By Jonathon Van Maren The election of George W. Bush and the vote-counting fracas that followed make up some of my first conscious political memories, with the exception of a few hazy conversations amongst the adults about the various pelvic peccadillos of Bill Clinton and whether they would prematurely end his presidency. Bush, on the…
By Jonathon Van Maren United Conservative Party leadership candidate Brian Jean of Alberta is very concerned—concerned that voters have been paying attention to a so-called “shadow campaign” that questions his faith and his principles. “Shadow campaign” is a rather dramatic way of referring to a column I wrote back on September 11, detailing his past…
By Jonathon Van Maren Remember all those people who talked about the Sexual Revolution as a victimless one? That is, if you ignore those who died from or still suffer with STDs, the children from broken homes, and the 60 million abortion victims? Yeah, they’re not even pretending anymore: The Los Angeles Times just announced…
By Jonathon Van Maren As most of you know, there are few politicians I view with more distaste than Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown. Brown would probably not be leader at all, in fact, if he hadn’t lied to a large number of voters and persuaded them that he was very conservative before promptly…
By Jonathon Van Maren Earlier this week, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley informed us what her opinion of Alberta parents is by claiming that parents knowing what their children were up to at school would be “super-cruel.” Notley believes that government employees have far more love and compassion for students than their parents do, and thus…
By Jonathon Van Maren Because professional sports disinterest me to the point of boredom, I didn’t write anything about the ongoing NFL protests over the weekend. Frankly, I don’t agree with anyone on this issue: As a pro-life activist, I think peaceful protest can be a good thing and I think compulsive patriotism is a…
By Jonathon Van Maren Hugh Hefner, America’s famous porn magnate, has died at the age of 91 at the Playboy Mansion. Throughout his life, he championed unfettered hedonism in every form: Abortion, the legalization of marijuana, the liberation of sex from love, and pornography were all causes he fought—with much success—to bring into the mainstream.…
By Jonathon Van Maren Pam Damoff, the Liberal Member of Parliament for Oakville North-Burlington, has an interesting and illuminating voting record. For example, in 2016 she voted against an amendment to her party’s euthanasia legalization bill that would “protect freedom of conscience for doctors, nurses, pharmacists and healthcare institutions to refuse to participate in euthanasia.”…
By Jonathon Van Maren Stories like this one in the Daily Mail are precisely why secular progressives should not be trusted with our children: A Liberal Democrat councillor has told a party conference that schools could suggest prostitution as a career to pupils. Dennis Parsons, who is chairman of the Cheltenham Liberal Democrats, made the…
By Jonathon Van Maren Just in case you had any doubt as to whether Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and her government of activist radicals were planning on demonizing Christians as a way of winning the next election, this headline from the National Post over the weekend should clear up any doubt: “Alberta Premier Rachel Notley…