By Jonathon Van Maren Since the election, we’ve seen the mainstream press exhibit every imaginable reaction, from paroxysms of rage and grief to contemplation and soul-searching. Will Rahn, for example, had this to say over at CBS News: Trump knew what he was doing when he invited his crowds to jeer and hiss the reporters…
By Jonathon Van Maren As most of you will know by now, 19-year-old Sam Oosterhoff became the youngest-ever Member of Provincial Parliament in Ontario’s history last night. An overnight political sensation, the media first noticed Oosterhoff when he beat Patrick Brown’s personal pick, Progressive Conservative Party leader Rick Dykstra, for the nomination, and immediately began…
By Jonathon Van Maren For the past decade or so, social conservatives have heard the same mantra: Your issues aren’t winnable. The Left owns this territory. In spite of a slowly growing pro-life consensus and hundreds of pro-life laws on the state level resulting in the lowest abortion rate since Roe v. Wade, many smug…
By Jonathon Van Maren Like most of you, I’m still trying to make sense of what happened last night. As Marco Rubio said during his concession speech, only Trump saw the tsunami coming, and now he’s ridden the wave right into the White House. What does that mean? We can’t possibly know that yet. The…
By Jonathon Van Maren Justin Trudeau has selected his first nomination to Canada’s Supreme Court, and it highlights precisely why secular progressives have been so effective in changing the laws the of the land: They take every opportunity to place those who share their radical worldview in places of influence and power, and they make…
By Jonathon Van Maren Over the past few years, I’ve gotten a lot of weird questions about porn while on my speaking tours. But one question, which has come up multiple times, is by far the most irritating. Isn’t it true, the questioner will ask, that men are looking at porn because feminism has changed…
A very kind review from writer Lea Singh over at LifeSiteNews.com: November 1, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) — Reading Culture War (LifeCycle Books, 2016) by Jonathon van Maren is much like that IMAX experience where a helicopter takes you on a racing ride above a quickly changing landscape. It is an epic and fast-moving panoramic sweep of…
Dr. Mary Anne Layden, a psychotherapist and leading scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, joins Jonathon Van Maren to discuss the connections between porn and sexual violence–and what we can do about it.
By Jonathon Van Maren Trinity Western University’s law school has just won a major victory. According to the Globe and Mail: The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld the right of Trinity Western University to operate a law school, saying the Law Society of B.C. was wrong to refuse the school’s application over concerns that…
Captivated by online porn as a child, Gabe Deem consistently watched high-speed internet porn from the age of 12. Growing up in a time and culture where watching porn was normal, He had no idea that what he thought was pleasurable, fun and “sex-positive” could actually have a negative effect on him. As time went…