By Jonathon Van Maren Last year, Dan Hitchens wrote a fascinating and hopeful essay for First Things titled “How Revolutions End,” speculating that the aging Sexual Revolution, creaking (and perhaps cracking) under the weight of its own failure, may collapse sooner than we think. The analogy he used, while imperfect, is certainly an interesting one:…
By Jonathon Van Maren It was only a matter of time before the media began to explain to us that the coronavirus pandemic has been especially difficult for transgender and non-binary people and that as such, we should be paying special attention to gender ideology during this difficult time. After all, trans issues have plunged…
By Jonathon Van Maren Last week, I noted that every province and territory in Canada has labeled abortion an “essential service” and is keeping abortion facilities open during the COVID-19 pandemic—and that abortion activists were even concerned that Canada might face a “shortage” of RU-486 (the abortion pill.) I also noted that pro-life work is…
By Jonathon Van Maren My introduction to this series on the 20th century, “The Century that Changed Everything,” can be found here. Part I, “The World Before the War,” can be found here. This is the third installment in the series. On February 4, 2012, the last living veteran of the Great War died at the age…
As panic and pandemic sweep the globe, one industry in particular is positioning itself to take advantage of the lockdown: Big Porn. Over at The Federalist, Terry Schilling lays out how the industry is attempting to profit from the crisis: The virus has provided an unprecedented opportunity for Big Porn to capitalize on our social…
By Jonathon Van Maren As government measures to contain the coronavirus become increasingly draconian—in Canada, people are now getting fined $1,000 apiece if there are more than two people from different addresses in the same vehicle—some are beginning to wonder where this all ends. British columnist Peter Hitchens, predictably, is swimming upstream of accepted opinion,…
By Jonathon Van Maren As New York City becomes the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, the city is going into lockdown. Frontline healthcare workers are preparing for shortages of beds and equipment, and the USNS Comfort, a massive hospital ship, has arrived to help deal with the influx of patients. Samaritan’s Purse,…
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By Jonathon Van Maren With a shortage of ventilators and other medical necessities, strained global supply chains, and a worldwide pandemic placing our healthcare systems under enormous strain, many healthcare workers are bracing themselves to face impossible decisions. Triage, a word that sounds jarring outside a wartime context, is increasingly on our lips. Stories of…
By Jonathon Van Maren As the battle over the pandemic abortion bans ping-pong from the governors’ desks to the circuit courts, it appears that a federal appeals court has ruled that Texas can—at least temporarily—enforce a ban on abortion as part of its response to the coronavirus pandemic. If I am not mistaken, this is…