By Jonathon Van Maren We’ve all known it for a long time, even though progressive politicians have insidiously denied it: Their true purpose in implementing “modern” sex education curriculum in schools across Canada is to ensure that those children who enter school still holding the traditional beliefs of their parents—Muslim, Sikh, or Christian, for example—will…
By Jonathon Van Maren After reading and reviewing traditionalist writer Rod Dreher’s much-discussed manifesto The Benedict Option this year (and his memoir The Little Way of Ruthie Leming earlier), I decided that I should probably read a few more such books—books that didn’t simply make the case for one political philosophy over another, but focused…
By Jonathon Van Maren It’s no secret that I’ve always admired George W. Bush—as I wrote in a column earlier last week, he has always been a man of fundamental decency, honesty, and integrity. Interestingly, it is now virtually impossible to make note of Bush’s positive character traits without people accusing you immediately of bashing…
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.…