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 MoreThe New York Times is on an anti-human exceptionalism crusade. Other than columnist Ross Douthat, when was the last time the “paper of record” allowed arguments to be made in favor of the unique dignity of human life in its...
Read MoreI think this is a very good idea. Rather than procure organs in disparate hospitals, in the Midwest, they are now moving donors to a centralized location. From the AP story: For decades, surgeons have traveled to far-off...
Read MoreKathryn Jean Lopez interviewed me about my new ebook, The War on Humans. Those interested can read it for themselves. But I want to quote one small section because I am so often asked about what I mean by the term human...
Read MoreThe NHS is melting down. As I have written about before, the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) — intended to prevent patients from dying in agony — became instead a door to imposed back door euthanasia. So much easier to...
Read MoreThe paperback version of A Rat Is a Pig Is a Dog Is a Boy, my critique of the animal rights movement, has just been published. From my Preface to the Paperback Edition: I had two primary purposes in writing A Rat Is a Pig Is a...
Read MoreIt is a disturbing sign of the times that Princeton’s notorious bioethicist Peter Singer has been awarded Australia’s highest civic award “for eminent service to philosophy and bioethics as a leader of public...
Read MoreBy Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Here is my contribution to the Human Exceptionalism Symposium at the Human Life Review. First, I get into why the issue is so fundamental. From, “The Struggle For...
Read MoreBy Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Jennifer Lahl, head of the Center for Bioethics and Culture (for which I consult), weighed in on human exceptionalism at the Human Life Review symposium, which debates...
Read MoreBy Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC An article I wrote about the danger of an “undignified bioethics” for Human Life Review has led to a symposium on how best to advocate for human exceptionalism....
Read MoreBy Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC There is a tendency in media and among the public to blame racism and other assorted bigotries on ignorance, stupidity, or “superstition” (religion). And...
Read MoreBy Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Decadence strikes a beat, into your heart it will seep — to paraphrase a rock classic. But now, that term has reached a new low in the Netherlands as two men...
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