Putting Suffering People Out of OUR Misery

by Wesley J. Smith

The New York Times Magazine article about assisted suicide, byline Daniel Bergner, continues to amaze because his analysis actually looks behind the curtain of gooey euphemisms and blithe paeans to “choice.” The article, which I first referenced this weekend, is about former Governor . . . . Continue Reading »

3 Dec 2007 0

The Federal Government is Undermining Hospice

by Wesley J. Smith

With a government like this, terminally ill people don’t need enemies. Back in the late 1990s, federal bureaucrats began an assault on hospice known ridiculously as “Operation Restore Trust.” The idea was this: If a hospice patient on Medicare didn’t die within 6 months, the . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Dec 2007 0

Permit Marijuana to be Prescribed

by Wesley J. Smith

This column in today’s San Francisco Chronicle is a bit of a change of pace for me. I urge that marijuana be removed from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act—meaning no legitimate use—and changed to Schedule II or III—which would permit doctors to prescribe it. (I . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Dec 2007 0

The Washington State Assisted Suicide Campaign Begins

by Wesley J. Smith

Booth Gardner, former governor of Washington and a very rich man, intends to buy a law for Washington legalizing assisted suicide. His opening salvo comes in an extended piece in this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine. The piece is actually suprisingly fair, so fair in fact, that Gardner may . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2007 0