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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 3, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Alfie Evans, authoritarianism, brain, Canada, Charlie Gard, death, doctor, experts, freedom, hospital, medicine, mind, North America, patients, technocracy, Texas, United Kingdom}

Medical Authoritarianism Continues to Expand

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 3, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

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We live in a time where individual freedom is under material threat from an emerging technocracy. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 8, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, authoritarianism, Canada, Congress, cows, Ireland, Netherlands, pandemic, Paris accords, President, public health, Simon Fraser University, Switzerland, technocracy, United States, World Health Organization}

Is the Plan to Impose a Public-Health Technocracy Faltering?

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 8, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

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In February, I warned about a treaty being negotiated to empower the WHO to declare a pandemic, which would trigger governments assuming emergency powers. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
December 22, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Culture
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, authoritarianism, C.S. Lewis, Christmas, COVID-19, experts, government, Great Britain, Greta Thunberg, movies, pandemic, Republicans, Russia, scientists, secularism, The Abolition of Man}

A Christmas Nightmare for the COVID Era

_{John G. West
December 22, 2022

Bioethics, Culture, Medicine, Science

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The Christmas horror-comedy Silent Night offers a shrewd indictment of both mindless secularism and authoritarian science. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
December 17, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, authoritarianism, C.S. Lewis, Christmas, COVID-19, experts, government, Great Britain, Greta Thunberg, movies, pandemic, Republicans, Russia, scientists, secularism, The Abolition of Man}

A Christmas Nightmare for the COVID Era

_{John G. West
December 17, 2021

Bioethics, Medicine

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The new Christmas horror-comedy Silent Night offers a shrewd indictment of both mindless secularism and authoritarian science. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 20, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, ancient Greece, authoritarianism, Ben Shapiro, doctors, expertise, Latin, physicists, podcast, scientism, Stephen Meyer, UC San Diego}

“Ultracrepidarianism” — A Helpful New Word for a Problem in Science and Elsewhere

_{David Klinghoffer
September 20, 2021

Bioethics, Medicine

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It alludes to an adage with roots in ancient Greece, “Let the cobbler not judge above the sandal.” That is, mind your own business. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 5, 2021

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, authoritarianism, climate change, critical thinking, ecocide, economics, fishing, genocide, global warming, media, medical professionals, medical students}

Ideological Takeover of Science Continues

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 5, 2021

Medicine

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Declaring a “climate emergency” would open the door to rule by diktat over environmental policy. You can envision the authoritarian possibilities. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 20, 2020

Categories
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, authoritarianism, Bible, Christians, creationism, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, evolutionary theory, Harvard University, homeschooling, Idaho, intelligent design, kids, Newspeak, North Carolina, parents, Princeton University, prison, public education, stereotyping, students}

Harvard Law Professor — Ban Homeschooling for “Question[ing] Science”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 20, 2020

Science Education

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Ban it for other things as well, says Professor Elizabeth Bartholet in a stunning article for Harvard Magazine. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 22, 2019

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, authoritarianism, British Columbia, Canada, compassion, doctor, euthanasia, Globe and Mail, hospice, Ontario, patients}

Forcing a Hospice to Euthanize in Canada

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 22, 2019

Medicine

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Euthanasia is more than just legal in Canada. It has become a government-guaranteed right. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 19, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, advance directive, assisted suicide, authoritarianism, circumcision, doctors, Hippocratic Oath, medical conscience, New York Times, patients, puberty}

Medical Conscience for Me, but Not for Thee

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 19, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

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The more elective the desired intervention, the greater should be the right of medical conscience. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 13, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, authoritarianism, Canada, euthanasia, homicide, hospital, ID the Future, law, Ontario, patients, physician-assisted suicide, podcast, United States, Wesley Smith}

Canada’s Suicide Regime and America’s Future

_{David Klinghoffer
December 13, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Canada in relationship to the United States is like an image reflected in a strange and troubling mirror. Read More ›