the charge for liberals to abandon the Susan G Komen For The Cure charity because it has stopped funding Planned Parenthood.  From “House Dem Abandon Susan G. Komen After Planned Parenthood . . . . Continue Reading »

We hear much talk about how the health care system should take “quality of life” of the patient into account in medical decision making.  This issue is discussed in the Health Blog over at the WSJ today.  From “Informed Patient: Taking Quality of Life into Account in . . . . Continue Reading »

The sense of entitlement of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and its supporters would choke a cow.  California is about to run out of cash!—and its supporters worry that it might lose the ability to borrow even more money to bury my state under an even . . . . Continue Reading »

Many in the pro life community are celebrating the decision by the breast cancer charity, Susan G. Komen For the Cure, to break financial relations with Planned Parenthood. From the NYT story:In a decision that is inflaming passions on both sides of the abortion debate, the world’s . . . . Continue Reading »

Reason’s science correspondent, Ronald Bailey, has an interesting article out about the ethics of exploiting the natural resources of other worlds.  From “Does Mars Have Rights?”Does Mars have rights? What about Europa, Ganymede, and Titan—the moons of Jupiter and Saturn . . . . Continue Reading »

If this pans out, it will be a big WOW!  Endocrine Today is reporting that umbilical cord blood stem cells have enabled diabetes patients to reduce insulin intake. From the story:Umbilical cord blood stem cells have been successful in the treatment of type 1 diabetes, according to a press . . . . Continue Reading »

I have become increasingly convinced in recent years that the political Left isn’t concerned with liberty as much as power.  Obamacare is a classic case in point.  Mandate, after mandate, after mandate—and as I have said, using the regulatory power assumed by the Feds to reward . . . . Continue Reading »