Author Archives: Jonathon Van Maren

The Benedict Option I Grew Up In

By Jonathon Van Maren This is Part II of my review of Rod Dreher’s The [...]

The Benedict Option Part I: The clash of Church and State

By Jonathon Van Maren The release of Rod Dreher’s The Benedict Option: A Strategy for [...]

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Education Minister David Eggen is a disgrace

By Jonathon Van Maren While there are many ironies in the realm of politics that [...]

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Would a war with Assad help Syrian Christians?

By Jonathon Van Maren Islamic militants greeted the arrival of Palm Sunday in Egypt with [...]

Louis C.K. says abortion is murder–but he’s cool with it.

By Jonathon Van Maren Louis C.K. is crude, misogynist, and profane. While none of those [...]

Our society is beginning to realize how awful porn is. It’s about time men did, too.

By Jonathon Van Maren Society at large continues to grapple with the fact that the [...]

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State of the Culture: The World Turns Upside Down

It’s been awhile since I wrote a “State of the Culture” update, because I’ve been [...]

What the alt-right taught me about their movement on Twitter

By Jonathon Van Maren Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve written a few columns [...]

Progressives are outraged that Mike Pence protects his marriage from the sexual culture they created

By Jonathon Van Maren Media figures, pundits, and commentators spend a decent portion of their [...]

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