Wesley J. Smith

Human beings are exceptional.  I honestly don’t know how anyone can begin to deny it.  In the known universe, there has never been a species possessing our unique attributes, which are distinctions that make a moral difference, such as rationality, moral agency, the capacity for . . . . Continue Reading »

How do I put this delicately?  As men—-age—they may find that their—prowess—can’t be as frequently—expressed—as when they were young bucks.  But we live in an age in which a certain demographic—mine, actually—is targeted for drugs and . . . . Continue Reading »

Media creates myths that revise history.  Example: ”Terri’s Law,” by which Congress sought to save Terri Schiavo’s life is now called a “Republican” intrusion into a private situation.  But guess how many Democrats in the U.S. Senate opposed the . . . . Continue Reading »

This is hysterical.  To publicize the skeptics’ case—and to protest their exclusion from the in-crowd climate conference—Lord Monckton has parachuted into Durbin.  Very funny stunt.I met Lord Monckton last summer when we both spoke at the same conference.  When we . . . . Continue Reading »

I have my differences with Reason’s science writer, Ron Bailey.  But he sure has a great gig.  He is now in Durbin, South Africa, reporting on the latest global warming hysteria climate change conference, and finds rampant delusionalism.  From “Delusional in . . . . Continue Reading »

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Back in 2003, Holly Paterson died, age 18, died from septic shock after taking the abortion pill known as RU 486.  Since then, her father Monty has researched the safety of what is sometimes called “medical abortion.”  From the SF Chronicle story (link behind paywall . . . . Continue Reading »

We have discussed the “Liverpool Care Pathway” here before.  The LCP is a procedure wherein patients suffering intractable pain are permitted to be sedated.  But the Protocol soon was abused. Rather than being a guidance, some doctors used it as a paint-by-the-numbers kind of . . . . Continue Reading »

Pro choice and pro life women have come together in coalition to protect women from being exploited for their eggs by Big Biotech. Reason?  Women would take all the risks and the companies could make all the money but for the small payments to women to undergo the unnecessary extration . . . . Continue Reading »

Scientists have known for a few years that Ambien can awaken people diagnosed in an unconscious condition. (I first wrote about it back in 2006.) The above NYT video illustrates the great potential here.Note please, that doctors urged Chris’s parents to stop treating him, which probably . . . . Continue Reading »