By Jonathon Van Maren I don’t remember any point, in my mere fifteen or so years of political awareness, ever hearing so many discussions about “nationalism.” To some, it seems, the word is a mere synonym for “patriotism,” and Donald Trump’s use of the world is simply one more indication of his commitment to putting…
By Jonathon Van Maren CANADA, November 2, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – If you needed any evidence that Canada’s abortion activists are incapable of having a mature, informed discussion and prefer to simply shut down any inconvenient facts by any means possible, look no further than the almost farcical response to a campaign by Canadian lobby group We…
By Jonathon Van Maren Abortion—A procedure very similar to brushing your teeth, by which an irritant is removed, making you feel happy. Abortion Clinic—A wonderful health care facility in which medical professionals can dispense with the results of irresponsible sex by vacuuming out the uterus. Abortionist—A feticide technician unburdened by the technicalities of the Hippocratic…
By Jonathon Van Maren On October 4, 2018, the Verona city council voted 21 to 6 to declare the hometown of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to be “a city in favour of life.” Included in Motion 434 was an initiative to give public funds to pro-life organizations, working municipally to encourage women facing crisis pregnancies…
By Jonathon Van Maren October 31, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Several years ago, my wife and I spent some time in Africa for our honeymoon. One night after she’d gone to sleep in the tent, our safari guide and I stayed up chatting. He was about my age, and was telling me what it was like…
By Jonathon Van Maren Anyone who has kids knows that children change when their eyes lock on a screen. My daughter is barely over a year old and gets no screen time whatsoever, but if she spots a TV in restaurant or sees me scroll on my smartphone, her eyes fixate on the screen, her…
By Jonathon Van Maren Five years ago, I sat in a courtroom in Philadelphia, watching the prosecutor make his final pitch to the jury. Kermit Gosnell, the abortionist on trial, was seated at the front, his face split with a permanently creepy smile. He seemed pleased that he had perfected the practice of “snipping”: Delivering…
By Jonathon Van Maren October 29, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – It is truly mind-boggling to consider the extent to which the science and technology sectors have dedicated themselves to making LGBT fantasies a reality, from transgender people demanding free wombs to reproductive technologies ensuring that same-sex couples can create designer babies biologically connected to both of them. There…
By Jonathon Van Maren As the Sexual Revolution inches past the half-century mark, it is becoming increasingly obvious to anyone who happens to be looking closely that this collective social experiment has not worked out particularly well. As I highlighted in the first several chapters of my 2016 book The Culture War, broken marriages, shattered…
By Jonathon Van Maen I’ve noted many times on this blog that the backlash against pornography is increasing as porn use becomes ubiquitous and its poison seeps into every aspect of our lives. Increasingly, there are those who stand up and demand a change. Consider this wonderful open letter in the Notre Dame Observer on…