By Jonathon Van Maren On May 17, 1934, a beautiful little girl was born to Jewish parents in Berlin. Jacob and Pauline Levinsons, both talented professional singers, called her Hessy, and they were tremendously proud of her—despite the fact that Jewish babies were not particularly welcome in Germany at the time. A year later, the…
By Jonathon Van Maren This story is both heartbreaking and more than a bit terrifying: A father is desperately fighting to maintain partial custody of his son while the boy’s mother accuses him of transphobia and even child abuse. The mother of six-year-old James, who lives in Dallas, Texas, insists that James is a “trans…
I’m very pleased that the National Review has published my column on the Clintons’ tour kickoff in Toronto. I’ve been a National Review reader and subscriber for years, and as a huge fan of the late William F. Buckley, getting a column in his publication was always something I’d hoped to do. Anyway, here it…