By Jonathon Van Maren To most people, the transgender movement is simply about men and women who feel they have been born into the wrong bodies wanting to be recognized by society as the gender they feel rather than the gender they are. While this is certainly a part of the trans agenda, activists have…
By Jonathon Van Maren Canada’s abortion activists are getting nervous. After thousands of Canadians rallied in capitals across the country against abortion earlier this month, joined by like-minded politicians such as MPP Sam Oosterhoff and others, the news that Alabama and a host of other states were passing tight abortion restrictions has set the defenders…
By Jonathon Van Maren While the transgender ideology may have swept the upper echelons of society within a mere half-decade, most ordinary men and women are still not buying into its premises. As I noted in this space last year, the transgender ideology is being imposed from the top-down, and the backlash to elitist demands that we…
Alabama’s recent abortion ban has been a catalyst in an already catalytic year in the American abortion wars. Jonathon Van Maren breaks down what is happening, and takes a look at what this means for 2020.
By Jonathon Van Maren Christopher Hitchens would probably be pleased to know that nearly a decade after his death, people have not stopped talking about him. Beyond the endless speculation as to what the Hitch might have had to say about President Donald Trump (back in 2000 he wrote that Trump had “worked out how…
By Jonathon Van Maren Let’s run a little thought experiment. Suppose I told you about a social and political issue so explosive that it brings the largest number of people each year to Parliament Hill to protest, with more than 10,000 gathering in Ottawa this year to express their discontent with the government while thousands more rallied…
Our euthanasia regimes continue to grow, and there are no signs that they will stop or even slow down. From the Christian Post: The phenomenon of elderly couples committing suicide together in nations where euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide is legally permitted appears to be on the rise. In 2018, nine elderly couples in the Netherlands…
By Jonathon Van Maren After Australia’s stunning election last weekend, Bloomberg was blunt. “The New Right Is Beating the New Left,” read the headline. “Everywhere.” Prime Minister Scott Morrison, an evangelical Christian, was expected to get destroyed in a landslide that would sweep his Liberal-National Coalition from power. Every pollster predicted it, and every left-wing…
This discussion between Live Action’s Lila Rose, a longtime pro-life activist, and conservative bomb-thrower Candace Owens is fascinating. Candace Owen’s journey into conservatism has been an interesting one, and her perspective on how sex is sold to high school students is revealing and insightful. This is the sort of conversation that needs to be happening…
