Humanize

Donna Rice Hughes Warns about Obscenity Crisis

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 12, 2021}

I have launched a new podcast through the Discovery Institute called Humanize — “where human rights meet human responsibilities” — in which I converse with thinkers and activists about issues germane to human dignity and our moral duties to each other, animals, and the environment.

A Philosopher Simply Invents Animals’ Concept of Death

_{Denyse O'Leary
October 11, 2021}

She demands that we accept her invention so we can “rethink” human exceptionalism, and the “disrespect for the natural world that comes with it”

A Mandate Martyr

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 9, 2021}

The more I observe the establishment’s moral panic over COVID vaccines, the greater my belief that mandates are less about establishing beneficial public health policy and more about enabling an emerging technocracy to assume authoritarian control.

Medical Journal: Impede Evictions for ‘Health Equity’

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 9, 2021}

In the woke medical journals, almost every social problem is defined as a public health issue.

Discovery Institute Fellow Speaks at the D.C. 40 Days for Life Kickoff Rally

_{Arina O. Grossu
October 7, 2021}

On Monday, October 4, 2021, Arina Grossu, Fellow with the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism, spoke at the Washington D.C. 40 Days for Life campaign Kickoff Rally, focusing her remarks on how the pro-life movement is seeing the beginning of the end of Roe v. Wade.

More Evidence of China’s Brutal Pogrom against Uyghurs

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 5, 2021}

CNN has published an important story in which a former Chinese policeman describes in vivid, first-person terms, how he systematically tortured Uyghurs to garner false confessions. He was told when assigned to the crackdown that he was arresting terrorists. But he soon learned they were just ordinary people living routine lives disapproved of by the regime.

Can Employers Punish Employees If Spouses Aren’t Vaccinated?

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 4, 2021}

The Biden administration has readily used COVID as the pretext to empower private-sector coercion to gain our compliance with government-desired policies. That’s a prescription for corporatocracy that allows control without engaging democratic processes or overcoming the impediment of constitutional checks and balances.

California Bars State-Funded Travel to Ohio over Medical Conscience Law — as It Applauds China

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 1, 2021}

California has banned state-paid travel to Ohio because the state enacted a medical conscience law that permits professionals to refuse to participate in morally contentious procedures such as abortion and puberty blocking for transgendered teenagers.

Doctors Kill 10 Percent of All Babies Who Die in Flanders

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 30, 2021}

There is no such thing as a little euthanasia. Granting doctors (and, increasingly, nurses) a license to kill eventually corrupts medicine — from the beginning of life to the far reaches of old age. Those with eyes to see, let them see.

‘Bodies With Vaginas’ and the Woke Dehumanization of Women

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 29, 2021}

Suddenly, after decades of progress—indeed, when it is now deemed misogynistic to use once common descriptors such as “chicks” or “broads”—women are being reduced to crass identifiers generally related to their female body parts and/or biological functions.

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Gary Francione on Animal Rights, Veganism, Abortion, and the Future

_{Tom Shakely
October 18, 2021}

Is animal rights a subversive threat to human exceptionalism, or is it the next necessary step in society’s moral growth–as its adherents claim? Today’s episode of Humanize features a respectful conversation between Wesley and the animal rights philosopher Gary Francione, the leader of what is known as the “Abolitionist Movement,” that seeks to end all instrumental use of animals by Read More ›

Donna Rice Hughes of ‘Enough Is Enough’ on Porn, Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), and Healing Our Culture

_{Tom Shakely
October 11, 2021}

Pornography has become a scourge in the United States. Today on Humanize, Wesley J. Smith speaks with internet safety and anti-obscenity activist Donna Rice Hughes. Donna and Wesley have a mature discussion about one of the great affronts to human dignity, which is pornography. Donna discusses the impact porn has on children—both as victims of child pornographers and as consumers Read More ›

Bobby Schindler on Terri Schiavo, protecting at-risk persons, and true healthcare

_{Tom Shakely
October 4, 2021}

This week on Humanize, Wesley interviews Bobby Schindler. Schindler came to international prominence when he and his family launched a multi-year legal and public campaign to save his sister, Terri Schiavo’s, life. After her death by court-ordered dehydration, the family launched the Terri Schiavo Life and Hope Network that advocates for the medically vulnerable, which Bobby currently leads. Wesley and Read More ›

Jennifer Lahl on ‘Breeders,’ ‘Trans Mission,’ and the ethical and human rights threats promoted in our culture

_{Tom Shakely
September 27, 2021}

Jennifer Lahl joins Wesley J. Smith to speak on her work with The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network and her films including “Breeders: A Subclass of Women?” and “Trans Mission: What’s the Rush to Reassign Gender?” as well as other ethical and human rights threats promoted in our culture. In this week’s episode, Jennifer describes what she learned as Read More ›

Dr. Charles Camosy on Dignity, Fundamental Human Equality, and Secular Medicine

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 20, 2021}

Wesley J. Smith speaks with Dr. Charles Camosy, associate professor of theological and social ethics at Fordham University and author of “Losing Our Dignity: How Secularized Medicine is Undermining Fundamental Human Equality” on fundamental human equality and the threats of secularized medicine. Camosy has vigorously entered the public square in word and electronic media appearances to defend the equal dignity Read More ›

Ambassador Sam Brownback on Human Rights and Religious Freedom

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 13, 2021}

Wesley J. Smith talks with Senator Sam Brownback, who served as Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom and as governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018. Religious freedom is a crucial aspect of human exceptionalism because it is a fundamental human rights issue. Smith and Brownback discuss COVID, free exercise versus the freedom to worship, issues in China, India, Read More ›

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_{Wesley J. Smith
August 5, 2021}

Introducing “Humanize with Wesley J. Smith” from Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism, where human rights meet human responsibilities. Wesley J. Smith speaks with writers, thinkers, and newsmakers on the controversial issues of human life and human thriving that impact our daily lives.

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Humanize, from Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism, presents news, analysis, and opinion to advance human dignity, liberty, and equality.

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