Wesley J. Smith
PETA Sues NIH: Claims First Amendment Right to Talk to Monkeys
The complaint alleges the animal rights advocates have a right to receive communications from “fellow primates” that are “willing speakers.”
Stand Up for (Ideological) Science 2025 Day!
The protestors should have rallied against themselves
The Medical Establishment’s Persistent Zeal for DEI in Education
The article’s authors seem to believe that people can be good doctors only for patients who look like them or have similar sexual or identity preferences.
Steep Turn: RFK Jr. Endorses Measles Vaccine
He notes that measles was already in full retreat by 1960 — before the vaccine’s introduction — thanks to improvements in sanitation and nutrition
Science Blogger: Make Violating “Scientific Consensus” a Crime
Attitudes like those expressed by Ethan Siegel have cost the scientific sector much of the public’s trust and goodwill.
Claim: Only Doctors Can Prevent Global Warming
Becoming as political as one medical journal wants would corrode the medical sector’s “unique credibility.”
Swiss Canton Liberates Suicide Tourism from Police Investigation
Suicidal people are increasingly abandoned to lethal assistance, with steps continually taken to make death easier to access
Vice President Vance Defends Human Exceptionalism at Munich
The idea that humans are special is under increasing attack by some of society’s most powerful political and cultural forces
Oregon Bill Would Allow Nondoctors to Prescribe Assisted Suicide
I suspect the categories of providers are expanding because most doctors have no interest in assisted suicide
Vermont Bill Would Allow Nondoctors to Prescribe Assisted Suicide
Initial assisted suicide laws are merely the launching pad for an ever-expanding prescribed death regime
Montana Senate Passes Bill Outlawing Physician-Assisted Suicide
In a muddled legal situation, the bill declares assisted suicide to be contrary to Montana public policy, making a previous courtroom defense unavailable
“Indigenous Wisdom” Would Make Environment Science Less Scientific
Indigenous people were and are keen observers of nature but modern environment policy needs to be deeply rooted in science as well as culture
Will We Starve Dementia Patients in Slow Motion?
There is a proposal on the table to barely feed — i.e., malnourish — dementia patients who have previously signed a directive
New Zealand Mountain Named a Person with Rights, Responsibilities
And what responsibilities can the mountain possibly assume? Can it be sued for an avalanche?
Gender-Dysphoric Children Protected from “Gender-Affirming Care”
The American medical establishment is increasingly the fringe advocate on this issue
Colorado Supremes Unanimously Nix Elephant Personhood
The court further ruled that such a radical and culture-destroying change in law should not be imposed by courts but rather legislatures
Trump Withdraws from the World Health Organization
In recent years, the organization has been using its clout to impose woke cultural agendas on the world.This article is reprinted from National Review with the permission of the author. President Trump has withdrawn the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) because of its Covid failings, allegations of being soft on China, and the disproportionate share of funding borne by the United States. There is even more wrong in how WHO leaders have wielded their influence. In recent years, the organization has not just been about promoting public-health internationally, but also in using its clout to impose woke cultural agendas on the world — including areas that have traditional moral values — and in seeking to construct an international technocracy. Item: WHO sought to force a radical abortion regime on the world by allowing abortion through the Read More ›
What Canada’s Collapsing Health Care System Means
It means that people die who might have lived if they had access to health care