By Jonathon Van Maren A roundup of recent news stories to be aware of: *** Louisiana has passed a heartbeat bill, and the media is working hard to ensure that you don’t hear most of the details. For example, Bill HB425 is actually called the “Love Life Amendment,” and was not sponsored by a Republic—it…
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By Jonathon Van Maren British journalist and author Douglas Murray is easily one of the most insightful, incisive, and intelligent commentators on culture today. His last book, The Strange Death of Europe, is a fascinating analysis of the migrant crisis of 2015, the vanishing European identity, and the spiritual vacuum that Islam is now increasingly occupying. Despite…
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This, from the Globe and Mail, is beautiful: When she was born, the baby girl weighed about the same as an apple. A San Diego hospital on Wednesday revealed the birth of the girl and said she is believed to be the world’s tiniest surviving micro-preemie, who weighed just 8.6 ounces (245 grams) when she…
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By Jonathon Van Maren The transgender movement has not only sparked a massive cultural conversation that is rocking our civilization’s foundations to the very core. It has also spawned a series of new industries that are targeting the children and teens who have been swept up in what experts are now referring to as a social peer…
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By Jonathon Van Maren An update from the frontlines of the culture wars: *** Some states are moving to respond to the Trump Administration by passing policies of their own. From the Colorado Sun: The federal government in recent months has banned transgender people from joining the military and made plans to roll back protections…
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By Jonathon Van Maren These days, the mainstream media spends an abnormal amount of time attempting to gin up controversy where none exists. Much of that controversy is designed to make those who still hold to traditional Christian values look like hopeless bigots and to warn those who disagree with elements of the LGBT agenda…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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