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The river is covered by the fog of a mountain forest. Skagit river, North Cascades
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Wesley J. Smith
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January 15, 2022
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Nature and Conservation
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Seattle Power Company Sued for Violating the Rights of Fish

Wesley J. Smith
January 15, 2022
Nature and Conservation
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When we give up human exceptionalism, we go a bit mad and soon are eating our own tails. The green movement — which thinks it is attacking capitalism and fighting global warming — will find that out sooner rather than later if they succeed in granting rights to the natural world and its various elements. Read More ›
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One cute pig curious on the camera
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Wesley J. Smith
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January 10, 2022
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COVID-19
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We Should Cheer the Pig-to-Human Heart Transplant

Wesley J. Smith
January 10, 2022
COVID-19
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This is an amazing potential advance in organ transplant medicine. A pig’s heart — genetically modified to not be rejected as readily — has been transplanted into a dying human patient. Read More ›
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Tom Shakely
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January 10, 2022

Kathryn Jean Lopez on Truth, Dorothy Day, and ‘A Year With the Mystics’

Kathryn Jean Lopez
January 10, 2022
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“What is truth?” Pontius Pilate famously asked Jesus. That is a most human question, because of all the known species in the universe, only we even understand the concept of Truth with a capital T. As moral beings, most of us, at least to some extent, seek to live out our lives in ways that we conceive of as Truth. Read More ›

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vial, covid-19, coronavirus vaccine ampoule, bottle for injection with syringe
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Wesley J. Smith
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January 7, 2022
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Patient Care
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Peter Singer: Deny Unvaccinated ICU Care Versus Vaccinated

Wesley J. Smith
January 7, 2022
Patient Care
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The bullying around vaccines is getting out of hand. But then, Singer is fully vaccinated, needless to say. So, the cynic in me wonders whether he’s really saying, “Put me first.” Read More ›
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Homemade sign at environmental rally. A colorful cardboard placard is viewed close up, saying the climate is changing, why aren't we, in the hands of ecological activists as they protest in the city
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Wesley J. Smith
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January 4, 2022
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Nature and Conservation
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Stop ‘Authoritarian Climate Governance’ Before It is Too Late

Wesley J. Smith
January 4, 2022
Nature and Conservation
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If COVID has taught us anything, it is that the technocratic class has little compunction about restricting freedom. Moreover, once they grab power, they are very reluctant to give it back. Read More ›
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Jackson Meyer
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January 3, 2022

Nina Shea on the Chinese Communist Party, Minority Rights, and Religious Freedom

Nina Shea
January 3, 2022
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Since the Holocaust, we have agreed to the idealistic vision of “Never Again,” that is, the kind of evil perpetrated by the Third Reich against Jews and others can never be allowed to be repeated. But do we mean it? Today, the Chinese Communist Party is carrying out what can only be described as “Fourth Reich” policies to suppress religion Read More ›

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woman getting ultrasound diagnostic from doctor
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Wesley J. Smith
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January 2, 2022
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Patient Care
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Prenatal Search-and-Destroy Genetic Tests Often Wrong

Wesley J. Smith
January 2, 2022
Patient Care
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Eugenics is alive and well with prenatal testing deployed to detect conditions — such as Down syndrome and dwarfism — toward the frequent end (and often, purpose) of ensuring that offending babies are never born. Read More ›
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Older woman lying in hospital bed alone looking at the Christian crucifix asking for her healing.
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Wesley J. Smith
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December 31, 2021
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COVID-19
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New York Department of Health Announces Discriminatory Policy on Covid Therapeutics Access

Wesley J. Smith
December 31, 2021
COVID-19
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This is why it is important to keep an eagle eye on advocacy in the professional journals. The articles published there are not mere intellectual musings. They are intended to be adopted as official policy — as we now see happening in New York State. Read More ›
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Teenager Vaccination Due To Covid-19
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
December 30, 2021
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COVID-19
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Medical Journal: Allow Adolescents to Consent When Parents Decline to Get Them Vaccinated

Wesley J. Smith
December 30, 2021
COVID-19
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There the New England Journal of Medicine goes again, publishing articles that promote an autocratic health-care system. This time, two bioethicists from the National Institutes of Health (!) ask the question, “Adolescents, Parents, and Covid-19 Vaccination — Who Should Decide?” I’ll bet you knew that the answer wouldn’t be the parents! Read More ›
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