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Psilocybin Psilocybe Cubensis mushrooms in a plastic bag on brown soft background. Psychedelic magic mushroom Golden Teacher. Top view, flat lay. Micro-dosing concept.
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Wesley J. Smith
October 2, 2024
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Bioethicists Push Psychedelics to Make Life “Interesting”

Wesley J. Smith
October 2, 2024
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We live in a hedonistic age in which pleasures — including of the most intense kind — are readily available. Yet, despite the supposed good times, we are increasingly anxious and depressed, to the point that addiction and suicide are considered symptoms of a profound mental health crisis. Read More ›
Department of Health Provides Update on COVID-19, 83 New Positives Bring Statewide Total to 268
Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine speaking at the virtual press conference. The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., March 20, that there are 83 additional positive cases of COVID-19 reported, bringing the statewide total to 268. County-specific information and a statewide map are available here. All people are either in isolation at home or being treated at the hospital. Harrisburg, PA- March 20, 2020
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Wesley J. Smith
September 11, 2024
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In Speaker Choices, American Academy of Pediatrics Shows Its Gender Ideological Colors

Wesley J. Smith
September 11, 2024
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The American Academy of Pediatrics is a creature of the gender ideologues and the woke Left. I can see no other judgment based on the two chosen keynote speakers for its upcoming national convention. Read More ›
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Various groceries in shopping cart
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Wesley J. Smith
September 9, 2024
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Medical Journal Article: Replace SNAP Benefits with Cash

Wesley J. Smith
September 9, 2024
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Continuing my discussion of how ideological medical and science journals strive to redefine almost every public policy controversy into matters of public health to push leftwing agendas: An article in the notoriously woke New England Journal of Medicine argues that rather than give SNAP benefits to poor people — what used to be called food stamps — cash transfers should be provided to improve the “health” of the recipients. Read More ›
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woman with lily flowers and coffin at funeral
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Wesley J. Smith
September 6, 2024
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‘Nonmedical’ Assisted Suicide This Way Comes

Wesley J. Smith
September 6, 2024
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Certain strains of the euthanasia-advocacy movement believe doctors don't need to be involved when someone wants to die. For example, the fanatics of Final Exit Network have taught people how to kill themselves, with a couple convicted of assisting via helium. Read More ›
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An IT expert uses an EEG headset and machine learning technology to upload his brain into a computer, aiming for immortality. This scene captures a computer scientist developing an AI experiment
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Wesley J. Smith
September 4, 2024
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Why Transhumanism Is Unrealistic and Immoral

Wesley J. Smith
September 4, 2024
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In 2016, transhumanism proselytizer Zoltan Istvan ran for president promising to defeat death while touring the country in a bus redesigned to look like a coffin. It was a great gimmick that made him, perhaps, the most famous transhumanist in the world. But his recent piece in Merion West “When We’re Overly Optimistic about the Pace of Life Extension Research” took a dark and disturbing turn. Read More ›
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Close-up of gloved hands passing the surgical scissors, operating room, hospital
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Wesley J. Smith
August 29, 2024
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The ‘Gender-Industrial Complex’ Makes Billions Annually

Wesley J. Smith
August 29, 2024
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I used to think that the great push to prescribe children puberty blockers and hormones and subject teenagers to surgeries, and the explosion in adult medical “transition” procedures, was primarily about promoting a radical ideology. But, as a new report produced recently by the American Principles Project reveals, it is also about making a lot of money. Read More ›