By Jonathon Van Mren Teen magazines have always been trashy. The covers scream sex advice at young girls, giving them thousands of sizzling tips on how to keep their boyfriend happy, all of which seem to involve a wide range of sexual behavior at a very young age. Self-objectification, apparently, is sexy. Glamour magazine has actually promoted dangerous…
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By Jonathon Van Maren November 10, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – Over the past two decades, it has slowly dawned on Christians that the implications of same-sex “marriage” are far greater for those who still believe in the traditional understanding of marriage than even the cynics first thought possible. The politicians, the academics, and the media have…
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By Jonathon Van Maren In the wake of claims that so-called “fake news” helped turn voters against Hillary Clinton and toward Donald Trump in the last election, the term itself has become so overused that it is nearly meaningless. Trump uses the “fake news” label to deride the mainstream media and highlight their liberal bias,…
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By Jonathon Van Maren August 29, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — It is a mark of our decadence, at this time of unprecedented prosperity and technological advancement, that progressives have not become happier with the evolution of society. Rather, each new week seems to bring with it a new set of oppressions that must be dealt with, a new…
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By Jonathon Van Maren These days, it seems, the trans activists are everywhere. There was the “pregnant dad” guy who announced that he and his gay partner were going to have a child, chatting with several media outlets about the difficulty and discrimination he faces as a “pregnant man,” which the rest of us will have to…
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By Jonathon Van Maren April 3, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – Canadian media outlets have been on a roll with their publication of irrational feminist columns. First, it was the National Post’s Ashley Csanady claiming that Mike Pence’s marital precautions constituted “rape culture.” Now, Anne Kingston of Maclean’s has published a hysterical article titled “Donald Trump’s first ‘End of Women’s History’ month.” Her…
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By Jonathon Van Maren Feb. 9, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – Last week, I wrote two columns on the escalating clashes in the United States. In the first, I noted that the hysteria that has gripped the Left has reduced their ability to see Donald Trump in political terms, and argued that their insistence on referring to him…
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By Jonathon Van maren Those of you who read my columns regularly know that I am not a big fan of Donald Trump’s political modus operandi. Many of you have attempted to explain to me why I am wrong in the comment sections, but despite my delight at the Trump Administration’s consistent action on behalf…
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By Jonathon Van Maren As a rule, I don’t write about issues I feel ill-equipped to analyze. For years, one of those issues has been climate change, a hot topic for both progressives — who wish to utilize taxes (and what else?) to solve this problem — and conservatives, who are at the very least…
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By Jonathon Van Maren January 4, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – A few weeks ago, I wrote a couple of columns in this space detailing the growing dangers of smartphones, and explained why I think that parents should avoid providing their children with these devices for as long as possible. The nearly ubiquitous sharing of explicit imagery and messages…
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