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Aerial view of river in tropical green forest with mountains in background

^{Wesley J. Smith
December 1, 2020
Nature and Conservation}

Missouri Bill to Ban ‘Rights of Nature’

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 1, 2020
Nature and Conservation}

Good. A bill has been filed in Missouri to ban granting legal rights or court standing to any non-human aspect of nature. Read More ›

Elderly woman wearing a mask to protect from coronavirus covid-19

^{Wesley J. Smith
November 24, 2020
Human Rights}

Does Mask Efficacy Justify Universal Mandates?

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 24, 2020
Human Rights}

I have never thought that opposing mask mandates was a hill to die on, as the interference on personal liberty is relatively minimal. But I don’t think that universal mandates are justified empirically or worth the adverse political ramifications they cause. Read More ›

Netherlands healthcare concept. Medical stethoscope with country flag

^{Wesley J. Smith
November 21, 2020
Euthanasia, Suicide by Physician}

Dutch Doctors Can Now Drug Dementia Patients Before Killing Them to Prevent Resistance

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 21, 2020
Euthanasia, Suicide by Physician}

A few years ago, Dutch doctor Marinou Arends attended to her dementia patient in a nursing home. Arends wasn’t there to treat her, but to kill her via lethal injection. Read More ›

COVID-19 vaccine concept, female doctor holds coronavirus medication in office or laboratory

^{Wesley J. Smith
November 13, 2020
Conscience}

Time to Recognize Data Uncertainty in COVID Debates

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 13, 2020
Conscience}

As we rush to embrace an “obey the experts” technocracy in the fight against COVID, media and commentators often assume that the epidemiological data justifying proposed draconian policies — such as lockdowns — are clear. But that’s not true. Read More ›

Coronavirus crisis. CLOSED message board near bar, cafe, shop on empty street. Corona virus COVID-19 flu disease global pandemic outbreak, business impact, isolation, quarantine, stay at home concept

^{Wesley J. Smith
November 11, 2020
Human Rights}

Another Biden COVID Adviser Wants Second Lockdown

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 11, 2020
Human Rights}

Joe Biden said he will follow “the scientists” on whether to lock down the country a second time. Based on Biden’s COVID advisory task force appointments, that harsh approach looks increasingly likely in the new administration. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
November 11, 2020
Abortion}

Massachusetts May Legalize Abortion Through Entire Pregnancy

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 11, 2020
Abortion}

The Massachusetts Legislature may vote next week to expand the right to abortion through an entire pregnancy, a measure to be placed in a budget bill. Read More ›

^{David Klinghoffer
November 10, 2020
Human Exceptionalism}

Empathy — The Foundation of Human Exceptionalism?

_{David Klinghoffer
November 10, 2020
Human Exceptionalism}

Much of the interest of thinking about intelligent design lies in understanding what a human being is. We are unique, but why? What or who made us so? Why does that matter? And how, exactly, are we unique? Read More ›

Dripping reagent into test tube with liquid sample, closeup. Laboratory analysis

^{Wesley J. Smith
November 9, 2020
Stem Cell Research}

Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine Not Created with Fetal Cells

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 9, 2020
Stem Cell Research}

The news that Pfizer’s vaccine is 90 percent effective has rocked the world (a tad too late to help Donald Trump). The company will be applying for an emergency FDA approval. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
November 7, 2020
Nature and Conservation}

Florida County Passes ‘Rights of Nature’ Charter Amendment

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 7, 2020
Nature and Conservation}

I have been warning for years against the “nature rights” movement — only to be met mostly by eye-rolls and complacent chuckles of, “What will they think of next?” Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
November 6, 2020
Human Rights}

Chinese Government Goes After Nuns!

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 6, 2020
Human Rights}

The pope just renewed the Vatican’s deal with the Communist Chinese to govern the appointment of bishops in China. In what I interpret as a show of utter contempt for the Church, the government has now forced nuns to leave a convent. From the Catholic News Agency story: Due to pressure from the Chinese government, eight Catholic nuns have reportedly been forced to leave their convent in the northern province of Shanxi. Their current whereabouts have not been reported. “Officials declared us ‘dangerous persons’ and repeatedly harassed us,” said one of the nuns, according to Bitter Winter, an Italian magazine that focuses on human rights and religious liberties in China. “They asked us to write down what we had done since kindergartens and demanded to Read More ›