By Jonathon Van Maren A grotesque report out of Kansas City recently has drawn attention to a problem that has begun to grow nearly unnoticed: The sexual assault of children—by other children. The Children’s Mercy hospital says that they are seeing “a disturbing trend in child sexual assault cases,” and that pornography has a lot to do…
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By Jonathon Van Maren I have written frequently that a key tactic of Canada’s progressive politicians is to demonize their ideological opponents in order to force their political adversaries into tough positions. Introducing so-called “bubble zone”legislation has consistently been one key way they attempt to do this. Former Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne introduced this legislation…
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By Jonathon Van Maren On December 7, 1941, the American naval base at Pearl Harbor was smashed by a stunning attack at dawn. Japanese fighter planes came in waves, with bombs and torpedoes crashing into the ships and exploding into carnage and chaos. It was all over in ninety minutes, and the devastation was immense:…
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By Jonathon Van Maren When I first spotted the link on Twitter, I thought it might be a joke. Unfortunately, it was not: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has actually published a column titled “Tumblr’s porn ban abandons the marginalized.” While “Tumblr has a major porn problem” which includes “images of child abuse,” the writer…
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By Jonathon Van Maren Earlier this year, I interviewed Sohrab Ahmari, a writer over at Commentary magazine, on the story of Alexis Lightcap. Alexis is a 2018 graduate of the Boyertown Area High School in Pennsylvania, and she and several other students have recently asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their student privacy lawsuit…
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By Jonathon Van Maren As a pro-life activist working in North America, I’ve been long fascinated by the work done to fight abortion in other countries—especially places that are radically different than the West. Recently, I did an interview with Richard Sempala on his pro-life work in Uganda, and I’ve taken another look at pro-life…
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By Jonathon Van Maren Growing up, Hyeonseo Lee was sure she lived in the best country in the world. Her family seemed well-to-do, and she was very patriotic—she knew the song “Nothing to Envy” by heart. She remembers vividly the moment she realized that not everything was as it seemed. It was the crippling famines…
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By Jonathon Van Maren This will come as no surprise to anyone, but as Alberta’s religious schools battle it out with the NDP government over Gay-Straight Alliance Clubs and the government’s demand that parents not be told of their children’s activities at schools, it turns out that the government is again lying to parents and…
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By Jonathon Van Maren Election year must be coming up: The Liberals are actually admitting that they were wrong for a change. It turns out that the backlash from religious groups over the ideological purity test they inserted into the Canada Summer Jobs Program has worried them a lot more than they were initially willing…
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By Jonathon Van Maren December 5, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – As the number of children identifying as transgender skyrockets—over 4000% in the United Kingdom—experts are beginning to highlight the fact that the relentless promotion and mainstreaming of gender identity theory is triggering a social phenomenon. In fact, many children are not even willing to wait for…
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