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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 20, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, cemetery, culture, fertilizer, human bodies, human person, Oregon, recycling, sewage, Soylent Green, trees}

Turning Our Dead into Fertilizer

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 20, 2021

Bioethics

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These methods send a powerful symbolic statement that we are essentially nothing more than carbon atoms gathered temporarily in a rational and animated form. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 10, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, California, hype, intelligent design, James Tour, misinformation, nonlife, Oregon, Rice University, science media, scientists, Seattle, smoke, synthetic organic chemistry, wildfires}

James Tour: “Molecules Don’t Care About Life”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 10, 2020

Evolution, Origin of Life

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Blowing smoke is what science media and even scientists themselves do a great deal of the time when they talk about the origin of life. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 2, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, “consensus science”, academic freedom, American Revolution, arson, conservatives, Darwinism, David Coppedge, Douglas Axe, free speech, French Revolution, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, John Adams, looting, Marxism, Oregon, Portland, Richard Sternberg, rioting, Scott Minnich, Stephen Meyer, The New Criterion, The Origins of Totalitarianism, Thomas Jefferson, Tony Woodlief, Wall Street Journal, Wesley Smith, William F. Buckley Jr., Willmoore Kendall, Yale University}

Why Intelligent Design Had to Be the First to Face the Guillotine

_{David Klinghoffer
September 2, 2020

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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In Wesley J. Smith’s phrase, in the present cultural moment, we have witnessed “the French Revolution attacking the American Revolution.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 6, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, abolitionist movement, Afghan Hound, Black Lives Matter, Border Collie, Bronx Zoo, Charles Darwin, Christians, civil rights, creativity, Darwinists, dominance, elk, Human Zoos, John West, Judeo-Christian tradition, New York Times, Oregon, Ota Benga, pastors, Portland, priests, protesters, pseudoscience, racial hierarchy, Racism, scientific racism, Scripture, statues, Wesley Smith}

Elk Goes Down; Darwin Breathes a Sigh of Relief

_{David Klinghoffer
July 6, 2020

Evolution

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What is the evolutionary argument against unapologetic racism and the supremacy of whatever race can climb to the top? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 15, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, A New Birth of Freedom, Adam Smith, Africans, Alexander H. Stephens, alt-right, Charles Darwin, Civil War, Confederacy, Confederate flag, Cornerstone Speech, Darwinian evolution, dreamscape, eugenics, Galileo Galilei, genocide, Harry Jaffa, Human Zoos, John West, March for Science, NASCAR, Nextdoor, Oregon, Portland, Psalms, Racism, religion, Seattle, Southerners, The Biology of the Second Reich, The Descent of Man, vacation homes, William Harvey}

Scientific Racism and the Confederate Flag

_{David Klinghoffer
June 15, 2020

Evolution

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Alexander H. Stephens was Vice President of the Confederacy. In 1861 he delivered an oration justifying slavery and rebellion on scientific grounds. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 5, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Technology
Tagged
, abortion, assisted suicide, California, coronavirus, dehumanization, Humanize, medicine, New York State, oncologists, Oregon, oxymoron, pandemic, patients, Philadelphia Inquirer, Planned Parenthood, silver lining, suicide, telehealth, telemedicine, Wesley Smith, Zoom}

Suicide by Zoom — Technology and Dehumanization

_{David Klinghoffer
June 5, 2020

Bioethics, Technology

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“We are always told that ‘strict guidelines will protect against abuse.’ It’s always been baloney.” Read More ›

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Author
Jay W. Richards

Date
November 5, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Darwin on Trial, Discovery Institute, Jay W. Richards, Oregon, Phillip E. Johnson, Salem, Seattle, The Human Advantage}

Phillip E. Johnson: A Lucky Ice Storm

_{Jay W. Richards
November 5, 2019

Evolution

1}

My fondest memory of Phil is from a few days we spent together in the early 2000s. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 6, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, Alzheimer’s disease, assisted suicide, barbiturates, Bill Clinton, Congress, Department of Health and Human Services, euthanasia, hospice, hospitals, hydration, medical school, medicine, nutrition, Oregon, palliative care, self-starvation, Supreme Court, VSED}

A Trojan Horse for Euthanasia? No

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 6, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

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When my mother was dying of Alzheimer’s disease and the sharp bodily decline that hits those in their late 90s, my wife and I brought her home for care. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 10, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, bureaucracy, Canada, diabetes, euthanasia, humans, Journal of Medical Ethics, logic, MAiD, medical aid in dying, Oregon, protective guidelines, Quebec, self-starving}

Euthanasia Is Becoming First Resort in Quebec

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 10, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Over time, euthanasia practice becomes a banal bureaucratic matter of checking the right boxes or finding ways to maneuver around the “protective guidelines.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 14, 2018

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, ALS, assisted suicide, Brittany Maynard, cancer, depression, euthanasia, interventions, Jack Kevorkian, Michael Shermer, Netherlands, Oregon, overdose, pain, Scientific American, suicide prevention, terminal illness, University of Toronto}

Scientific American: Prevention Can Benefit Any Suicidal Person

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 14, 2018

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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My last hospice patient, Bob, told me that after some months of just wanting to be dead, that he had “come out of the fog.” Read More ›