Wesley J. Smith

The term, “whipping a dead horse,” came to mind as I read a NYT opinion piece by their environmental reporter, Elizabeth Rosenthal.  She bemoans the reality that the USA just isn’t that into global warming anymore.  From “Where Did Global Warming Go?”:In 2008, . . . . Continue Reading »

So much for “choice:”  The Telegraph is reporting that some UK hospitals secretly apply DNR orders—without patient/family knowledge or consent—against elderly patients.  From the story:Elderly patients are being condemned to an early death by hospitals . . . . Continue Reading »

How can anyone deny human exceptionalism?  A New York Times story reveals that scientists have found the  remains of a “paint factory” in which exceptional humans in Africa used ocher for symbolic purposes 100,000 years ago.  From the story:Of special importance to the . . . . Continue Reading »

Psychiatrists shouldn’t practice amateur psychology from a distance or use their perceived authority to make points driven by their politics.  But that seems precisely what psychiatry professor Justin Frank has done twice now, once writing a book declaring W to have been . . . . Continue Reading »

Everyone told Obamacarians that their long term health care provision would not work. But it was put in as part of Obamacare advocates’ promise-the-sky approach to legislating. But now, reality has bitten, and Secretary Sebelius has admitted what was always known. It won’t . . . . Continue Reading »

For those who may not get enough of me here (ha!), I was interviewed a bit ago on the radio, and it has been posted on You Tube.  I embedded it for anyone interested.  Carry . . . . Continue Reading »

What a demagogue, devoid of intellectual integrity, lying about a bill that would certainly not prevent dying women from being treated medically in an abortion situation.In the above embedded video, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) claims that under the terms of the “Protect Life . . . . Continue Reading »

I am appearing next Wednesday night as part of a town hall about end of life care, sponsored by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.  Would love it if some local SHSers turned out an introduced yourselves.In advance of said panel discussion and audience Q and A session, I have a piece . . . . Continue Reading »

Portland is experiencing a suicide crisis. From the Oregonian story:The number of suicides in Oregon — which has a suicide rate 35 percent higher than the national average — keeps climbing. According to the state’s violent death report, there were 566 suicides in 2008, 641 in 2009 . . . . Continue Reading »

When I was a kid, there was a huge controversy surrounding a concerted federal government/dental community pus to put fluoride in our drinking water as a way of reducing tooth decay.  As I recall—and my memory is vague because I didn’t pay any attention at the time—the John . . . . Continue Reading »