Wesley J. Smith

Oh waaa!I don’t like petty blog feuds, and I am not launching one, here.  But for the second time, “faculty level” stem cell scientist Paul Knoepfler has made false accusations against me, and the Internet being what it is, I have to respond to keep the record . . . . Continue Reading »

The great Mark Steyn calls it a “fourth trimester abortion,” and I can’t top that, so I won’t even try. But here are the awful facts: A woman gave birth, strangled her unwanted baby to death, threw it in a neighbor’s yard—and the judge likened the murder to . . . . Continue Reading »

Another judge has ruled that the individual mandate under Obamacare is unconstitutional.  From the story:President Obama’s plan to require individual Americans to purchase health insurance or pay a penalty exceeds the powers granted both the president and Congress by the Constitution, a . . . . Continue Reading »

I opposed Gov. Rick Perry’s attempt to make the HPV vaccine mandatory for all of Texas’s girls. But this is ridiculous. In attempting to hit Perry for “crony capitalism” because of his ties to the vaccines manufacturer—a fair hit—she goes way out of bounds by . . . . Continue Reading »

I met my wonderful friend, Mark Pickup, in Vancouver way back in November 1997 at an anti euthanasia conference where we were both speaking.  Ah, we were young!  Over the years we have become closer than brothers, to the point that I dedicated my book Consumer’s Guide to a Brave New . . . . Continue Reading »

Pro embryonic stem cell research scientists sure can get touchy about ethics. In fact, if you read what some of them write, you might conclude that they believe only scientists should decide what is ethical in science.What else are we to think about a blog entry by a “faculty level . . . . Continue Reading »

Ethical stem cell research continues to advance.  The University of Wisconsin, Madison—where human ESCs were first derived—has found the IPSCs and ESCs are virtually identical. From the U of W story:A study released Sunday shows embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem . . . . Continue Reading »

We are born omnivorous.  That is, whether we evolved, were designed, or created—choose your preferred descriptor—eating meat is a healthy part of a nutritious human diet.Some, give meat up for ethical reasons and become vegetarian, or even, vegan in the pursuit of what they believe . . . . Continue Reading »

President Bush did more to fight AIDS in Africa and the developing world than any other president in history, including the current occupant of the  White House.  And now, he is going to bring attention to the problem of cervical and breast cancer in the poorest places in the world.  . . . . Continue Reading »

So, about two weeks ago, I came across an article in The Lancet that advocated an international campaign to fight obesity (Changing the Future of Obesity: Science, Policy and Action, August 2011). Since I believe that promoting “wellness” will become a pretext for big government exerting . . . . Continue Reading »