Human Exceptionalism

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The Smithsonian Castle in Washington, D.C.
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David Klinghoffer
June 27, 2025
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Memo to the Smithsonian: Make Humans Exceptional Again

David Klinghoffer
June 27, 2025
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The nation’s museum shouldn’t be in the business of shaming the nation. But neither should it be in the business of belittling human beings, by all but equating us with chimps. Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture (CSC) has given extensive attention to the false science being fed to the nearly 4 million yearly visitors to the NMNH. Read More ›
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Two days old newborn baby
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Wesley J. Smith
June 19, 2025
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Brain-Dead Mother’s Baby Is Born

Wesley J. Smith
June 19, 2025
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Last month, I wrote about Adriana Smith, the pregnant young mother who tragically experienced blood clots in the brain and was declared dead by neurological criteria. Adriana’s body was maintained with mechanical support to allow her baby to be gestated. Well, time has passed, and thankfully Adriana’s baby was born by emergency caesarian section. Read More ›
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May 15, 2025
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Wesley J. Smith at Wisconsin Right to Life: There Is No Such Thing as a “Little” Assisted Suicide

Center on Human Exceptionalism and Wesley J. Smith
May 15, 2025
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On April 3, 2025, Wesley J. Smith gave a presentation to Wisconsin Right to Life. After sharing how a friend’s suicide under the influence of the Hemlock Society propelled him into public opposition of the euthanasia movement, Smith explores the personal and societal consequences of embracing assisted suicide.

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Healthcare comfort and hands of doctor and patient for consoling empathy and support for diagnosis results Hospital clinic and health worker embrace person for medical care service and : Generative AI
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Wesley J. Smith
May 5, 2025
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A Compassionate Doctor Keeps Hope Alive

Wesley J. Smith
May 5, 2025
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"Futile care" is a bioethics theory in which doctors are authorized to refuse wanted life-sustaining treatment based on their belief about the quality of a patient's life. It can be cruel — and on occasion, mistaken. Prominent medical journals usually support futile-care theory. But the New England Journal of Medicine just published a contrary column by a compassionate doctor who rejected that approach in order to keep hope alive for his terminally ill patient and her family. Read More ›