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October 6, 2020
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For the Young, Lockdowns Are Worse Than Coronavirus

Wesley J. Smith
October 6, 2020
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In July, Ezekiel Emanuel — the bioethicist and COVID adviser to Joe Biden — signed an open letter insisting that the country be locked down again — only this time, in an even more draconian manner than before, including significant restrictions on interstate travel. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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October 6, 2020
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Science Journals Have Become Intensely Political

Wesley J. Smith
October 6, 2020
Conscience
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I have related here on several occasions how intensely political supposedly objective science and medical journals have become. The New England Journal of Medicine pushes progressive politics all of the time, as just one example. So does Science, which for example, has endorsed the “nature rights” movement. Nature joined the crowd too in publishing an hysterical jeremiad against President Trump by Jeff Tollefson, its D.C.-based reporter. But if you read the lengthy attack, its most bitter complaints are about intensely believed political and policy differences, not actual examples of Trump being somehow “anti-science.” For example, construes every Trump action on COVID in the most negative light possible. He also attacks Trump’s immigration policy. From, “How Trump Damaged Science–and Why It Could Take Decades to Recover”: Trump has also eroded Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith
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September 17, 2020
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Assisted Suicide is Never a Treatment for Mental Illness

Wesley J. Smith
September 17, 2020
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Addressing the UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group, Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Wesley Smith said that activists and pressure groups often use fear, in particular fear-mongering on the difficulties of death, to push through their agenda. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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September 17, 2020
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Pope Supports Classifying ‘Ecocide’ as an International Crime

Wesley J. Smith
September 17, 2020
Nature and Conservation
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The ecocide movement seeks to make environmental despoliation an international crime that can land the perpetrator — usually depicted as a corporate CEO, but also government leaders — into the dock at The Hague. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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September 16, 2020
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Using Bonobos to Bash Human Exceptionalism

Wesley J. Smith
September 16, 2020
Human Exceptionalism
The other day I heard an interview on NPR’s “All Things Considered” about bonobos and their capacity for “culture.” A couple of reporters were talking about a journal article for eLife, “Social Learning: Does culture shape hunting behavior in bonobos?” Read More ›
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Dripping reagent into test tube with liquid sample, closeup. Laboratory analysis
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Wesley J. Smith
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September 15, 2020
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Animal Welfare
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Animal Testing Discovers New Antibody Component for Fight Against COVID

Wesley J. Smith
September 15, 2020
Animal Welfare
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The animal-rights movement lies when it claims that research using animals offers no human benefit. But the propaganda is having an impact. According to Gallup, a whopping 39 percent of Americans believe that animal research is not moral, versus 56 percent who think it is. In 2019, only 51 percent found it moral. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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September 14, 2020
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Patient Care
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Autonomy or Abandoning the Mentally Ill?

Wesley J. Smith
September 14, 2020
Patient Care
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A U.K. woman with anorexia is in danger of starving to death and courts there will not allow force-feeding to save her life because she has decision-making capacity. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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September 4, 2020
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Canadian Disabled Seek Euthanasia Because of Poor Social Services

Wesley J. Smith
September 4, 2020
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Disability-rights activists are some of the greatest and most effective opponents of assisted suicide/euthanasia, correctly identifying it as a form of discrimination. Read More ›
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