end-of-life

^{Wesley J. Smith
April 11, 2022}

Lynn Vincent on ‘Lawless,’ the Truth About the Terri Schiavo Case, and Why Terri Still Matters

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 11, 2022}

Wesley’s guest on this episode of Humanize, journalist and best-selling author Lynn Vincent, spent more than a year researching the Schiavo case for her new podcast Lawless, which examines “the frightening fact of American life that not all crime is against the law.” Read More ›

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^{Wesley J. Smith
December 31, 2020
Human Exceptionalism}

The Euthanasia Cancer Spreads

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 31, 2020
Human Exceptionalism}

The West is tearing itself apart. The symptoms are evident in our bitterly divided politics and the attempts to punish those with heterodox views. Read More ›

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July 6, 2020
Human Exceptionalism}

The Deadly “Quality of Life” Ethic

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July 6, 2020
Human Exceptionalism}

Something evil happened recently in Austin. Michael Hickson, a forty-six-year-old African-American man with quadriplegia and a serious brain injury, was refused treatment at St. David’s Hospital South Austin while ill with COVID-19. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
April 17, 2012
Human Exceptionalism}

That Unrepentant Bigotry

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 17, 2012
Human Exceptionalism}

“Stop the hate!” we are often told. To be sure, that is a worthy goal. Indeed, in recent decades great strides have been made throughout society in accepting most of us, as indeed, truly and clearly, “us.” For example, the worst forms of racist speech are now far beyond the pale—to the extent that the despicable N-word can no longer Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
December 27, 2010
Human Exceptionalism}

End-of-Life Decisions and the Bureaucracy

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 27, 2010
Human Exceptionalism}

When I learned today that the federal bureaucracy had promulgated a rule compensating physicians for the time they spend counseling patients on end-of-life health-care decisions, I wasn’t surprised. A similar provision was dropped from the Obamacare bill, but anyone who understands the profoundly bureaucratic nature of contemporary government knew that that was not necessarily the end of it. The 2,700-page Read More ›