Tag: national review | Page 2

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 18, 2024

Categories
Human Rights
Tagged
, abortion, climate policy, COVID, gun violence, national review, Public Health, science, Wesley J. Smith}

Scientific American Harms Science by Endorsing Harris

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 18, 2024

Human Rights

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The science establishment continues to politicize “science” — and that ain’t good for science.

In July, Nature — supposedly the most respected science journal in the world — endorsed Kamala Harris. Now, following the ideological leader, so has Scientific American.

And what a sad joke the endorsement is. For example, the editorial repeats the lie that Trump told people to inject bleach to fight Covid. From the editorial:

Trump touted his pandemic efforts during his first debate with Harris, but in 2020 he encouraged resistance to basic public health measures, spread misinformation about treatments and suggested injections of bleach could cure the disease.

No. He. Did. Not.

How can an editorial in a supposedly factually based scientific publication be trusted as dispositive when it pushes a lie that has repeatedly been debunked — even by Snopes? This alone should discredit SA as a reliable guide to voting.

“Plant Philosophy” Denigrates Human Uniqueness

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 7, 2024

Nature and Conservation

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Lately, as scientists unlock the complexity of plant biology, we are witnessing equivalent advocacy with regard to plants. The latest example of such radical anthropomorphizing comes to us in a long article just published in Aeon that discusses "plant philosophy." Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 25, 2024

Categories
Abortion
Health Care
Nature and Conservation
Tagged
, abortion, Affordable Care Act, Alina Salganicoff, California, Cambridge, Climate Change, climate policy, diversity, Health Insurance, healthcare, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, liberal politics, march-in rights, national review, Nature, progressive politics, public trust, reproductive rights, Shyamala Gopalan, single-payer national health insurance, STEM, Wesley J. Smith}

Science Journal Swoons Over Kamala

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 25, 2024

Abortion, Health Care, Nature and Conservation

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These days, scientific and medical journals are seemingly as much ideological — on the left — as scientific. Nature — perhaps the preeminent science journal in the world — has posted a piece swooning over Vice President Kamala Harris as a "historic" presumptive presidential nominee stirring "optimism" among scientists. Why? Read More ›

Young beautiful teacher woman wearing sweater and glasses sitting on desk at kindergarten asking to be quiet with finger on lips. Silence and secret concept.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 18, 2024

Categories
Transgenderism
Tagged
, A.B. 1955, California, Elon Musk, Gavin Newsom, Gender Dysphoria, LGBTQ+, mental health, national review, parents, sexual identity, sexual orientation, SpaceX, students, Texas, transgender, Wesley J. Smith}

New California Law Prohibits Schools from Telling Parents Their Child Is Trans

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 18, 2024

Transgenderism

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Political progressives apparently think that school administrators and teachers should have a greater say than parents in the raising and treatment of children experiencing gender dysphoria. How else to explain Governor Gavin Newsom's signing A.B. 1955, an authoritarian law that forces schools to leave parents in the dark if their child identifies as the opposite sex or presents other issues around sexual identity and orientation. Read More ›

A professional physician in a white medical uniform talks to discuss results or symptoms and gives a recommendation to a male patient and signs a medical paper at an appointment visit in the clinic.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 15, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Suicide by Physician
Tagged
, assisted suicide, California, Canada, doctor-prescribed death, Doctors, euthanasia, Hippocratic Oath, Journal of Cutaneous Oncology, MAiD, medical aid in dying, national review, suffering, terminal illness, utilitarian bioethics, Wesley J. Smith}

Survey: MDs Support Expanding Assisted Suicide Beyond the Terminally Ill

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 15, 2024

Euthanasia, Suicide by Physician

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The myth that legal assisted suicide is about terminal illness is becoming harder to swallow. Evidence can be found in a recent survey of doctors, published in the Journal of Cutaneous Oncology, which asked doctors this question: "In addition to adults with terminal illnesses, [which] other groups of patients who should be MAID eligible?" Read More ›

a pile of carrots sitting on top of a wooden table next to a sliced up carrot

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 13, 2024

Categories
Human Dignity
Tagged
, Ann Coulter, cognitive abilities, Dan McLaughlin, Dave Portnoy, Donald Trump, George Clooney, national review, President Joe Biden, vegetable, Wesley J. Smith}

President Biden Is Not a Yam

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 13, 2024

Human Dignity

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There has been a lot of discussion about President Biden's declining cognitive abilities. That's certainly fair game and an important — nay, a crucial — election issue. But some have gone more than a step too far by using the odious V-word slur. Read More ›

Black stethoscope on Canada flag background, Business and finance concept.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 10, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Suicide by Physician
Tagged
, A Chosen Death, abortion, abortion provider, assisted suicide, BBC, Better off Dead?, Canada, disability rights, doctor-assisted death, Dr. Ellen Wiebe, ethics of medicine, euthanasia, Hemlock Society, Liz Carr, Lonnie Shavelson, MAiD, medical assistance in dying, National Post, national review, Sharon Kirkey, Trudo Lemmens, University of Toronto, Wesley J. Smith}

Canadian Death Doctor Has Euthanized Hundreds of Patients

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 10, 2024

Euthanasia, Suicide by Physician

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Legalizing euthanasia corrupts everything — the ethics of medicine, the public's perception of people experiencing illness, disability, or elder frailty, the media that continually swoon over medics who kill. This latter phenomenon is on vivid display in a National Post story. Read More ›

The amazing views from Jackson Hole Mountain Ski Resort in the Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 8, 2024

Categories
Nature and Conservation
Tagged
, Grand Teton National Park, Jackson, national review, nature rights, rights of nature, Wesley J. Smith, Wyoming}

Jackson, Wyo., Approves “Rights of Nature” Resolution

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 8, 2024

Nature and Conservation

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Jackson, Wyo. — the Tetons are my favorite place in the world — just approved a "rights of nature" resolution. It includes everything that exists. This is nonsense. If everything has rights, nothing does really. Read More ›

Happy child with down syndrome enjoying swing on playground

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 28, 2024

Categories
Abortion
Bioethics
Tagged
, abortion, bioethics, Down Syndrome, Iceland, national review, neanderthals, Peter Singer, prenatal testing, Wesley J. Smith}

Neanderthals Cared for Down Syndrome Children. Too Often, We Abort Them

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 28, 2024

Abortion, Bioethics

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Scientists have discovered the remains of a Neanderthal child with Down syndrome. Today, it may now be that more babies with Down syndrome are killed in the womb than are born. Read More ›

Empty hospital bed on hospital ward in a clean room

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 27, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Health Care
Patient Care
Suicide by Physician
Tagged
, assisted suicide, bed sores, Canada, euthanasia, Meunier, Moelle épinière et motricité Québec, national review, Wesley J. Smith}

Disabled Canadian Euthanized Because of Poor Care/Bed Sore

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 27, 2024

Euthanasia, Health Care, Patient Care, Suicide by Physician

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A man with quadriplegia in Canada received such poor care that he developed a huge and painful bed sore. The answer: Lethal injection. Quebec's chief coroner promises an investigation. Don't expect much to come of it. Read More ›