Human Exceptionalism

I am not sure why the media so clearly cares more about embryonic-stem-cell research than the ethically uncontentious kinds, such as adult-stem-cell research and the advances with induced pluripotent stem cells. But the headlines usually attached to ESCR advances — as opposed to more notable successes with adult stem cells, which often get no headlines at all — prove the Read More ›

It’s baa-ack! Just when you thought the political fight over federal funding of embryonic-stem-cell research (ESCR) was over, United States District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth ruled that President Obama’s ESCR policy violates the “Dickey-Wicker Amendment,” a federal law barring federal funding of “the creation of a human embryo . . . for research purposes” and “research in which a Read More ›

See Wesley Smith’s take on a Seattle murder story at Secondhand Smoke.

This article, published by the American Farm Bureau Federation, mentions Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Wesley J. Smith: From this provocative statement comes the title of Wesley J. Smith’s new book “A Rat Is A Pig Is A Dog Is A Boy.” In this exceptional book, published earlier this year, Smith makes the strong case that the animal rights movement is Read More ›

The news about the court victory for critics of embryonic stem cell research is huge, though it is not being played that way. You can be sure it would have been a bigger story if the case had been won by the government. Nonetheless, it is in the first section of most papers and even on page one of the Wall Street Read More ›

This article, published by The American Spectator, gives a review of Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Wesley J. Smith’s book A Rat Is a Fish Is a Dog Is a Boy: The title of Attorney Wesley Smith’s book, A Rat Is a Fish Is a Dog Is a Boy, was borrowed from Ingrid Newkirk, president and co-founder of People for the Ethical Treatment Read More ›

The advocacy billboards appeared without warning in San Francisco and New Jersey: “My Life. My Death. My Choice.” Paid for by the Final Exit Network (FEN), the promotional signs received widespread media coverage as a new wrinkle in the ongoing national campaign to legalize assisted suicide. But there is much more to this story than controversial messaging on billboard. FEN doesn’t just Read More ›

This article, published by Fox News, quotes Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Wesley J. Smith: “The signs communicate a pro-suicide message that sends a dangerous message throughout society, including to people like the young who would not legally qualify for a lethal prescription,” said Wesley J. Smith, a California-based bioethicist who opposes assisted suicide. The rest of the article can be found Read More ›

This article, published by Catholic World Report, quotes Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Wesley Smith: Wesley Smith, on his blog Secondhand Smoke, recently wrote that potential targets include “patients with profound cognitive impairments who will remain unconscious or minimally aware for the rest of their lives.” The rest of the article can be found here.

This article, published by Real Clear Politics, quotes Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Wesley Smith: Wesley Smith, an invaluable investigative reporter on the dangers of government-controlled health care, describes the consequences if Obamacare is not repealed by the next Congress after the midterm elections … The rest of the article can be found here.