The following is a review of my latest book, published this month in the New Oxford Review. It is written by Dr. Anne Gardiner and republished here with permission. Anyone who is interested in a copy of Seeing is Believing can find a copy here. Seeing is Believing: Why Our Culture Must Face the Victims…
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By Jonathon Van Maren September 18, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – In 2015, a documentary on gun violence in America titled Armor of Light was released, directed by Abigail Disney and promoted as the riveting story of an evangelical pastor who confronts his Second Amendment-loving community on the truth about guns. According to the film’s website, the story “tracks Reverend…
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By Jonathon Van Maren I’m often asked how I manage to stay in good spirits when one of my primary jobs working fulltime as a pro-life activist is to research and write about the crumbling culture all around us, and that’s a pretty good question. Frustration, disbelief, and even anger are pretty regular sentiments when…
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By Jonathon Van Maren I’ve said often that Dr. Anthony Esolen is one of the greatest writers of our time, especially on the culture wars that plague us. His 2017 book Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American Culture was easily the best book on that subject in years, and it is simply true that Esolen…
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By Jonathon Van Maren Carmel Nisha Pius Franco has a passion: She wants the world to know about Indian babies who are being killed by abortion by their tens of millions, and she wants people everywhere to know that Western governments are funding the slaughter. She manages a pro-life organization in India called UYIRKKURAL (meaning…
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By Jonathon Van Maren The poster is so bizarre and offensive that when I first spotted it on social media, I was pretty sure it must be fake. It featured a black high-heeled shoe, a stick of red lipstick, and the ominous question: “Would you give up this?” and then beneath the high heel and…
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By Jonathon Van Maren On July 7, 2018, Irish pro-lifers from the North and the South gathered in Belfast. Niamh Uí Bhriain of Life Institute gave a spellbinding and heartbreaking speech declaring Irish defiance in the face of a rising Culture of Death and promising that the abortion referendum on May 25 would not be…
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It is easy to get depressed about the state of the culture–but 2018 has brought a lot of really great news, as well. Jonathon Van Maren reviews some of the most significant culture war victories of the past six months, from South America to Australia to the United States.
And here is the full interview, for those who are interested:
Ben Shapiro and Dave Rubin appear to be pretty good friends, and they’ve sparred over the abortion topic a few times. Each time it comes up, Rubin is increasingly uncomfortable with his position–and increasingly unwilling to defend it. If these discussion continue, I’m going to bet that Shapiro will bring Rubin around on the abortion…
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