By Jonathon Van Maren Europe is filled with great Gothic churches, but for me Vienna’s St. Stephen’s Cathedral has always been one of the greatest. Not because her soaring bell tower and serrated steeples are so much more beautiful than those of other cities, but because it was St. Stephen’s that presided over some of…
By Jonathon Van Maren The ugly influence of digital pornography is in the news cycle once again, this time in a brutal article in The Star noting the social impact of porn use bleeding into the bedroom in real life. On the heels of a report in The Atlantic that warned of a sharp rise in the practice of choking during sexual…
By Jonathon Van Maren NOTE: THIS STORY IS STILL DEVELOPING. FURTHER DETAILS WILL BECOME AVAILABLE SOON. Bill 207, which would have recognize the right of medical professionals to decline to participate in procedures that conflict with their consciences in Alberta, was killed last night at committee in an 8 to 2 vote—with four United Conservative…
By Jonaton Van Maren The transgender train is now rattling along at such breakneck speeds that even many liberal commentators cannot keep pace with the rate of progress. Exhibit A is an exchange between HBO’s Bill Maher, host of Real Time with Bill Maher, and bestselling author and radio host Dennis Prager. During a spirited debate…
By Jonathon Van Maren The pornographic and violent show Game of Thrones is finally over, and thus we no longer have to watch many prominent conservative commentators thunder about Judeo-Christian morality while also plugging a show that featured 82 nude scenes in the first 67 (out of a total of 73) episodes. The HBO fantasy show was,…
By Jonathon Van Maren One of the most grotesque videos I have ever seen is currently making the rounds on social media, and it is so brutal that I shivered when I saw it. It shows a New York drag queen named Blair Black sitting at a bar, visibly pregnant. To the tune of Ke$ha’s…
By Jonathon Van Maren Despite nonstop horrifying revelations from the courtroom, David Daleiden, undercover investigators from the Center for Medical Progress, and Operation Rescue’s Troy Newman were found guilty of crimes last week by a San Francisco jury at the close of a six week trial and ordered to pay millions in damages to Planned…
I wrote about this last week, but take a minute and watch this short video clip. Watch the female student fight back tears as she explains that she doesn’t want boys to see her change naked (she’s a swimmer and uses the locker room to change.) These girls are being cruelly victimized for the sake…
By Jonathon Van Maren A round-up of important culture war news: *** A pro-life hero most people have never heard of passed away recently. As The College Fix put it: Michael Uhlmann, who passed away last month, may be the most consequential government official you’ve never heard of. His doctoral dissertation helped save the Electoral…