By Jonathon Van Maren Read the rest of my coverage from the National Conservatism conference here. After J.D. Vance’s speech (which I thought was fantastic), Michael Anton took the stage to speak on imperialism, followed by Paulina Neuding on nationalism as an antidote to racism and David Webb on identity politics and national cohesion. The…
By Jonathon Van Maren J.D. Vance opened the second day of the National Conservatism conference. Author of the New York Times bestseller Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Netflix recently bought the film rights for $45 million), which details his childhood with his Appalachian family and growing up in Ohio, Vance has gained the…
By Jonathon Van Maren My first breakdown of the National Conservatism conference can be found here. My summary of Tucker Carlson’s keynote speech can be found here. The second half of day one of the National Conservatism conference was a bit of a blur. At 2 PM, I attended the Breakout on “International Institutions versus…
By Jonathon Van Maren The first thing to note about Tucker Carlson is that when he’s on stage and riffing on his irritations, he is hilarious. He began his keynote speech at the National Conservatism conference in Washington, D.C. on Monday by rejecting Rusty Reno’s laudatory introduction of him and noting that as someone—he couldn’t remember who—once…
By Jonathon Van Maren Many of you have probably been following the internecine war conservatives have been engaging in over the past several months, with those who believe classical liberalism may have outlived its usefulness in an era where the Left seeks the utter destruction of its opponents (represented by conservative writer Sohrab Ahmari), and…
By Jonathon Van Maren I must admit that I never suspected an American pro-life film airing in a handful of theatres across Canada would cause such an uproar across the country, but I was wrong. Both Liberal politicians and abortion activists appear to believe that the story of former Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson, who…
By Jonathon Van Maren Finally, a Western nation is taking steps to protect children from the trauma of divorce: According to the Christian Post, parents in Denmark who wish to legally divorce will now be required by law, as of March, to take a mandatory online course called “Co-operation after Divorce” and wait for a “reflection…
By Jonathon Van Maren Several weeks ago, I was speaking to a friend who works for a Jewish publication, about the slow but inexorable passing of the World War II generation, and how day by day, week by week, memory is slipping into history. He works with several organizations that collect and preserve the testimonies…
Canada’s abortion activists and pro-choice politicians like to claim that although Canada has no legal restrictions on abortion, late-term abortions virtually never happen. In fact, former Prime Minister Kim Cambell, who led Canada’s government for a blessedly short tenure of a couple of months in the early 1990s, tweeted this recently: “Abortion is regulated by…