By Jonathon Van Maren Driving through the winding, cobble-stoned village of Troy, it looks at first glance simply like another lazy Turkish town. There are old men trudging along the road, barely looking up as our car comes by. There are equally disinterested dogs sunning themselves on front steps. Only the enormous signs fastened to…
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By Jonathon Van Maren I’ve noted before that the strange alliance between progressive politicians and Muslim minorities has an expiration date if religious immigrants are ever faced with the same attacks on conscience regularly faced by Christians in the West, especially on issues such as abortion and sexuality. Here in Canada, for example, Justin Trudeau…
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By Jonathon Van Maren Over the past couple of weeks, Tucker Carlson has ignited a firestorm within the American conservative movement by not only questioning the infallibility of the free market, but also by highlighting an inconvenient fact: Sometimes, economic pressures hurt families, and perhaps it is time for conservatives to re-examine some of our…
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By Jonathon Van Maren The Gallipoli Peninsula in January is quiet and empty. It is sporadically overcast, a bit nippy, and the perfect time to drive from place to place unimpeded by the hordes of tourists who descend on these sacred sites later in the year. My wife Charmaine and I spent a day driving…
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By Jonathon Van Maren In one of the strangest and most terrifying news items I’ve seen in recent years, a docker from Humberside in Northern England was informed by police that had become the subject of a formal investigation after he retweeted a limerick making fun of transgenderism which apparently included the (undeniably true) lines,…
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By Jonathon Van Maren Very few people are willing to say so out loud, but the transgender movement is doing something extraordinarily sinister to our society: It is advocating for (and engaging in) a mass experiment on our children. We have suddenly discovered, just in the past few years, that there are apparently thousands upon…
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By Jonathon Van Maren Wild cheering and applause erupted in the New York State legislature as lawmakers voted on Tuesday to declare abortion until birth a “fundamental right” and strike any protections for children in the womb from the books. January 22 was chosen to celebrate the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, which has resulted…
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By Jonathon Van Maren January 22, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – It is easy to get overwhelmed by the massive social changes that have swept the globe since the Sexual Revolution, especially because the secular progressives have so thoroughly conquered academia, the media, and the entertainment industry. In nearly every nation on earth, there are men and…
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By Jonathon Van Maren There is something about a pro-life march that lifts my spirits. Seeing thousands upon thousands of men, women, and children taking to the streets to give voice and bear witness to the value of every human life is heartwarming. These people, after all, are not marching for themselves. They are lifting…
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