Posted by Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC | Jun 11, 2014
A Catholic deacon has been arrested for killing hospital patients in Belgium. I am puzzled why: His motive was mercy! From the Bioedge story: News reports are sketchy, but it appears that Poppe was reported to the police. When...
Read MorePosted by Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC | Jun 9, 2014
The poison has jumped across the Atlantic from Netherlands and Belgium: Quebec has legalized active euthanasia. I have discussed the contents of new law at length previously and I don’t want to repeat myself. However, the bill...
Read MorePosted by Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC | Jun 9, 2014
Assisted suicide is on the rise in Washington. From the Seattle Times story: More than 100 people died in Washington last year after requesting and taking a lethal prescription through Washington’s Death with Dignity law, the...
Read MorePosted by Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC | Jun 9, 2014
I have called obesity “the new global warming,” an issue that is often as much about politics as it is about the science of weight. A new study supports my hypothesis. Apparently, long-term weight loss is very rare, that most of...
Read MorePosted by Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC | Jun 9, 2014
I haven’t read Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes, but a comment in Forbes about its content caught my interest. Apparently, human babies quickly develop an interest, not only in surrounding objects, but also in what...
Read More