Wesley J. Smith

Surprise!  The mock “Ecocide Trial” about which I wrote the other day, found the CEO of the companies developing the tar sands of Alberta into usable oil to drive the world’s economy, was found guilty of “ecocide”—and in only 50 minutes.  From the . . . . Continue Reading »

That, as they say, is that.  When anti circumcision activists—known ludicrously (in my view) as “intactivists”—qualified an initiative to ban the circumcision of minors, we discussed it at length here at SHS.  Well, that led to a big fuss, a judge booted the . . . . Continue Reading »

In Euthanasialand—the fantasy world depicted by assisted suicide advocates—every family is loving and caring of their ill and elderly members.  In Euthanasia, no one is ever pressured to die early, either directly or indirectly, such as by being made to feel like a burden or . . . . Continue Reading »

I spoke at a conference this morning at which the famous author of Dead Man Walking , Sr. Helen Prejean was also speaking.  I had a moment with her just before the start of proceedings and found she was unaware of the pending execution of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani in Iran for apostasy.  . . . . Continue Reading »

I have worried before that stopping the normal onset of puberty in boys who believe they are girls, is a form of human experimentation—and on children, no less. And now another case has surfaced of an 11-year-old boy who is being kept medically from entering puberty. From the story:The lesbian . . . . Continue Reading »

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Pre natal genetic testing has turned into a search and destroy eugenic abortion mission that targets fetuses with Down syndrome, dwarfism, and other genetic conditions.  Indeed, we know that about 90% of such nascent humans become medical waste instead of being born.  Evidence showed that . . . . Continue Reading »

I hope this is a case of better late than never.  White House Press Secretary, Jay Carney, condemned Iran for its treatment of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who has been convicted of apostasy from Islam and is threatened with imminent execution” “Pastor Nadarkhani has done nothing . . . . Continue Reading »

The campaign to create a new “international crime against peace” called “ecocide,” which would land offenders, such as oil and timber company CEOs, in the Hague, continues to advance.  By making “ecocide” an international crime akin to genocide . . . . Continue Reading »

The brutal Iranian theocracy is still threatening to execute Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, apparently , after some buzz yesterday that the death sentence for apostasy from Islam might be overturned.  The general silence of the West about this blatant human rights violation—the arrest and . . . . Continue Reading »