By Jonathon Van Maren I’m not sure who runs the Twitter account of the Halton Police Force, but considering the warnings of experts like Dr. Jordan B. Peterson on the free speech implications of the new transgender “rights” and Bill 89 in Ontario enshrining the right to a sex change as sacred, the decision to…
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By Jonathon Van Maren Abortion activists are afraid that Donald Trump’s presidency could end legal abortion in America. That’s a sentence I never thought I’d write, and to be honest, I think that abortion activists are perhaps overstating the case. For starters, they need to overstate their case—it’s true that pro-lifers are pressing their advantage…
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Stephen Mansfield, the best-selling author of “The Faith of George W. Bush” and “The Faith of the American Soldier” was embedded in Iraq in 2005 to record the relationship between religion and the men and women on the ground. He joined Jonathon Van Maren to discuss the faith of the American soldier and the Christian…
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By Jonathon Van Maren For those of you unfamiliar with the details of an awful story unfolding in Great Britain, little Charlie Gard is a ten-month baby who suffers from a rare genetic condition. In spite of the fact that he also has brain damage, Charlie is extraordinarily fortunate to have something else, as well—loving…
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By Jonathon Van Maren It is perhaps somewhat ironic that the last time Americans were informed this incessantly of the threat Russia posed to the United States, it was called the Soviet Union and the Left was insisting that everything was being overblown. This time, in spite of a glaring lack of evidence, it is…
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By Jonathon Van Maren Remember when parents didn’t think it was a good idea for their children to see other naked adults? Yeah, that was back when people were close-minded and homophobic. Now, Pride events across the country feature simulated sex acts, public nudity, and a wide variety of other weird fetishes—and Canada’s public broadcaster,…
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By Jonathon Van Maren A couple of days ago, I watched a VICE News report on one of the latest episodes of America’s most pathetic trend: The furious temper tantrums of university students, who utilize fictitious oppression hierarchies to wield their fake victimhood as a weapon and get those who disagree with them fired. There’s…
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Harper Lee, the famously private author of one of the 20th Century’s greatest books “To Kill A Mockingbird,” let only a few people into her secret world. Dr. Wayne Flynt was one of those friends, and he recently published a book titled “Mockingbird Songs: My Friendship with Harper Lee.” He joined Jonathon Van Maren to…
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By Jonathon Van Maren A few short updates: **** Canada is again receiving international recognition, but for all the same reasons. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne’s long war against the family—supported by Progressive Conservative backstabber Patrick Brown—has attracted attention from Christian organizations and religious liberty watchers around the world. Dr. Scott Masson summed up the situation…
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By Jonathon Van Maren On Monday, I joined Dr. Annalise Trudell of Anova on the Andrew Lawton Show to debate the question: “Is pornography inherently harmful to society?” Dr. Trudell, who lists her research interests as gender issues, youth engagement, feminist poststructuralism, feminist praxis in community, and queer issues, was planning to make a single…
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