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As LSN reported at the time, Harvest Ministries International had a contract to host - [‘Hate speech’ law already having a chilling effect in Canada](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/08/05/hate-speech-law-already-having-a-chilling-effect-in-canada/) - After a decade of Liberal government, the slow erosion of freedom of speech has escalated. The latest example of this comes from the Edmonton Police. An X post last week included a link urging people to “report online hate” with the message: “You typed it. Someone lived it. Online hate isn’t ‘just a comment.’ It - [Ruling prince of Liechenstein vows to veto abortion referendum](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/08/05/ruling-prince-of-liechenstein-vows-to-veto-abortion-referendum/) - Abortion activists are spearheading another attempt to legalize abortion in Liechtenstein, the tiny German-speaking country landlocked between Switzerland and Austria. It is both the world’s sixth smallest country and one of the wealthiest; a constitutional monarchy with one of the highest standards of living in Europe. It also boasts one of Europe’s strongest pro-life regimes. - [The Dying Advice of Ben Sasse](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/05/06/the-dying-advice-of-ben-sasse/) - For the past four months, Ben Sasse has been dying in public. Diagnosed in December with Stage 4 metastasized pancreatic cancer, the former Republican senator has made the extraordinary decision to use the little time he has left—extended, thankfully, by revolutionary trial treatments he is currently taking—to do a series of interviews discussing life, death, - [JD Vance's defence of the Trump admin's pro-life record falls flat](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/07/24/jd-vances-defence-of-the-trump-admins-pro-life-record-falls-flat/) - Vice President JD Vance has been the Trump administration’s primary spokesman to the pro-life movement, tasked with easing the tensions that have arisen as the president pivots away from the movement and seeks to transition the GOP into a pro-choice party. Vance addressed some of those concerns directly at the March for Life in January, where he attempted - [A Father's Grief: The Murders of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/07/24/a-fathers-grief-the-murders-of-yaron-lischinsky-and-sarah-milgrim/) - It was morning in Israel when Daniel Lischinsky opened the family WhatsApp chat and saw a message from his youngest son. There had been a terrorist attack in Washington. Ben-Ami worked at the Israeli Embassy in Ecuador; he told them that their son Yaron, an embassy staffer, had been involved. Daniel replied that he would - [Malta’s Answer to the Abortion Lobby](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/07/20/maltas-answer-to-the-abortion-lobby/) - For almost a decade, abortion activists have had the small Mediterranean country of Malta in their crosshairs. Malta is the European Union’s last pro-life haven; abortion is illegal unless a woman’s life is at immediate risk. Yet, contra the claims of abortion activists and activist NGOs, Malta has one of the lowest maternal mortality rates in the - [WATCH: Islam's Christian Slave Trade](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/07/18/watch-islams-christian-slave-trade/) - The UK grooming gangs are just the latest in a grim historical story--and one that many influencers are currently lying about. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyfggDtTD1Q&t=1s - [WATCH: Pierre Poilievre vs. Pride](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/07/15/watch-pierre-poilievre-vs-pride/) - This was genuinely a hilarious interview by Poilievre. Is the Overton window shifting? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPwra_6rTF8 - [The Dutch Farm That Defied Hitler: One Family’s Courageous Rescue of Hundreds](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/07/14/the-dutch-farm-that-defied-hitler-one-familys-courageous-rescue-of-hundreds/) - Part 1 in a series on the little-known Holocaust rescuers of World War II On Wednesday, October 6, 1943, four officers arrived at the Bogaard farm in Haarlemmermeer, hunting for illegally slaughtered meat. All seemed quiet and peaceful. Officially, the Dutch farm was inhabited by 77-year-old Johannes Bogaard, his sons Willem and Theunis, his daughter - [Finnish MP convicted for quoting Bible denied transit through London’s Heathrow Airport](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/07/13/finnish-mp-convicted-for-quoting-bible-denied-transit-through-londons-heathrow-airport/) - Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen, who was recently convicted by Finland’s Supreme Court for quoting the Bible, has been told that she cannot go through the UK’s Heathrow Airport in London due to her “hate crime” conviction. Writer Rod Dreher broke the news on his Substack last week. The incident has not yet been detailed by - [How Trump Betrayed the Pro-Life Movement](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/07/10/how-trump-betrayed-the-pro-life-movement/) - Several weeks after the 2016 election, Marjorie Dannenfelser received a voicemail from President-Elect Donald J. Trump. Her organization, the Susan B. Anthony List, had knocked on over a million doors on his behalf in exchange for a lengthy list of pro-life policy commitments, and he was calling to express his gratitude. “I want to just - [WATCH: MP Jamil Jivani kicks a Rainbow Hornet's Nest](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/07/09/watch-mp-jamil-jivani-kicks-a-rainbow-hornets-nest/) - There are many rules in Canadian politics. One of them is this: You must never, ever tell the truth about “pride” festivals. Jivani broke the rule: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VGApCcR9jg - [Keir Starmer’s parting gift to Britain: The ‘gayest Parliament in the world’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/07/09/keir-starmers-parting-gift-to-britain-the-gayest-parliament-in-the-world/) - On June 29, outgoing U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared that the British House of Commons is “the gayest Parliament … in the world.” Starmer, who resigned on June 22, hosted an LGBT event for “pride” month at 10 Downing Street. He was introduced by lesbian Labour MP Olivia Bailey, who joked that her hairstyle - [The Midwife of Auschwitz vs. the Angel of Death](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/07/07/the-midwife-of-auschwitz-vs-the-angel-of-death/) - Auschwitz’s “Angel of Death,” Dr. Joseph Mengele, was furious with the small, stubborn Polish midwife standing before him and refusing his orders. He was accustomed to exercising the power of life and death simply by pointing left or right when the long trains discharged their human cargo. But Stanisława Leszczyńska, tasked with throwing Jewish babies - [America at 250: Heat, Hype, and Heroes](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/07/07/america-at-250-heat-hype-and-heroes/) - he stifling heat settled like a soggy blanket over the week-long America250 celebrations in Washington, D.C. Extreme heat warnings kicked in on July 1; by Friday, the heat index hit 44.4 degrees Celsius (111.9 degrees Farenheit), and eleven people were taken to the hospital from the Great American State Fair. Seven required advanced life support. - [In Oxford with the Inklings](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/10/22/in-oxford-with-the-inklings/) - The churchyard where Jack Lewis lies at rest is overgrown, surrounded by trees, and strewn with ancient tilting tombstones marked with moss and lichen. Lewis’s gravestone is a simple granite slab: “Clive Staples Lewis. Born Belfast 29th November 1898. Died in this Parish 22nd November 1963. Men Must Endure Their Going Hence.” Beneath his name - [Male prisoners to be removed from Scottish women’s prisons after judge’s ruling](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/06/29/male-prisoners-to-be-removed-from-scottish-womens-prisons-after-judges-ruling/) - Trans activists in the U.K. have lost yet another legal battle. Last Friday, Judge Lady Ross ruled that the Scottish Prison Service guidance, which permitted some trans-identifying men to be held in women’s prison, is illegal based on the U.K. Supreme Court decision ruling that the definition of “woman” under the Equality Act refers to biological sex. - [Anglican Church of Canada to offer special liturgy for euthanasia deaths](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/06/29/anglican-church-of-canada-to-offer-special-liturgy-for-euthanasia-deaths/) - The moral implosion of Canada’s mainline Protestant denominations began decades ago, but Adam Smith’s observation that “there is a great deal of ruin in a nation” is also true of post-Christian churches. Last month, a United Church in Richmond, British Columbia, was spotted advertising a seminar on “medical assistance in dying.” The United Church has - [Netherlands does the unthinkable: euthanize a young child](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/06/29/netherlands-does-the-unthinkable-euthanize-a-young-child/) - I knew it was coming, but it still felt like a Rubicon has been crossed to read the news in black and white: For the first time since legalization in 2024, a child between the ages of one and 12 — we don’t know if the child was a boy or girl — was euthanized - [Why video games are stupid](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/06/25/why-video-games-are-stupid/) - The latest in the Grand Theft Auto video game series is opening for pre-orders on June 25, and predictably it is garnering controversy. I say “predictably” because conservatives have been condemning the series since it was first released in 1997; Grand Theft Auto was denounced in Britain (where a peer called for it to be - [WATCH: The "MAID" Report That Will Save Thousands of Lives | MP Andrew Lawton](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/06/25/watch-the-maid-report-that-will-save-thousands-of-lives-mp-andrew-lawton/) - The Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying has now recommended permanently banning euthanasia for mental illness. MP Andrew Lawton joined me to explain why--and how thousands of lives will be saved as a result: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UfiDK1kb8A As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my - [Has Poilievre has decided to stand up for Canadians sick of LGBT ideology?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/06/24/has-poilievre-has-decided-to-stand-up-for-canadians-sick-of-lgbt-ideology/) - Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre has taken a stand in the LGBT flag wars—and quite an unexpected one at that. For four straight years, Liberals, the media (I repeat myself), and activists on social media have criticized Poilievre’s absence at the formal LGBT flag-raising on Parliament Hill. As I noted earlier this month, the LGBT flag - [Labour MP Puts Assisted Suicide Bill Back on Life Support](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/06/24/labour-mp-puts-assisted-suicide-bill-back-on-life-support/) - After dying a natural death in the House of Lords earlier this year, Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill has been resurrected and put on life support in Westminster by MP Lauren Edwards on June 17—just five days before Prime Minister Keir Starmer, a supporter of the bill, resigned. Starmer’s successor is unlikely to - [Globe and Mail journalist calls 100k assisted suicides a ’cause for celebration’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/06/19/globe-and-mail-journalist-calls-100k-assisted-suicides-a-cause-for-celebration/) - Over the past decade, many in the international press have openly wondered how Canada’s euthanasia regime went off the rails so swiftly and so grotesquely that other nations have decided against legalizing assisted suicide for fear of turning into Canada. There are, of course, many answers to that question, but one cannot be emphasized enough: Canada - [WATCH: Why Bill C-9 is so dangerous](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/06/19/watch-why-bill-c-9-is-so-dangerous/) - Bill C-9 is now law. The Liberals claim that there is nothing to worry about, and that religious freedom is safe. Here's why I don't believe it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUXgKpSVs1U As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian - ["Her p*nis": UK transgender story highlights media credibility collapse](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/06/19/her-pnis-uk-transgender-story-highlights-media-credibility-collapse/) - Forests of trees have been felled in the effort to explain the collapse of trust in the fifth estate; commissions have been created, panels hosted, and teeth gnashed. Trust in the press is in freefall, and this is a disaster — just ask the press. If I were to give a PowerPoint presentation on the - [‘Help me!’: Botched euthanasia exposes the horrific reality behind ‘medical aid in dying’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/06/18/help-me-botched-euthanasia-exposes-the-horrific-reality-behind-medical-aid-in-dying/) - The great victory of suicide activists has been to sanitize and medicalize the killing of human beings. We cannot use words like “suicide” or “killing”; we must instead use false, propagandistic language like “medical aid in dying” or, preferably, the official-sounding acronym “MAID.” Suicide and killing still make us uncomfortable, and so the terms have - [Europe’s Christians: Increasingly Squeezed Between Islamists and the Left](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/06/17/europes-christians-increasingly-squeezed-between-islamists-and-the-left/) - As riots triggered by migrant attacks convulse the UK, the debate over immigration in Europe is reaching a fever pitch. The same question is asked, time and again: If nobody voted for this, why does it keep on happening? In the past two years, migrant violence has been recorded—and in some cases triggered violent public - [Liberals take offense at Conservative MP asking scientist for definition of a woman](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/06/12/liberals-take-offense-at-conservative-mp-asking-scientist-for-definition-of-a-woman/) - Mark Carney’s Liberals made international headlines once again — this time for claiming that asking for the definition of “woman” is “highly offensive.” At a meeting of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research on science policy, federal research grants, DEI, and women in STEM, Conservative MP Vincent Neil Ho asked Canadian Chief Science - [When Eugenics Goes Viral](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/06/12/when-eugenics-goes-viral/) - On June 3, a debate about the silent genocide of unborn children with Down syndrome exploded on social media. The unlikely catalyst was an X post by YouTube influencer Jesse “McJuggerNuggets” Ridgway. For months, the Ridgways had been producing and posting news of their pregnancy for a massive online audience, including their pregnancy announcement on March 29, - [LGBT ‘pride’ is Canada’s state religion. That’s why Liberals are so committed to Bill C-9](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/06/12/lgbt-pride-is-canadas-state-religion-thats-why-liberals-are-so-committed-to-bill-c-9/) - On June 9, Prime Minister Mark Carney raised the LGBT flag over occupied territory: Parliament Hill. The press—and some politicians—invariably describe the ceremony as an annual “tradition,” and this characterization is revelatory. This “tradition” is merely a decade old; when the first flag-raising was held in 2016, the CBC described it as a historic first: “Minister Justin Trudeau - [WATCH: The Canadian press is rolling out their "polyamory" playbook](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/06/12/watch-the-canadian-press-is-rolling-out-their-polyamory-playbook/) - The Canadian press is plugging for "polyamory"--and the playbook is identical to the LGBT playbook. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nteqQpWcRCY As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead, where you can also find other columns - [Fewer than 10% of UK voters view euthanasia as a priority issue: new poll](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/06/08/fewer-than-10-of-uk-voters-view-euthanasia-as-a-priority-issue-new-poll/) - According to an exclusive June 2 report from the Daily Mail, fewer than one in ten U.K. voters consider assisted suicide a priority for their Member of Parliament. The mega-poll of over 10,000 people comes as a blow to suicide activists, who are desperately trying to resurrect Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s euthanasia bill that died in the House - [WATCH: Pierre Poilievre condemns transing kids](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/06/05/watch-pierre-poilievre-condemns-transing-kids/) - Poilievre joins a growing list of leaders in Canada who are finally speaking out about this massive scandal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdoF9qq1_4k As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead, where you can also find - [WATCH: A social conservative won the BC Conservative leadership race](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/06/05/watch-a-social-conservative-won-the-bc-conservative-leadership-race/) - Kerry-Lynne Findlay ran against SOGI sex education, sex changes for minors, and the NDP. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBdbgMW6cxA As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead, where you can also find other columns (and - [Polyamory promoters push propaganda efforts to the next level](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/06/04/polyamory-promoters-push-propaganda-efforts-to-the-next-level/) - The polyamory pushers have upped their game. As I noted in April and May, the polyamory “community” has begun their push for legal recognition with earnest. This campaign really ramped up in 2024, and activists are using the LGBT playbook to spearhead the next phase of the sexual revolution. I predicted at least one major news article a - [Charles Dickens attacked by the staff of his own museum](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/06/04/charles-dickens-attacked-by-the-staff-of-his-own-museum/) - Over 150 years after his death, the great novelist and humanitarian Charles Dickens is facing a new round of criticism. This time, it takes the form of an internal memo sent to the staff of Rochester’s Guildhall Museum, which hosts the permanent “Making of Mr. Dickens” exhibition, opened by Queen Camilla in 2022. Workers were - [When America's top abortionist switched sides](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/06/01/when-americas-top-abortionist-switched-sides/) - In 1984, Dr. Bernard Nathanson asked his colleague to film an abortion. He had seen the results countless times as the director of the largest standing abortion clinic in America. But abortion, he noted, “is a blind procedure”; after it was over, all that remained was “a little pile of meat in a gauze bag.” - [WATCH: Iran's Underground Church in Wartime](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/06/01/watch-irans-underground-church-in-wartime/) - Dr. Hormoz Shariat's brother was executed by the Iranian regime. He now runs Iran Alive Ministries, broadcasting to Christians in the locked-down country. He explains what life is like for Christians in Iran: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owAcGjW6J08 As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my book How We Got - [The deadly illegal abortion pill campaign in Malta](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/05/28/the-deadly-illegal-abortion-pill-campaign-in-malta/) - Three years after the defeat of their years-long campaign to overturn Malta’s pro-life laws, abortion activists in the last EU country with full protection for children in the womb have launched their next salvo. Having failed to change the law, they are now breaking it. Lockboxes with abortion pills have been set up across the - [Don’t let the secondhand bookstores die](https://thebridgehead.ca/2020/07/14/dont-let-the-secondhand-bookstores-die/) - I was perched on top of a stepladder scanning the top shelf of a tall bookcase when I hit the jackpot: an old leather-bound edition of Gladstone’s memoirs. Heading north on a road trip, my friend and I had stopped in at a second-hand bookshop inhabiting a century-old mill. He’d been hunting for the obscure - [WATCH: Will Pierre's leadership survive? (& other questions)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/05/22/watch-will-pierres-leadership-survive-other-questions/) - On today's episode, we talk about a range of political and cultural questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeXqjes7DSk For more, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead, where you can also find other columns (and books!) if - [Grieving mother dies in Swiss assisted suicide clinic](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/05/22/grieving-mother-dies-in-swiss-assisted-suicide-clinic/) - On April 24, a healthy 56-year-old woman died by suicide at the Pegasos clinic in Basel, Switzerland. Wendy Duffy, a former care worker from the West Midlands, U.K., was still grieving the loss of 23-year-old son Marcus, who died in 2022 after tragically choking to death when he was asleep after eating a sandwich. Duffy - [Mother’s and Father’s Day canceled at Canadian school to ‘respect the diversity of families’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/05/22/mothers-and-fathers-day-canceled-at-canadian-school-to-respect-the-diversity-of-families/) - It has become clear to anyone watching over the past decade that the sexual revolution is, in fact, a zero-sum game. The latest news on this file is an elementary school in Winnipeg that has decided to eliminate Mother’s Day and Father’s Day presents in favor of family gifts, which the National Post noted is “part of - [Jim Hughes' greatest battle](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/05/22/jim-hughes-greatest-battle/) - Jim Hughes, the Canadian movement’s most prominent leader for more than four decades, died on the morning of May 18 at 83 years of age. Tributes have been pouring in from across the movement as pro-life activists recall his tireless commitment to the cause and his impact on their own lives. Hughes gave up his business career - [Do children have a "right" to LGBT content according to the EU?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/05/20/do-children-have-a-right-to-lgbt-content-according-to-the-eu/) - On April 21, just nine days after Viktor Orban’s electoral defeat in the Hungarian parliamentary elections, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its ruling in Commission v. Hungary, decreeing that Hungary’s 2021 Child Protection Law prohibiting the exposure of minors to LGBT propaganda is in violation of EU law and core values. Sixteen - [Retired pastor convicted for preaching near hospital that commits abortions](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/05/15/retired-pastor-convicted-for-preaching-near-hospital-that-commits-abortions/) - Retired pastor Clive Johnston has been convicted on two charges under the Abortion Services Act in Northern Ireland for the crime of preaching on John 3:16 at the edge of a buffer zone across from Coleraine’s Causeway Hospital, which commits abortions, in 2025. Johnston called it a “dark day for Christian freedom.” John 3:16 reads: “For God - [WATCH: Finally Some Good News](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/05/15/watch-finally-some-good-news/) - After a steady stream of horror stories, it looks like Ottawa may be finally ready to move against euthanasia for mental illness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGR8qoQKAfM As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead, where - [Spain’s ‘Angel of Death’ Transferred to Women’s Prison Under Self-ID Law](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/05/11/spains-angel-of-death-transferred-to-womens-prison-under-self-id-law/) - Last month, the Spanish serial killer known as ‘the Angel of Death’ was moved into the women’s section of Puig de les Basses prison in Figueres, Spain. Joan Vila Dilmé is serving a 127-year prison sentence after being convicted in 2014 of eleven nursing home murders carried out between August 2009 and October 2010. Dilmé, dubbed - [Tucker Carlson's Jihad](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/05/11/tucker-carlsons-jihad/) - For years, Tucker Carlson described himself as an Episcopalian and infrequent church attender. That changed in 2023, when the superstar podcaster began prefacing much of his commentary with the declaration “as a Christian.” According to Tucker, he began to read the Bible all the way through for the first time in 2023, after he says - [WATCH: The Truth About Christians in Israel w/ Pastor David Zadok](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/05/11/watch-the-truth-about-christians-in-israel-w-pastor-david-zadok/) - Tucker Carlson says Christians are persecuted in Israel. I spoke with Pastor David Zadok of the Grace and Truth congregation, who left Iran after the 1979 revolution, became a Christian in the United States, and now serves an Israeli congregation as pastor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsUT11_HRro&t=2s As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You - [81 Years After V-E Day: Defend the Great Victors—but Don’t Let Their Triumph Become Our Replacement Religion](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/05/08/81-years-after-v-e-day-defend-the-great-victors-but-dont-let-their-triumph-become-our-replacement-religion/) - The 81st anniversary of Victory in Europe (V-E) Day dawns with precious few left who still remember it. My grandparents lived through the Occupation of the Netherlands; two are gone, one can no longer find her memories, and the last remembers it like it was yesterday—a neighbor knocking on the window to tell them that - [The biggest pro-life fight since Roe](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/05/07/the-biggest-pro-life-fight-since-roe/) - Two judicial rulings over mifepristone this month have set the stage for the most important legal battle over abortion since the overturn of Roe v. Wade in 2022—and the fight has exposed the growing divide between the pro-life movement and the Trump administration. Central to this legal battle is the Biden administration’s decision to use the pretext - [WATCH: Canadian gender doctor now questions transgender "treatments" for minors](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/05/06/watch-canadian-gender-doctor-now-questions-transgender-treatments-for-minors/) - This story is a bombshell and should be making headlines across Canada. It isn't. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTZA5fEqjw0&t=678s As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead, where you can also find other columns (and - [CBC’s euthanasia propaganda threatens the lives of the mentally ill](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/05/05/cbcs-euthanasia-propaganda-threatens-the-lives-of-the-mentally-ill/) - The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation – which became eligible for state-assisted death a long time ago – has performed the function of propaganda arm for nearly every deadly and dangerous social cause of the past half-century, from abortion to “sex change” surgeries for minors. But its barely disguised advocacy for Canada’s euthanasia regime is second to none. - [Iran’s Underground Church in Wartime](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/05/01/irans-underground-church-in-wartime/) - “Life is hard,” Yahya, a leader in Iran’s Christian house church movement, told David Yeghnazar of Elam Ministries recently. Yahya (not his real name) was sending voice messages due to Iran’s wartime internet blackout, which makes it nearly impossible for Christian leaders like the Iranian-born Yeghnazar outside the country to reach their contacts in Iran. “But we are continuing. - [Nova Scotia Education Minister condemns parental rights](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/05/01/nova-scotia-education-minister-condemns-parental-rights/) - Nova Scotia Education Minister Brendan Maguire launched into an angry tirade condemning parental rights in the provincial legislature this week, responding to an MLA who brought up concerns published by Juno News and the Citizens’ Alliance of Nova Scotia about provincial funding for sex change surgeries for minors and school policies on “social transitioning” without - [Kenya court overturns ‘constitutional right’ to abortion in pro-life victory](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/04/29/kenya-court-overturns-constitutional-right-to-abortion-in-pro-life-victory/) - On April 24, Kenya’s Court of Appeal overturned a 2022 high court ruling declaring that access to abortion is a “constitutional right” and that the arrest and prosecution of abortionists and women procuring abortions is unconstitutional. Kenya’s Constitution explicitly protects unborn children as persons, stating in Section 26: (1) Every person has the right to life. - [Canadian doctor who ‘transitioned’ minors now says we should reconsider giving hormones to youth](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/04/27/canadian-doctor-who-transitioned-minors-now-says-we-should-reconsider-giving-hormones-to-youth/) - According to a report from the National Post, Dr. Karine Katchadourian – one of the first doctors in Canada to provide hormones to trans-identifying youth – stated at a virtual lecture for the University of Alberta in February that she now believes the “majority of youth” should not be medicalized. Khatchadourian is an assistant professor of pediatrics - [Why does the culture not understand Christian communities?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/04/27/why-does-the-culture-not-understand-christian-communities/) - Over the past decade, traditional Christian communities, institutions, and individuals have faced an increasingly hostile political and legal environment in Canada. In a 2018 Supreme Court ruling, Trinity Western University was denied accreditation for a Christian law school in a 7-2 ruling widely recognized as pitting “religious freedom against LGBTQ+ rights.” More recently in British Columbia, former - [NHS nurse wins settlement after she was punished for ‘misgendering’ pedophile](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/04/23/nhs-nurse-wins-settlement-after-she-was-punished-for-misgendering-pedophile/) - Jennifer Melle, the south London nurse suspended from her job for “misgendering” a convicted pedophile, has now won a settlement against Epson and St. Helier Hospitals NHS Trust in advance of the employment tribunal that was scheduled for April 13. The NHS trust has also apologized to Melle, who is a Christian. As previously reported, Melle was - [The Hypocrisy of Progressive Europe](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/04/23/the-hypocrisy-of-progressive-europe/) - Since the defeat of Viktor Orbán, the commentariat has convulsed with rejoicing. The reign of a prime minister we were informed was a pocket-sized Putin who would cling to power no matter what the cost was simply … voted out. Progressives declared it a victory for democracy, which we had been told Hungary no longer - [WATCH: Does the Liberal government think you're guilty of "violence"?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/04/23/watch-does-the-liberal-government-think-youre-guilty-of-violence/) - Can the Carney government be trusted on C-9? Are you guilty of "hate"? Well, that depends on how the government defines these terms. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OMGUsuGKLw As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The - [Only 41% of Canadians support doctors who oppose euthanasia: new survey](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/04/20/only-41-of-canadians-support-doctors-who-oppose-euthanasia-new-survey/) - It shouldn’t have to be said, but apparently it does, so here goes: Forcing doctors to kill people or to participate in killing people against the dictates of their conscience is Nazi-level bad. That fact is apparently not obvious enough to many Canadians. A new survey, recently published by Research Co., found that just “under two-in-five - [Tennessee declares June ‘Nuclear Family Month,’ rejects LGBT ‘pride’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/04/20/tennessee-declares-june-nuclear-family-month-rejects-lgbt-pride/) - On April 9, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed a resolution recognizing the month of June as “Nuclear Family Month” instead of “Pride Month,” triggering backlash from LGBT activists. Tennessee House Joint Resolution 182 passed the House of Representatives 72-18, and the Senate by 26-4. The resolution defines the “nuclear family” as “consisting of one husband, - [Pro-life states saw drop in maternal mortality, new study finds](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/04/20/pro-life-states-saw-drop-in-maternal-mortality-new-study-finds/) - A new study published last week by JAMA Network Open revealed that despite a torrent of press propaganda claiming that pro-life protections threaten the lives of women, maternal mortality rates are actually falling in states that passed strong pro-life laws. In Texas, for example, the maternal mortality rate fell by 2.4 percent since the Heartbeat Act passed in 2021; the - [‘Deadnaming’ is now classified as ‘gender-based violence’ in liberal Canada](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/04/20/deadnaming-is-now-classified-as-gender-based-violence-in-liberal-canada/) - Canadians have been reluctant to recognize just how much their country has changed over the past decade. Although Canadian Christians are beginning to wake up, there are still many who are persuaded that there is a ceiling to how totalitarian the Canadian government can get. I heard from many, for example, who insisted that the Carney - [WATCH: The breath-taking cynicism of Marilyn Gladu](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/04/20/watch-the-breath-taking-cynicism-of-marilyn-gladu/) - Why are there so many Conservative floor-crossers? How could a "social conservative" join Mark Carney's party? Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFTnY7Ldsy8 As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead, where you can also find other - [Which conspiracy theories are true?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/04/20/which-conspiracy-theories-are-true/) - A quick survey of X or the top YouTube-influencer-content on the Right reveals that conspiracy theories have never been so widely spread or fervently believed. You can hear Tucker Carlson claiming that the atomic bomb was literally (not figuratively) created by demons; Candace Owens attempting to claim that Erika Kirk is tied to the assassination of her - [Abortion Is a Luxury Europe Cannot Afford](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/04/16/abortion-is-a-luxury-europe-cannot-afford/) - On April 4, the governor of Russia’s Novgorod region made an extraordinary statement at an event on boosting birthrates. “We’ve had these small victories, but that’s not enough,” Gleb Nitkin said while discussing a 30% drop in the abortion rate. “The [demographic] situation in our country is critical, and allowing elective abortions is too big a luxury. - [Ontario distorts cause of death statistics by refusing to list euthanasia](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/04/13/ontario-distorts-cause-of-death-statistics-by-refusing-to-list-euthanasia/) - Ontario’s Handbook on Certification of Death opens with a quote from the 1955 U.N. Handbook of Vital Statistics Methods: “It may truthfully be said that virtually every large-scale problem in preventive medicine has been brought to light – in part at least – by statistics of death, and further that the adequacy of remedial or curative action is, in - [Euthanasia activist says we need to help the suicidal by expanding assisted suicide](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/04/13/euthanasia-activist-says-we-need-to-help-the-suicidal-by-expanding-assisted-suicide/) - On March 24, one of Canada’s most prominent euthanasia activists testified before the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying. Jocelyn Downie is an old hand at this—she first testified on the subject back in 1995, at the Special Senate Committee on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide. We no longer use such terms, of course; in - [The ugly truth about modern dating](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/04/13/the-ugly-truth-about-modern-dating/) - "My generation grew up parented by a generation who were very liberal, very suspicious of being controlled by religion or social norms or traditional morality,” 26-year-old Freya India told me in a Zoom interview. “We forgot that we are human and we need something to follow. We want to know what’s normal. You have a - [WATCH: The NDP's hilarious and sinister woke convention](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/04/09/watch-the-ndps-hilarious-and-sinister-woke-convention/) - Video after video coming out of the NDP convention went viral not just in Canada but internationally as members came up to the microphones to speak, waving official “equity cards” that marked their status as members of “equity-seeking groups,” which according to the party are “racialized members,” indigenous members, “2SLGBTQ+ community” members, people with disabilities, - [Why "sexual freedom" has made young people miserable](https://thebridgehead.ca/2022/11/21/why-sexual-freedom-has-made-young-people-miserable/) - We are rapidly approaching an era when there will be nobody left living who remembers what life was like before the sexual revolution. Even those who grew up in religious communities where biblical standards were still the norm inhabited islands of relative sanity surrounded by the roiling seas of sexual chaos and liquid modernity – - [WATCH: Should you date someone who watches p*rn? (& other questions)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/04/07/45568/) - Should you date someone who watches pornography? Should you break up with them if you find out they do? How can you get free from pornography? Registered pyschotherapist and addictions counselor Paul Lavergne joins us to talk through these questions, and many more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHWFnfpp88w&t=1083s As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, - [VICTORY: A Win for Christian Counselors and Religious Liberty at the US Supreme Court](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/04/02/victory-a-win-for-christian-counselors-and-religious-liberty-at-the-us-supreme-court/) - In a resounding victory for religious liberty on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8–1 in Chiles v. Salazar in favor of a Christian counselor and against Colorado’s “conversion therapy” ban. “Colorado may regard its policy as essential to public health and safety,” Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for the majority. “But the First Amendment stands - [Inch by inch, Liberals are strangling religious freedom in Canada](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/03/30/inch-by-inch-liberals-are-strangling-religious-freedom-in-canada/) - With the passage of Bill C-9 at Third Reading in Parliament on Wednesday, religious freedom in Canada feels incredibly fragile. Since the Liberal Party took power under Justin Trudeau in 2015, progressive politicians and their LGBT allies have more or less free reign to implement their agenda, and they have taken full advantage of it. Conservatives tend - [Pierre Poilievre had a golden opportunity to condemn assisted suicide on Joe Rogan. He failed to take it.](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/03/30/pierre-poilievre-had-a-golden-opportunity-to-condemn-assisted-suicide-on-joe-rogan-he-failed-to-take-it/) - In a viral interview that racked up 2.4 million views in just four days, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre sat down with podcasting giant Joe Rogan for a wide-ranging interview that lasted more than two hours and was widely seen as a coup for the leader of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition. But on the subject of - [UK’s Girlguiding says ‘transgender’ boys must leave organization by September 6](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/03/30/uks-girlguiding-says-transgender-boys-must-leave-organization-by-september-6/) - If you had told me a decade ago that organizations in the U.K. would be the first to begin rejecting gender ideology, I wouldn’t have believed it. But here we are. In December, Girlguiding – the U.K.’s largest “girl-only organization” with roughly 300,000 young members – announced that their membership will now be “restricted to girls - [VICTORY: Slovenia’s Supreme Court upholds pro-life referendum defeat of assisted suicide](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/03/30/victory-slovenias-supreme-court-upholds-pro-life-referendum-defeat-of-assisted-suicide/) - The Supreme Court of Slovenia has rejected an attempt to overturn the November 2025 assisted suicide referendum. Slovenia’s leftist government had legalized assisted suicide on July 18, and the State Council overrode a veto on July 24. A broad coalition, supported by religious leaders, organized to trigger a national referendum, gathering the required 40,000 signatures. On November 23, - [Dutch teenage boy euthanized for autism](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/03/30/dutch-teenage-boy-euthanized-for-autism/) - Canada’s euthanasia regime is currently the subject of the sort of debate that the country should have had back in 2016 – and experts are giving parliamentarians truly catastrophic predictions of what will come to pass if assisted suicide for mental illness comes into effect as scheduled in March 2027. At the joint committee on - [VICTORY: Maltese Court Acquits Christian Accused of Violating ‘Conversion Therapy’ Ban](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/03/30/victory-maltese-court-acquits-christian-accused-of-violating-conversion-therapy-ban/) - In a landmark victory for freedom of speech and religious liberty, thirty-three-year-old Matthew Grech was cleared by a Maltese court on March 4 after being charged under the country’s 2016 ‘conversion therapy’ ban, the first law of its kind in the European Union. LGBT activists and their political allies had targeted Grech, a Christian who had shared - [WATCH: Canada kills Scotland's assisted suicide law](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/03/30/watch-canada-kills-scotlands-assisted-suicide-law/) - Around the world, Canada is making headlines. Legislators are citing Canada as a driving force behind key votes. Here's what happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpIG2xR3TzU&t=2s As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead, where - [BREAKING: Finnish Supreme Court Convicts Päivi Räsänen of “Hate Speech”](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/03/26/breaking-finnish-supreme-court-convicts-paivi-rasanen-of-hate-speech/) - After a seven-year legal battle, the infamous “Bible tweet” prosecution of Finnish parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen concluded with a mixed verdict from the Supreme Court on Thursday. The court unanimously acquitted the former minister of the interior for her 2019 tweet quoting Scripture but convicted Räsänen for “hate speech” under the “war crimes and crimes against humanity” section - [Scottish politician will not reintroduce assisted suicide bill after crushing defeat in Parliament](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/03/24/scottish-politician-will-not-reintroduce-assisted-suicide-bill-after-crushing-defeat-in-parliament/) - The MSP who sponsored Scotland’s assisted suicide bill has said that he will not reintroduce the legislation in the next parliament after the “Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill” failed last Monday in by a margin of 69 votes to 57. Liam McArthur, a Liberal Democrat, had pulled out all the stops in the - [Elderly Canadian woman offered euthanasia before doctor even asked what was wrong with her](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/03/24/elderly-canadian-woman-offered-euthanasia-before-doctor-even-asked-what-was-wrong-with-her/) - A senior who went to Vancouver General Hospital for a diagnosis and treatment after experiencing sudden pain was offered euthanasia by a doctor – before the woman had even been asked what was wrong with her. “I am 84 years old, and a year ago, an amazing thing happened,” Miriam told Amanda Achtman, the founder - [EU’s top court rules all 27 member nations must recognize ‘transgender’ identities](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/03/19/eus-top-court-rules-all-27-member-nations-must-recognize-transgender-identities/) - On March 12, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a landmark judgement ruling that all 27 EU member states must now create a functioning process for so-called “Legal Gender Recognition” (LGR) so that citizens exercising their EU right to move to a different country can be issued identity documents that match their “lived - [VICTORY: Why the defeat of Scotland's assisted suicide bill matters](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/03/19/victory-why-the-defeat-of-scotlands-assisted-suicide-bill-matters/) - On Tuesday, the Scottish Parliament voted to reject a bill to legalize assisted suicide in a 69-57 vote, with one abstention. The failure of the suicide bill comes after a massive push by euthanasia campaigners to shepherd the legislation across the finish line; just days ago, sponsoring MSP Liam McArthur insisted that the bill was “bullet-proof” after 175 amendments - [Disney is retreating from LGBT propaganda after losing a billion dollars](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/03/16/disney-is-retreating-from-lgbt-propaganda-after-losing-a-billion-dollars/) - The surest sign that the LGBT movement’s mafia tactics are beginning to fail them is that Hollywood executives no longer fear them. In 2022, a letter signed by “the LGBTQIA+ employees of Pixar and their allies” went viral, with the aforementioned rainbow mafia claiming that studio execs were censoring LGBT content in films before release. - [Folktales: Bringing Digital Natives Back to Reality](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/03/16/folktales-bringing-digital-natives-back-to-reality/) - Hege is one of three teens featured in Folktales, a 2025 documentary released to much acclaim by American filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady. The subject is Pasvik Folk High School, located 200 miles above the Arctic Circle in Finnmark, Norway—a mere 40 km south of Kirkenes, which sits on the shore of the Barents Sea. Pasvik offers - [Mark Carney vs. Christian Canada](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/03/16/mark-carney-vs-christian-canada/) - Prime Minister Mark Carney recently condemned "Christian nationalism" and stated that Canada's nationalism is civic in nature. What did he mean--and how did Canada, based on Christian values, become a post-Christian nation? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U861wnyKdHY&t=510s As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got - [Scottish transgender activists are helping young people use dangerous illegal hormones](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/03/10/scottish-transgender-activists-are-helping-young-people-use-dangerous-illegal-hormones/) - In Scotland, transgender activists are “advising young people on how to self-medicate using illicit cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers,” and experts warn of a “booming black market” with “vulnerable youths reportedly sourcing illegal supplies from street dealers and online vendors,” according to a report from the Scottish Daily Express. A U.K.-wide ban on the sale, supply, prescription, and - [‘Transgender’ man who killed his parents moved to female prison in Maine, is sexually assaulting women](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/03/10/transgender-man-who-killed-his-parents-moved-to-female-prison-in-maine-is-sexually-assaulting-women/) - A bombshell report from the Sun Journal on March 4 revealed yet another transgender-identifying male predator terrorizing vulnerable female inmates in a women’s prison – this time, in Maine. Andrew Balcer is, according to prison records, over six feet tall and 310 pounds. The Sun Journal refers to him as “she.” He is not female. In 2016, the then-17-year-old - [Luxembourg becomes second country to add abortion ‘freedom’ to constitution](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/03/06/luxembourg-becomes-second-country-to-add-abortion-freedom-to-constitution/) - On March 1, Luxembourg became the second country in the world to embed the “freedom” to kill children in the womb by abortion into its national constitution. The first, France, voted to put abortion in its constitution in 2024 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and declared that “abortion is not a constitutional right.” - [Only 8% of the world’s babies will be born in the West this year](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/03/06/only-8-of-the-worlds-babies-will-be-born-in-the-west-this-year/) - If demographics is destiny – and there is good reason to believe that it is – the future does not belong to the West. According to new research, in 2026, only 8 percent of global births will be in Europe, North America, or Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, and a handful of smaller countries). Conversely, 85 percent - [You have to have a culture to defend it](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/03/05/you-have-to-have-a-culture-to-defend-it/) - The late William F. Buckley, the founder of National Review, host of The Firing Line, and a conservative figure so ubiquitous that he had to space out his books so they wouldn’t compete with each other on the New York Times bestseller list, has been much maligned by the new “MAGA movement,” whatever that turns - [WATCH: BC school trustee Laurie Throness resigns over Barry Neufeld ruling](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/03/05/watch-bc-school-trustee-laurie-throness-resigns-over-barry-neufeld-ruling/) - After the former public school trustee Barry Neufeld was fined $750,000 for his public opposition to gender ideology by the BC Human Rights Tribunal, trustee Laurie Throness of Chilliwack, British Columbia resigned. If he is also targeted by the tribunal, they could bankrupt him. What does this mean for Christians in public office in Canada? Our conversation: - [Is It Still Legal To Criticize Gender Ideology in Canada?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/03/05/is-it-still-legal-to-criticize-gender-ideology-in-canada/) - British comedian John Cleese of Monty Python fame has announced on X that he will not risk performing in British Columbia during his upcoming theatrical tour of Canada this fall after the BC Human Rights Tribunal ordered a former school trustee to pay one of the largest hate speech fines in history for his public opposition to - [Canada’s LGBT revolution has been funded with millions of taxpayers dollars](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/03/03/canadas-lgbt-revolution-has-been-funded-with-millions-of-taxpayers-dollars/) - Taxes in Canada are exceptionally high – in provinces like British Columbia, leftist governments are wringing even more cash from the pockets of beleaguered taxpayers. But the federal government continues to spend millions of dollars on LGBT activism. I’m often asked how things in Canada got so bad, so quickly. There are many answers, but - [WATCH: Man fined $750K for Saying There are 2 Genders SPEAKS OUT | Barry Neufeld](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/03/03/watch-man-fined-750k-for-saying-there-are-2-genders-speaks-out-barry-neufeld/) - Former public school trustee Barry Neufeld was recenlty fined $750,000 by the BC Human Rights Tribunal for his public opposition to gender ideology. He explains what happened, why, and what he is doing next: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofaPWq3u890&t=108s As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How - [The Photo They Don’t Want You to See](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/03/02/the-photo-they-dont-want-you-to-see/) - The photo is haunting: A tiny baby boy, his minute legs pulled toward his visibly ribbed chest, one hand resting on his bottom, the other pulled up to his face. He appears to be sucking his thumb, perhaps to console himself. He is dying. “This is baby Samuel,” wrote South Australian pro-life activist Dr. Joanna Howe in an Instagram - [Tumbler Ridge tragedy exposes demonization of Canadians who reject ‘transgender’ movement](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/02/23/tumbler-ridge-tragedy-exposes-demonization-of-canadians-who-reject-transgender-movement/) - In the wake of the Tumbler Ridge tragedy, Canadians are having two entirely separate conversations about the identity of the trans-identifying male killer who murdered eight people, including six children, in cold blood. I have already covered the initial divide in the press centering on the killer’s identity. Canada’s journalism schools weighed in on February 13 in a document - [‘Sadistic’ male sex offender demands transfer to women’s prison in Canada](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/02/23/sadistic-male-sex-offender-demands-transfer-to-womens-prison-in-canada/) - A dangerous 58-year-old sex offender who now identifies as a woman is demanding to be transferred to a female prison in Nova Scotia. His lawyer is arguing that the criminal – who now goes by “Amanda Joy Cooper” – is unsafe in a men’s prison after his “transition.” Cooper has been in prison since 2001 - [Canadian ‘justice’ is cracking down on dissent from transgender ideology](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/02/23/canadian-justice-is-cracking-down-on-dissent-from-transgender-ideology/) - Few, as yet, have noticed, but Canada is currently undergoing a widespread crackdown on those who dissent from the premises of transgender ideology. Earlier this month, Quebec’s Human Rights Tribunal ordered Station10, a hair salon in Longueuil, to pay Alexe Frédéric Migneault—who identifies as “non-binary”—$500 because their advance booking appointment form asked that prospective customers - [WATCH: Are Canadian Christians Facing Persecution? | Jojo Ruba](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/02/23/watch-are-canadian-christians-facing-persecution-jojo-ruba/) - What is going on in Canada right now? Christian apologist Jojo Ruba joined me to explain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY9MR8SUx_I As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead, where you can also find other - [Canada doubles down on transgenderism even as US doctors are retreating](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/02/14/canada-doubles-down-on-transgenderism-even-as-us-doctors-are-retreating/) - The transgender movement’s bad month is turning into a bad year, and it is only February. First, on January 30, 22-year-old Fox Varian won a $2 million landmark lawsuit against the New York doctors who pushed a double mastectomy on her when she was still a minor and struggling with gender dysphoria. Varian, who had - [Costa Rica elects pro-life president who calls abortion ‘murder’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/02/14/costa-rica-elects-pro-life-president-who-calls-abortion-murder/) - Costa Rica has elected a staunchly pro-life president who describes abortion as “nothing other than murder.” Laura Fernández Delgado won a first-round victory on February 1 with 48.3 percent of the vote. Her victory was hailed by religious leaders, with the Catholic news outlet Zenit stating that the result “not only reshapes the country’s leadership but - [WATCH: The Epstein files and dead babies](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/02/14/watch-the-epstein-files-and-dead-babies/) - Abortion and transgender ideology both show up in the Epstein files, and the horror story is darker than you thought. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMgyOf6MPpQ&t=16s As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead, where you - [The Truth About Tumbler Ridge](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/02/12/the-truth-about-tumbler-ridge/) - Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, is a town of 2,300 people in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Peace River country. On Wednesday, it became the site of one of Canada’s deadliest mass shootings. A trans-identifying 18-year-old named Jesse Strang (Van Rootselaar) murdered his mother and 11-year-old stepbrother before heading to Tumbler Ridge High School, - [Finnish MP targeted over Bible verses testifies before US House on Europe’s censorship laws](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/02/10/finnish-mp-targeted-over-bible-verses-testifies-before-us-house-on-europes-censorship-laws/) - On February 4, Finnish parliamentarian and former cabinet minister Päivi Räsänen appeared as a witness before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee to detail her ongoing, six-year persecution by the Finnish government for posting Bible verses on social media. During the hearing, titled “Europe’s Threat to Speech and Innovation: Part II,” Räsänen explained that she is - [A Hamas Hostage Who Lost His Entire Family Speaks: “He who has a why can bear any how“](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/02/10/a-hamas-hostage-who-lost-his-entire-family-speaks-he-who-has-a-why-can-bear-any-how/) - When a missile warning first sounded in his home in Kibbutz Be’eri during the early morning hours of October 7, 2023, Eli Sharabi was not particularly concerned. Rocket fire was relatively common in southern Israel. He sat down with his wife Lianne and daughters Noiya (16) and Yahel (13) in their safe room and turned - [The Cautionary Tale of Calvin Robinson](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/02/09/the-cautionary-tale-of-calvin-robinson/) - Calvin Robinson is something of an ecclesiastical tourist. After his failed attempt to obtain a curacy in the Church of England, he was ordained as a deacon in the Free Church of England in 2022, from which he departed the following year to join the Nordic Catholic Church. In 2024, he switched again, heading to - [The End of the Charlie Kirk Moment](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/02/05/the-end-of-the-charlie-kirk-moment/) - Less than six months ago, Charlie Kirk was gunned down on a university campus in the most-watched public assassination of a Christian activist in history. It feels more like a decade. In the aftermath of his murder, the conservative movement he helped hold together—far more than anyone realized while he was alive—has collapsed into factional - [WATCH: What Went Down at the Conservative Party Convention](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/02/05/watch-what-went-down-at-the-conservative-party-convention/) - Social conservatives failed to get policy through at the Conservative convention this past weekend. What happened? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DRyiQ_YEAg&t=2s As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead, where you can also find other - [UK Assisted Suicide Bill Halted by Last Stand in the Lords](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/02/05/uk-assisted-suicide-bill-halted-by-last-stand-in-the-lords/) - Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill has bogged down in the Upper Chamber, and Lord Charlie Falconer is livid. The former justice secretary has proposed ramrodding the legislation through using the Parliament Act, which would allow the House of Commons to override rejection or delay in the House of Lords—and likely trigger a constitutional crisis. To - [Chile’s incoming president appoints staunch pro-lifer as women and gender equality minister](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/02/04/chiles-incoming-president-appoints-staunch-pro-lifer-as-women-and-gender-equality-minister/) - José Antonio Kast’s recent victory in Chile’s presidential election made waves around the world and deeply upset abortion activists on the continent who viewed his election as a devastating setback to their goals for the country. Now, according to the Guardian, Kast “has named a vehement opponent of abortion who has repeatedly stated her support for life ‘from conception - [Christian backlash halts Liberal hate speech bill](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/02/04/christian-backlash-halts-liberal-hate-speech-bill/) - The advocacy group 4 My Canada has launched a massive national grassroots initiative to combat the Liberal government’s proposed Bill C-9 hate speech legislation, which would remove protections for sincerely held religious beliefs and have devastating consequences for Canadian Christians and religious freedom in Canada. In their “12 Days for Freedom” campaign, held from January 19 to - [Young Americans are becoming more pro-life: Gallup poll](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/02/04/young-americans-are-becoming-more-pro-life-gallup-poll/) - According to a new report from The Daily Signal, recent data offer evidence of a surprising shift, with pro-life views on the rise among those aged 18 to 29: Multiple surveys show an increase in the share of young adults identifying as “pro-life,” while support for unrestricted abortion access has declined in recent years. According to - [Elderly Canadian woman euthanized within hours despite changing her mind: report](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/01/30/elderly-canadian-woman-euthanized-within-hours-despite-changing-her-mind-report/) - Another nightmare euthanasia case in Canada has made international headlines. “Canadian woman was euthanized ‘against her will’ after husband was fed-up with caring for her,” the Daily Mail reported on January 22. “An elderly woman was euthanized within hours of her husband claiming she changed her mind after insisting she wanted to live,” wrote U.S. senior investigations - [How Gavin Newsom is the bellwether for Democrats’ transgender dilemma](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/01/27/how-gavin-newsom-is-the-bellwether-for-democrats-transgender-dilemma/) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom is the smoothest political operator the Democrat Party has, and there is little doubt that he plans to run for president in 2028. Newsom’s political skills are extremely impressive – and thus, it is significant that even he has not yet found a way out of the transgender trap. As I - [March for Life: Vance, the White House, and a Divided Pro-Life Movement](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/01/27/march-for-life-vance-the-white-house-and-a-divided-pro-life-movement/) - The day before the American March for Life, sixteen pro-life activists sat in the street in front of the Department of Health and Human Services, blasting a homemade protest song with a raspy refrain into a megaphone: “Ban the abortion pill! Ban the abortion pill!” A phalanx of Washington, D.C., police officers surrounded them, warning - [Is the Trump MAGA movement pro-life?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/01/20/is-the-trump-maga-movement-pro-life/) - As the March for Life approaches, there is a growing rift between the Trump administration and the pro-life movement. That rift might not be obvious to the rank and file—Vice President JD Vance is headlining the March, and other Trump loyalists will also take the stage. Earlier this month, however, Marjorie Dannenfelser—the president of SBA - [WATCH: The Freedom Convoy Wins Again](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/01/20/watch-the-freedom-convoy-wins-again/) - Once again, a Canadian federal court has affirmed that Justin Trudeau's government violated the Charter rights of Canadians. The Freedom Convoy was not a threat, and now Trudeau's appeal has failed, as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z245GHtE-X8 As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We - [Sen. Josh Hawley asked an abortionist 11 times if men can get pregnant. She couldn't answer.](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/01/20/sen-josh-hawley-asked-an-abortionist-11-times-if-men-can-get-pregnant-she-couldnt-answer/) - In a mind-boggling exchange at the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) on January 14, Dr. Nisha Verma of the abortion activist group Physicians for Reproductive Health could not tell Senator Josh Hawley whether men can get pregnant. Verma, a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist, was called as a witness by Democrats to testify - [The Great Christian Reset](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/01/19/the-great-christian-reset/) - If it is true that social shifts begin first among the elites, something may be stirring in the West. While taking questions at an appearance at the MacDonald–Laurier Institute in Vancouver last month, historian Niall Ferguson offered a surprising prediction. “I have a view that we’re probably in the very early phase of a Christian - [WATCH: 26 y/o with Depression Euthanized Against Family's Wishes](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/01/19/watch-26-y-o-with-depression-euthanized-against-familys-wishes/) - Another heartbreaking story out of Canada's euthanasia regime--and a very significant one. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai1RCoTnR34&t=1s As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead, where you can also find other culture columns if - [Burying the babies: How the media covers for the abortion industry](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/01/16/burying-the-babies-how-the-media-covers-for-the-abortion-industry/) - One of the reasons that the abortion industry has been able to cover up the largest-scale destruction of human life in recorded history is because the mainstream media, with few notable exceptions, has helped them do it. The recent story of a Kentucky woman who killed her pre-born baby boy with abortion pills and buried - ["We were the lost sheep, as a movement": Tommy Robinson on Christianity](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/01/14/we-were-the-lost-sheep-as-a-movement-tommy-robinson-on-christianity/) - n a scathing column at Unherd last month, Anglican priest Giles Fraser took aim at one of the most controversial men in England: Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson. Robinson, after a recent stint in prison from November 2024 to May 2025 for contempt of court, now identifies as Christian. This was Robinson’s fifth stint - [The Comeback of Patrick Buchanan](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/01/12/the-comeback-of-patrick-buchanan/) - Patrick Buchanan is having something of a moment. The 87-year-old author, erstwhile presidential candidate, and veteran of the Nixon, Ford, and Reagan administrations, has been credited as a key influence behind the MAGA movement’s rejection of foreign interventionism and embrace of trade protectionism and anti-immigration policies. Commentators from Matt Walsh to Chad Pecknold have praised - [Puerto Rico officially recognizes unborn children as ‘natural persons’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/01/12/puerto-rico-officially-recognizes-unborn-children-as-natural-persons/) - On December 21, Governor Jenniffer González of Puerto Rico signed Senate Bill 504 into law, recognizing pre-born children as “natural persons” by amending Puerto Rico’s Civil Code. It states: “Every human being is a natural person, including the conceived child at any stage of gestation within the mother’s womb.” While the law does not impact - [Young man previously saved from euthanasia killed by an abortionist](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/01/12/young-man-previously-saved-from-euthanasia-killed-by-an-abortionist/) - In a heartbreaking Facebook post, Canadian mother Margaret Marsilla has revealed that her 26-year-old son, Kiano V., was killed by euthanasia on December 30, 2025. She said his death was approved by Dr. Ellen Wiebe, a Vancouver abortionist and euthanasia practitioner who has ended the lives of over 400 patients. Kiano suffered from diabetes, which had resulted - [Devastated father describes how online activists and school pushed son toward ‘gender transition’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/01/07/devastated-father-describes-how-online-activists-and-school-pushed-son-toward-gender-transition/) - A gut-wrenching, anonymous column published in the Telegraph on December 15 highlights a uniquely post-modern parental nightmare: “My son took gender-changing hormones behind my back, with the support of his boarding school.” The anonymous father first discovered that his 14-year-old, referred to by the pseudonym Jonathan, was “struggling” with his gender identity. As is so often the - [Viral TikTok video shows 7-year-old cuddling great-grandfather before he’s euthanized](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/01/05/viral-tiktok-video-shows-7-year-old-cuddling-great-grandfather-before-hes-euthanized/) - A video of a 7-year-old girl sharing a “final cuddle” with her great-grandfather before he is euthanized has gone viral on TikTok, racking up millions of views. The video shows the child curled up next to an elderly man, sitting straight on the couch, their final moments together captured. “This is my 96 year old - [Women and girls are being assaulted in mixed-sex changing rooms in Britain](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/01/05/women-and-girls-are-being-assaulted-in-mixed-sex-changing-rooms-in-britain/) - On the website for Trans Advocates for Equality, they denounce the “anti-trans extremists [that] are spreading fear and misinformation about trans people, attacking our right to simply use the restroom.” The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) claims that those concerned about permitting trans-identifying males in female spaces are pushing “discriminatory narratives” and that the “trend of - [Faroe Islands’ pro-life leader vows to keep fighting after abortion law defeat](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/01/05/faroe-islands-pro-life-leader-vows-to-keep-fighting-after-abortion-law-defeat/) - On December 4, the Parliament of the Faroe Islands, a self-governing archipelago of 18 islands that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, voted to legalize abortion on demand up until 12 weeks by the narrow margin of 17 to 16. Abortion activists were triumphant, as many international organizations had long placed pressure on the Faroe Islands - [Lord Falconer says pregnant women should be able to choose assisted suicide](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/01/05/lord-falconer-says-pregnant-women-should-be-able-to-choose-assisted-suicide/) - In a stunning moment in the UK House of Lords, Lord Charles Leslie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, stated that “pregnancy should not be a bar” to assisted suicide. Falconer served as Secretary of State for Justice under Prime Minister Tony Blair and is both a longtime advocate of assisted suicide and the bill’s sponsor - [The Betrayal of Britain: Dark Visions of Doom and the Remedies Needed to Survive](https://thebridgehead.ca/2026/01/05/the-betrayal-of-britain-dark-visions-of-doom-and-the-remedies-needed-to-survive/) - Reading The Betrayal of Britain, a collection of essays just published by the New Culture Forum (NCF), a line from Machiavelli kept coming to mind: “Men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony.” The twelve essays by different authors crackle with anger and frustration at what a once-great Britain - [The triumph of Advent music](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/12/26/the-triumph-of-advent-music/) - My favorite Advent tradition each year is the music. Handel’s Messiah is a perennial favorite, but the Christmas concerts with beautiful carols in softly lit cathedrals edged by shadow are a close second. Christmas carols are timeless because they do not grow old; they do not grow old because their message will be sung, year after year, - [A European Christmas Carol](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/12/26/a-european-christmas-carol/) - Grand-Place in Brussels during the Christmas season is breathtaking. The facades of the ornate Baroque guildhalls, the King’s House, and the Gothic Town Hall are lit up in red, blue, and green, bathing the square in light. My children gaped in awe when they saw it: the towering Christmas tree in the centre, the larger-than-life - [The Racist Anti-White Smearing of Jane Austen](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/12/16/the-racist-anti-white-smearing-of-jane-austen/) - Emerging from the train station in Bath, my wife and I were greeted by the 18th century. There were men in top hats and tails wielding ornate canes; women in elegant regency gowns so large they swallowed six square feet of street; fancy bonnets. It is the 250th birthday year of Jane Austen, who lived - [Gen Z is turning against porn](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/12/15/gen-z-is-turning-against-porn/) - Gen Z is turning against porn. According to the Survey Center on American Life, young men are now more in favor of restrictions than middle-aged men. In 2021, 43 percent of young men and 58 percent of young women between the ages of 18 and 24 thought that access to porn should be restricted. In 2025, - [WATCH: Parliament debates euthanasia for mental illness](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/12/11/watch-parliament-debates-euthanasia-for-mental-illness/) - Bill C-218, the "Right to Recover" Act, was debated in the House of Commons last Friday. MPs Tamara Jansen and Andrew Lawton made brilliant speeches; Lawton shared the stories of Canadians from across the country who desperately want Parliament to stop euthanasia for mental illness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVJkbHo5aGs As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your - [How Slovenian Campaigners Beat Euthanasia](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/12/11/how-slovenian-campaigners-beat-euthanasia/) - Organizers are opening up about the strategy—and what they call the “miracle”—behind their stunning victory in Slovenia’s November 23 euthanasia referendum, which saw 53% of citizens who participated vote against the government’s law legalizing physician-assisted suicide. The ‘no’ voters in the euthanasia referendum represented over 20% of Slovenia’s 1.7 million eligible voters, ensuring that the - [Biden tells LGBT power-brokers to "keep the faith" because "we're the United States of Amerigotit"](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/12/08/biden-tells-lgbt-power-brokers-to-keep-the-faith-because-were-the-united-states-of-amerigotit/) - In a profane, a gaffe-ridden speech at the International LGBQ+ Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C. on Friday, the ailing former President Joe Biden once again declared his allegiance to the LGBT cause. Biden was receiving an award for pushing the LGBT agenda during his administration, and condemned President Trump’s rollback of his presidential activism. “We - [Undercover Inside Canada's Lawless Abortion Industry](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/12/04/undercover-inside-canadas-lawless-abortion-industry/) - On November 27, 2023, thirty-six-year-old Alissa Golob walked through the doors of the Cabbagetown Women’s Clinic in Toronto, Canada. She had two young children at home, $2,137 in her purse, and was carrying a twenty-two-week baby. The abortion clinic staff assured her that she could abort the child she was carrying up to twenty-four weeks; - [WATCH: Carney's Liberals take a big step towards banning Bible passages](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/12/04/watch-carneys-liberals-take-a-big-step-towards-banning-bible-passages/) - Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal Party has just taken a significant step towards banning passages of the Bible. WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVjThjk-ENU&lc=UgzKH7XjMPwzyzp9TN14AaABAg As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead, where you can - [The LGBT Movement Thinks It Owns Europe](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/12/03/the-lgbt-movement-thinks-it-owns-europe/) - Just before the Polish presidential debate on April 11, Karol Nawrocki placed a Polish flag on his lectern. “I will represent it,” he said. Then, he walked across the stage to his liberal opponent Rafał Trzaskowski’s podium and set an LGBT flag in front of him. “I also have for Mr. Rafal Trzaskowski [The LGBT flag] because - [Japanese court rules that same-sex marriage ban is constitutional](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/12/02/japanese-court-rules-that-same-sex-marriage-ban-is-constitutional/) - In a major setback for LGBT activists, a Japanese court ruled on Friday that the nation’s ban on same-sex “marriage” is constitutional. As the only G-7 national that does not recognize same-sex “marriage,” Japan has been under consistent Western pressure to adopt the LGBT agenda and change its laws. The only nations in Asia that - [A digital spiral gains momentum](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/12/02/a-digital-spiral-gains-momentum/) - In just the past few months, prominent figures on the “online right” have made a series of stunning moves. Podcaster Candace Owens claimed that the federal government and Turning Point USA are engaged in a cover-up in the Charlie Kirk assassination; she also claimed that the government perpetrated the trans shooter attack on a Catholic school in - [‘Queering outdoor education’: BC teachers encouraged to view nature as LGBT propaganda](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/12/01/queering-outdoor-education-bc-teachers-encouraged-to-view-nature-as-lgbt-propaganda/) - British Columbia’s public school teacher’s union has proposed a solution to those who object to radical sex education curriculum: just make everything queer – including the outdoors. Tristin Hopper of the National Post broke the story this week in his Canadian politics newsletter, “First Reading.” A BC Teachers’ Federation publication, Teacher Magazine, featured an article by Jody Polukoshko titled, “Queering outdoors - [Royals For Life: Prince Albert II of Monaco vetoes abortion bill](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/12/01/royals-for-life-prince-albert-ii-of-monaco-vetoes-abortion-bill/) - On November 18, Prince Albert II of Monaco vetoed a bill passed by his government that would have legalized abortion on demand. In March, the National Council of Monaco—a small city-state with a semi-constitutional monarchy on the northern coast of the Mediterranean Sea—introduced legislation that would have legalized abortion on demand up to 12 weeks - [WATCH: Is Danielle Smith the future of Canadian conservatism?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/12/01/watch-is-danielle-smith-the-future-of-canadian-conservatism/) - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is not only passing socially conservative legislation--she is willing to use the notwithstanding clause to defend it. How did a libertarian who left the Wildrose Party in part over disagreements with social conservatives become a wildly popular conservative leader? I explain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnEp3SZ-MwA As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your - ["Transgender" man jailed for failing to reveal his sex to partner--and it gets weirder](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/12/01/transgender-man-jailed-for-failing-to-reveal-his-sex-to-partner-and-it-gets-weirder/) - For the last few decades, it has been popular to make fun of folks who still hold to the admittedly antiquated ideals of Christian chastity as “prudes” and “puritans.” The term “virgin” became a mocking slur; those who got married young and promptly had children were met with sneers. (Try walking through a busy city - [Democrats ‘have a religion problem’ as the party of atheists](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/27/democrats-have-a-religion-problem-as-the-party-of-atheists/) - On October 17, 2024, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris made headlines after a campaign stop in Wisconsin. Several attendees called out “Jesus is Lord!” while being escorted out of the event. Without missing a beat, Harris interrupted her own remarks. “Oh, you guys are at the wrong rally,” she said to cheers and applause. It was a - [WATCH: The abortion debate explodes in Canada](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/27/watch-the-abortion-debate-explodes-in-canada/) - RightNow's undercover investigation into Canadian abortion clinics has hit the front pages--and abortion activists and Liberal MPs are in chaos trying to respond. Healthy, viable babies are being killed in the womb, and they can no longer deny it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-630Qanpek&t=139s As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a - [Male German police officer identifies as woman to secure promotion](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/24/male-german-police-officer-identifies-as-woman-to-secure-promotion/) - A male German police officer in Düsseldorf is facing charges of attempted fraud for legally changing his identity to female, allegedly in order to secure a promotion. The officer, who is in his mid-thirties, changed his name from Peter to Maria Kleine last May. Germany’s Self-Determination Act went into effect in November 2024, and thus - [When did double suicides (and "duo-euthanasia") beome trendy?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/24/when-did-double-suicides-and-duo-euthanasia-beome-trendy/) - When a Brussels couple revealed that they were planning to die together in the world’s first “couple” euthanasia in 2014 despite not being terminally ill, the announcement was met with shock. 89-year-old Francis and 86-year-old Anne said their decision was driven by a fear of loneliness—all three of their adult children stated that they would - [VICTORY: New Zealand the latest country to ban puberty blockers for minors](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/21/victory-new-zealand-the-latest-country-to-ban-puberty-blockers-for-minors/) - New Zealand has announced that it will be banning puberty blockers for young people pending the results of a major clinical trial in the United Kingdom, which is expected in 2031. The ban will take effect on December 19, though youth suffering from gender dysphoria who are already taking the drugs will be permitted to - [Girls are less interested in getting married than boys. Here’s why](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/21/girls-are-less-interested-in-getting-married-than-boys-heres-why/) - A new study from the Pew Research Center analyzing survey data from the University of Michigan revealed a conclusion that has many stunned: Twelfth-grade girls are less likely to say they want to get married than 12th-grade boys. I say “many” because I was not surprised in the least — and those who are shocked are clearly - [UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION: Healthy, viable late-term babies aborted in Canada](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/21/undercover-investigation-healthy-viable-late-term-babies-aborted-in-canada/) - My friend Alissa Golob with the political pro-life group RightNow went undercover in four abortion clinics across Canada--while pregnant--to determine how easy it is to get a late-term abortion even if the baby is healthy. What she found was frankly chilling. In short, late-term babies who could survive outside the womb are aborted in Canada, - [Social media accounts reveal Trump shooter appeared to identify as ‘non-binary’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/19/social-media-accounts-reveal-trump-shooter-appeared-to-identify-as-non-binary/) - According to recently revealed social media accounts, Thomas Matthew Crooks — the young man who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania last year — may have identified as “non-binary.” Crooks fired eight rounds from an AR-15-style rifle at Trump at an open-air rally on July 13, 2024, grazing Trump’s ear, killing rally attendee - [‘Dr. Death’ laughs about 2017 ‘sacrificing grannies’ remark during assisted suicide discussion](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/19/dr-death-laughs-about-2017-sacrificing-grannies-remark-during-assisted-suicide-discussion/) - In 2017, Dr. Henry Marsh—a retired British neurosurgeon nicknamed “Dr. Death” for his euthanasia advocacy—said the quiet part out loud. “So much of [the opposition to assisted suicide] is all bloody Christians,” he said in an interview with the Sunday Times. “They argue that grannies will be made to commit suicide. Even if a few grannies - [Trans-identifying TSA officers sue for right to frisk opposite-sex travelers](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/18/trans-identifying-tsa-officers-sue-for-right-to-frisk-opposite-sex-travelers/) - A trans-identifying male TSA officer at the Dulles International Airport is suing for the right to pat down female travelers, according to a lawsuit filed on Friday. Danielle Mittereder is alleging in his lawsuit that the Transportation Security Administration, which operates under the Department of Homeland Security, is violating his civil rights due to its - [Lack of healthcare pushing Canadians to euthanasia](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/18/lack-of-healthcare-pushing-canadians-to-euthanasia/) - The family of Cleo Gratton, an 84-year-old retired diamond driller who died earlier this month in Chelmsford, Ontario, of natural causes after being approved for assisted suicide, is speaking publicly about their appalling experience in the Canadian healthcare system. According to the CBC, the elderly man “told his family he would rather die than go back - [Zohran Mamdani and the rise of the "progressive" Islamist](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/17/zohran-mamdani-and-the-rise-of-the-progressive-islamist/) - Zohran Mamdani, the newly elected mayor of New York City, is a member of that rare but growing class of politicians cropping up across the West: the socially liberal Muslim. On one hand, Mamdani has made much of his Islamic faith (Ramadan, anyone?). On the other, he nailed down abortion and LGBT planks right in - [WATCH: The First Major P*rn Ban in the West](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/17/watch-the-first-major-prn-ban-in-the-west/) - This is a major story, with major implications for the debate on pornography across the West. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-XG7PvpBbg&t=3s As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead, where you can also find - [The Collapse of Trans Identification](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/13/the-collapse-of-trans-identification/) - After a decade of record numbers showing young people identifying somewhere on the LGBTQ spectrum—in 2023, the Centers for Disease Control reported that around a quarter of high school students identified as LGBTQ—the trend may have finally peaked. Last month, Eric Kaufmann, professor of politics at the University of Buckingham, published a report through the Centre for Heterodox Social - [WATCH: Canada is a warning to the world](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/13/watch-canada-is-a-warning-to-the-world/) - Earlier this fall, I was in the UK to give several talks at the national conference for the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children. While I was there, I sat down with SPUCTV. Give it a watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIzxIXj1TIk - [Candace Owens, Nick Fuentes, and other stories](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/12/candace-owens-nick-fuentes-and-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** A fascinating observation from Ryan Burge: “The average evangelical attends church with more frequency today than in 1972. 42% --> 55% weekly attendance. The average Catholic is half as likely to attend Mass today compared to 1972. 50% --> 23% weekly attendance.” *** Those - [UK Becomes First Western Country To Ban (Some) Porn](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/12/uk-becomes-first-western-country-to-ban-some-porn/) - In what may be a watershed moment in the political debate over pornography, the United Kingdom has become the first Western country in decades to table a significant porn ban. On November 3rd, the government tabled the Crime and Policing Bill in Parliament. It includes an amendment criminalizing pornography featuring strangulation or suffocation—usually referred to as ‘choking’—with - [When the ‘Pastor’ Marries Four Men: Germany’s Truce with Polygamy](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/12/when-the-pastor-marries-four-men-germanys-truce-with-polygamy/) - It is a snapshot of cultural collapse: A young German woman with pink hair in clergyman’s robes, facing four men, bestowing her approval on their bizarre sexual arrangement, the details of which we are blessedly unaware. The pro-LGBT pastor is now under fire for blessing the ‘marriage’ of four men who showed up at a - [BBC rebukes female newscaster who changed "pregnant people" to "women"](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/10/bbc-rebukes-female-newscaster-who-changed-pregnant-people-to-women/) - Imagine a society in which the state broadcaster demanded that the female hosts eliminate the word “women” in favor of “people” and rebuked them if their facial expressions betrayed any hit of protest on air. Welcome to the United Kingdom in 2025. According to the BBC: “Martine Croxall broke rules over ‘pregnant people’ facial expression, BBC - [Babies are being left to die after born-alive abortions in New Zealand](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/10/babies-are-being-left-to-die-after-born-alive-abortions-in-new-zealand/) - The abortion industry’s ugliest secret is that babies are regularly born alive after attempted abortions and left to die by the medical professionals who had just tried to kill them. There are frequent and documented examples of this in just the past several years in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and in Ireland, where abortion has only - [Canadian man loses both of his grandmothers to euthanasia: "Did I not love you enough?"](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/07/canadian-man-loses-both-of-his-grandmothers-to-euthanasia-did-i-not-love-you-enough/) - “We’re here because two of my four grandparents died through euthanasia within two months of each other.” That is Benjamin Turland’s opening line in a powerful and heartbreaking new video by Dying to Meet You, a story-telling project launched by Amanda Achtman. Many of her life-affirming stories—including that of Roger Foley, a man who has been offered - [The least-known Laura Ingalls Wilder site in America](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/07/with-laura-ingalls-wilder-in-iowa/) - The tiny town of Burr Oak, Iowa, (population: 170) is easy to miss. One main street, a few small subdivisions, and a graveyard nearly as big as the land of the living, and you’re back on the road again. It has one claim to fame: for a year, between 1876 and 1877, Laura Ingalls lived - [WATCH: Will the Liberals Come for Your Bible?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/06/watch-will-the-liberals-come-for-your-bible/) - Liberal MP Marc Miller brought up so-called "hate speech" in the Bible...during a discussion on the Liberal government's new "hate speech" law. The Carney government cannot be trusted on this issue. WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCezaoVcHzw As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got - [Canada’s culture of death continues to expand aggressively](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/04/canadas-culture-of-death-continues-to-expand-aggressively/) - A string of recent stories highlights the aggressive expansion of Canada’s culture of death, from a frail woman with dementia being euthanized in Ontario, a “secret euthanasia house” being set up in British Columbia, and Quebec proposing a “law of all laws” that would enshrine the right to both abortion and euthanasia. The first story - [If this Canadian Liberal MP gets the chance, he’s coming for your Bibles](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/04/if-this-canadian-liberal-mp-gets-the-chance-hes-coming-for-your-bibles/) - Liberal Member of Parliament Marc Miller made it as clear as a Liberal can: if he gets the opportunity, he is coming for your Bibles. Miller is the chair of the House Justice Committee, and last Thursday he wondered whether Canada’s Criminal Code allows too much space for people to defend “hate speech” when they - [The Inkling Who Fought Abortion](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/04/the-inkling-who-fought-abortion/) - Earlier this autumn, I had the opportunity to visit Oxford the day before I delivered two lectures at the national conference for the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children. My wife and I visited the Kilns, the graves of Lewis and Tolkien, the restaurant where Tolkien read aloud from Lord of the Rings for the first time, - [JD Vance compares abortion to child sacrifice: ‘We should be trying to protect every unborn life’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/03/jd-vance-compares-abortion-to-child-sacrifice-we-should-be-trying-to-protect-every-unborn-life/) - For an hour on Wednesday, Vice President J.D. Vance took questions from students at the University of Mississippi at a Turning Point USA event, taking the place of his murdered friend Charlie Kirk. He answered questions about Christianity, his personal faith, and abortion—and referred to abortion as “child sacrifice” that leads to the mistreatment of - [Kazakhstan joins other nations in moving to ban LGBT propaganda](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/11/03/kazakhstan-joins-other-nations-in-moving-to-ban-lgbt-propaganda/) - The former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan is moving to ban the promulgation of “LGBT propaganda” online or in media, following in the footsteps of both Slovakia and Hungary. Slovakia recently passed a constitutional amendment affirming the sex binary and restricting adoption to heterosexual couples, and Hungary amended the 2021 Child Protection Act, which bans LGBT ideology in schools and - [WATCH: Brazil Launches AI Tracker to HUNT LGBT Critics | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 49](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/10/31/watch-brazil-launches-ai-tracker-to-hunt-lgbt-critics-bridgehead-briefing-ep-49/) - We cover the alarming launch of Brazil’s AI-powered ‘Platform of Respect’ aimed at prosecuting critics of LGBT+ ideology; the embarrassing performance of the Vancouver Park Board in apologizing for a Harry Potter-themed event at Stanley Park over author JK Rowling’s views; and Canada’s euthanasia regime - Danielle Smith’s positive directive about euthanasia for mental illness - [The Last Trial of Päivi Räsänen](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/10/31/the-last-trial-of-paivi-rasanen/) - On October 30, Finnish parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen and her co-defendant Bishop Juhana Pohjola faced the Supreme Court. Both face charges of ‘hate speech’ under Finland’s criminal code, which falls under the section dealing with “war crimes and crimes against humanity.” A crowd of supporters gathered at the court to greet Räsänen, who has become an international icon - [‘Trans widows’: The forgotten victims of gender ideology](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/10/28/trans-widows-the-forgotten-victims-of-gender-ideology/) - We have all witnessed the rise of the “transgender woman,” made famous by paradigm-shifting cover stories by TIME magazine and Vanity Fair featuring Laverne Cox and Bruce “Caitlyn” Jenner, trans-identifying men who defiantly announced that they are women. Often, in the shadow of these men embracing a new identity and a new life, are the wives they left behind. - [Trump’s new IVF deal could’ve been a lot worse. Pro-life pressure made the difference](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/10/30/trumps-new-ivf-deal-couldve-been-a-lot-worse-pro-life-pressure-made-the-difference/) - When Donald Trump announced, during the 2024 campaign, that if elected he would launch an “IVF mandate,” pro-lifers were critical. As I noted in my response to his February 8 executive order calling for policy recommendations to “protect IVF access and aggressively reduce” costs for the procedure, IVF has ended countless preborn lives. When the Trump “IVF - [Global backlash against the LGBT movement is an attempt to return to normal](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/10/28/global-backlash-against-the-lgbt-movement-is-an-attempt-to-return-to-normal/) - To understand how the mainstream press reports on the ongoing LGBT revolution transforming our societies, it is important to understand that they are fundamentally operating from the premises of LGBT ideology. Thus, politicians or people objecting to this revolution are not defenders of “norms” or the status quo, but are cast as extremists. This is a - [Brazil Launches AI Platform To Identify and Prosecute Critics of LGBT Ideology](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/10/25/brazil-launches-ai-platform-to-identify-and-prosecute-critics-of-lgbt-ideology/) - President Lula da Silva’s Brazil has taken another step towards totalitarianism with the launch of a massive platform designed to streamline the prosecution of those who criticize LGBT ideology. With Orwellian irony, it has been called the ‘Platform of Respect.’ “The Ministry of Human Rights, in partnership with the NGO Aliança Nacional LGBTI+, launched a platform - [Keira Knightley laughs off transgender boycott aimed at JK Rowling](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/10/23/keira-knightley-laughs-off-transgender-boycott-aimed-at-jk-rowling/) - Five years ago, no Hollywood celebrity would have dreamed of laughing off a transgender boycott. It would have been too dangerous. Not anymore. In an interview that promptly went viral, actress Keira Knightley was asked by Decider about the LGBT boycott of Harry Potter due to J.K. Rowling’s opposition to gender ideology. “I saw you’re - [Dave Smith Gets His Comeuppance](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/10/21/dave-smith-gets-his-comeuppance/) - Watching the debate between comedian and political podcaster Dave Smith and writer Coleman Hughes on the Middle East, Israel, and American Empire earlier this month was like seeing an unjust war against an unarmed combatant unfold, relentlessly, over three and a half hours. Hughes came with historical context, nuance, and a well-researched understanding of the - [Transgender extremists target UK feminist conference as gender ideology clash deepens](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/10/20/transgender-extremists-target-uk-feminist-conference-as-gender-ideology-clash-deepens/) - In the early morning hours of Friday, October 10, masked figures were caught on video at the U.K.’s Brighton Centre on Kings Road, smashing windows and spray-painting the walls. A women’s rights conference, put on by the feminist group FiLiA described by the BBC as “a three-day event billed as one of the largest grassroots feminist gatherings - [Famed Holocaust survivor dies by assisted suicide with her husband](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/10/20/famed-holocaust-survivor-dies-by-assisted-suicide-with-her-husband/) - Renowned Holocaust survivor Ruth Posner and her husband Michael died last month in Switzerland by assisted suicide. Ruth, a survivor of Treblinka, was 96. Michael was 97. Both were mentally sharp and healthy for their age; neither were suffering from a terminal illness. The U.K. couple died at the Pegasos clinic in Basel, Switzerland, on - [The Inevitability of Bonnie Blue](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/10/20/the-inevitability-of-bonnie-blue/) - Watching the handwringing response by UK commentators to the rise of OnlyFans porn star Bonnie Blue reminded me of a viral clip from the TV sitcom How I Met Your Mother that I saw recently. In it, the character Barney Stinson is boasting to his friends about how many women he has slept with. But instead of - [Social media pushes pornography on children within minutes, report finds](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/10/17/social-media-pushes-pornography-on-children-within-minutes-report-finds/) - Social media is now one of the primary pipelines to porn addiction for both children and young adults. Global Witness, a campaign organization that investigates the impact of Big Tech on human rights, recently conducted a number of tests to determine how quickly children could access pornography on social media platforms. According to the Guardian, Global - [WATCH: CANDACE OWENS: From Conservative Activist to CONSPIRACY Queen](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/10/10/watch-candace-owens-from-conservative-activist-to-conspiracy-queen/) - I analyzed the rise of Candace Owens—and then her wild spiral into increasingly insane and venomous conspiracy theories. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72Bfve6PCG8 As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead. - [Canada is turning its assisted suicide regime into an organ donation supply chain](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/10/06/canada-is-turning-its-assisted-suicide-regime-into-an-organ-donation-supply-chain/) - The heart of a 38-year-old Canadian man who was euthanized was successfully harvested and donated to a 59-year-old American man with heart failure, according to the National Post. The case highlights a growing trend: organs being harvested from euthanasia victims. A report from The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and The Ottawa Hospital detailed the procedure. - [Guttmacher data show US abortion rate is falling, but the fight is far from over](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/10/06/guttmacher-data-show-us-abortion-rate-is-falling-but-the-fight-is-far-from-over/) - A report from the Guttmacher Institute released earlier this week contains very good news. Guttmacher, Planned Parenthood’s research arm, published abortion estimates for 2025 thus far, and the report indicates that the number of abortions fell by 5 percent in the first half of 2025 when compared with the same period in 2024. Guttmacher analysts - [In stunning reversal, Dutch parliament votes to oppose abortion as a human right at EU](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/10/06/in-stunning-reversal-dutch-parliament-votes-to-oppose-abortion-as-a-human-right-at-eu/) - The battle over abortion in Europe has been heating up in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s declaration in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that “abortion is not a constitutional right.” Leftist parties, already committed to abortion, have used the overturn of Roe v. Wade as an opportunity to push an agenda they have long hoped to - [WATCH: Beloved Author to Die By Euthanasia | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 48](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/10/03/watch-beloved-author-to-die-by-euthanasia-bridgehead-briefing-ep-48/) - A three-man Quebec "throuple" has adopted a three-year-old girl; a protest in Toronto against sex changes for children; and Robert Munsch, the famous children's author, has been approved for euthanasia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuCwwnp67ew As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A - [Leftist media claims anti-trans ‘hate’ is the real issue after Charlie Kirk assassination](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/10/02/leftist-media-claims-anti-trans-hate-is-the-real-issue-after-charlie-kirk-assassination/) - As details about Charlie Kirk’s assassination emerge, several facts are becoming clear. Kirk was allegedly murdered by a sexually confused young man with a trans-identifying partner; he had also submerged himself in the vile underworld of twisted digital porn, developing a taste for “furry porn” and other perversions. Tyler Robinson, according to published text messages, - [Quebec court allows three-man ‘throuple’ to adopt 3-year-old girl](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/10/02/quebec-court-allows-three-man-throuple-to-adopt-3-year-old-girl/) - In April, a Quebec Superior Court judge ruled that “multi-parent families,” like “throuples” — three people living in a loosely defined sexual relationship — should be granted the same rights as “any other unit.” By “unit,” the judge was referring to what we once recognized as the natural family: a father, mother, and their children. Social conservatives - [Abortion pill sellers use photos of dead babies to prove the drug works](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/30/abortion-pill-sellers-use-photos-of-dead-babies-to-prove-the-drug-works/) - In a chilling new animated video, the Canadian anti-abortion group Choice42 depicts a conversation between an online abortion pill merchant and a woman who is pregnant with twins. It is titled “Death on Delivery,” and it exposes the growing online market for abortion pills, which can be purchased online and delivered anywhere in the world. - [VICTORY: Abortion activists fail to legalize abortion in Dominican Republic...again](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/29/abortion-activists-fail-to-legalize-abortion-in-dominican-republic-again/) - In May of 2021, an attempt to decriminalize abortion in the Dominican Republic suffered a crushing defeat in the country’s lower house. In June of the same year, they tried and failed again, with the Dominican Republic’s full House of Representatives voting against the decriminalization of abortion in their second-reading approval of changes to the - [VICTORY: Dutch parliament rejects resolution declaring abortion a ‘human right’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/29/victory-dutch-parliament-rejects-resolution-declaring-abortion-a-human-right/) - On September 23, the Dutch Parliament rejected a resolution that would have declared abortion to be a “human right.” According to Christian Network Europe News, the “private members’ motion asked the government to advocate with a ‘leading group of like-minded countries’ to enshrine the right to abortion in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European - [The Bible on Trial: Päivi Räsänen Heads to the Supreme Court](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/29/the-bible-on-trial-paivi-rasanen-heads-to-the-supreme-court/) - Finland’s ‘Bible Trial’ is entering the final stage after six years—and the religious liberty of Christians in Finland, and perhaps all of Europe, is riding on the final verdict. On October 30, 2025, Finnish parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen will appear before the Supreme Court in Finland. Her alleged crime? Quoting the Bible in her writings and - [WATCH: Charlie Kirk's Christian Legacy | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 47](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/26/watch-charlie-kirks-christian-legacy-bridgehead-briefing-ep-47/) - Charlie Kirk's memorial service was called "fascist" by many--but it was precisely the opposite. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTqkmdt2yjo - [UK comedians skewer assisted suicide: ‘Most blistering piece of satire I’ve seen in years’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/25/uk-comedians-skewer-assisted-suicide-most-blistering-piece-of-satire-ive-seen-in-years/) - In what Telegraph columnist Michael Deacon called “the most blistering piece of satire I’ve seen in years,” a sketch on Channel 4’s “Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping” brutally skewered the logic behind assisted suicide. The sketch is titled “Assisted Dying Advert” and – with some strong language – opens with comedian David Mitchell, speaking in soothing - [Fox News host apologizes for suggesting mentally ill homeless people should be killed](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/24/fox-news-host-apologizes-for-suggesting-mentally-ill-homeless-people-should-be-killed/) - On August 10, “Fox & Friends” host Brian Kilmeade suggested that mentally ill homeless people should be killed, against their wills, by lethal injection. The context was an emotionally charged discussion about the brutal murder on August 22 of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, who was stabbed to death on a light rail train in Charlotte, - [Brett Kavanaugh’s attempted assassin now identifies as ‘transgender’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/24/brett-kavanaughs-attempted-assassin-now-identifies-as-transgender/) - As new details emerge about connections between Charlie Kirk’s assassin and transgender ideology – most notably, his “transgender” lover and obsession with bizarre forms of pornography – gender ideology has surfaced in yet another high-profile assassination, although this one was thankfully unsuccessful. The man who pleaded guilty to attempting to murder Supreme Court Justice Brett - [Edinburgh: Dead dogs and dead Christendom](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/24/edinburgh-dead-dogs-and-dead-christendom/) - Edinburgh, the “Athens of the North,” was windy, bracing, and fresh. We headed down the Royal Mile, Edinburgh Castle crouching over the city above us. Despite the buskers and the bustle, everything feels old here. The castle was once an Iron Age hill fort, and early medieval poetry claims that a “war band” feasted atop - ["I forgive him."](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/24/i-forgive-him/) - At the memorial service for her husband Charlie Kirk in Phoenix, Arizona, Erika Kirk faced a crowd of 73,000 at State Farm Stadium and forgave her husband’s assassin. “My husband, Charlie, he wanted to save young men just like the one who took his life,” she said through tears. “On the cross, our Savior said: - [‘Transgender’ activist honored by Trudeau calls Charlie Kirk a ‘hatemonger’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/20/transgender-activist-honored-by-trudeau-calls-charlie-kirk-a-hatemonger/) - Morgane Oger, an LGBT activist who identifies as a “transgender woman,” responded to the public assassination of Charlie Kirk on X by mocking his widow Erika and their two small children. Oger wrote: I am so deeply saddened for the survivors of an extreme right hatemonger who found out today. Nobody deserves to lose their breadwinner. - [What the reaction of Canadian leftists to Charlie Kirk's murder tells us](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/20/what-the-reaction-of-canadian-leftists-to-charlie-kirks-murder-tells-us/) - Over the past few days, conservative Canadians have gotten a revealing glimpse of how our taxpayer-funded media sees us – and it is truly ugly. The assassination of Charlie Kirk has sparked an unprecedented outpouring of grief around the world. Kirk’s videos had billions of views across every social media platform; even those who did - [WATCH: The Bible on Trial in Finland | Päivi Räsänen](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/17/watch-the-bible-on-trial-in-finland-paivi-rasanen/) - Finnish parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen has been persecuted and prosecuted for seven long years..for quoting the Bible in public. Now, finally, her case is heading to the Supreme Court of Finland. She joined me on The Bridgehead to discuss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_RGrTvdPKE&t=2s As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy - [WATCH: Trump at the Museum of the Bible | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 46](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/15/watch-trump-at-the-museum-of-the-bible-bridgehead-briefing-ep-46/) - The president of the United States gathered with Christian leaders at the Museum of the Bible to celebrate religious liberty. Here's what happened: As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead. - [WATCH: King Charles BOWS to Pride | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 39](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/29/watch-king-charles-bows-to-pride-bridgehead-briefing-ep-39/) - On the House of Windsor bowing to Pride, Chip and Joanna Gaines doing the same thing, and the deal behind the defunding of Planned Parenthood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OMjuxGsfK0&t=17s As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, - [WATCH: Canada's Spy Agency Says PARENTS are Terrorists? | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 44](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/28/watch-canadas-spy-agency-says-parents-are-terrorists-bridgehead-briefing-ep-44/) - Why did Canada's top spy agency call parental rights activists a potential "violent threat"? Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO4LqLlS7As As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead. - [EXCLUSIVE: The Inside Story of Europe’s First Official Gender-Critical Refugee](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/12/exclusive-the-inside-story-of-europes-first-official-gender-critical-refugee/) - On a Friday night at 11 p.m. in June 2022, 29-year-old Isabella Cêpa got a DM on Instagram from a journalist with Folha de S. Paulo, one of Brazil’s top newspapers. The journalist asked Cêpa for a response to the news that she was charged with five counts of “racism” for “misgendering” a transvestite politician and - [Many liberals don’t actually believe in transgender ideology. You shouldn’t either](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/12/many-liberals-dont-actually-believe-in-transgender-ideology-you-shouldnt-either/) - Over the next few years, we are going to see an increasing number of major establishment figures come out and retract their support for transgender ideology. As the evidence against so-called “gender-affirming care” mounts and the trickle of detransitioner horror stories turns into a torrent, it is becoming difficult to deny that the decade-long attempt - [Science's Greatest Scandal: The Horrifying History of Eugenics Asylums](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/12/sciences-greatest-scandal-the-horrifying-history-of-eugenics-asylums/) - It is rare that a mainstream media documentary is willing to confront the past and present reality of eugenics, from the incarceration of people with disabilities in asylums to the silent, subterranean elimination of entire classes of people under the guise of “reproductive rights.” BBC Four’s two-part documentary Eugenics: Science’s Greatest Scandal is thus a chilling, must-watch insight - [EXCLUSIVE: Life as a Refugee From Trans Totalitarianism | Isabella Cêpa](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/12/exclusive-life-as-a-refugee-from-trans-totalitarianism-isabella-cepa/) - Isabella Cêpa faced 25 years in prison in Brazil--for calling a man a man. She became the first official refugee in the world to receive asylum status in Europe for her opposition to transgender ideology--and in this wide-ranging interview, she tells her story. I also covered her story for The European Conservative, which you can - [Conspiracy and Celebration: The Vile Response to Charlie Kirk's Murder](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/12/conspiracy-and-celebration-the-vile-response-to-charlie-kirks-murder/) - In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s horrific assassination, people are once again taking the opportunity to reveal who they are. On the Left, the reaction was sadly predictable. A religion professor from the University of Toronto stated that “shooting is honestly too good for so many of you fascist c***s.” Manitoba’s Minister of Families Nahanni Fontaine responded to - [What We Have Lost: The Assassination of Charlie Kirk](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/11/what-we-have-lost-the-assassination-of-charlie-kirk/) - Like millions of others, I opened my X account yesterday afternoon and saw videos filling my feed that I will never be able to forget. First, a familiar scene: Charlie Kirk, conservative activist, sitting behind a table on a college campus with his microphone. I thought it was another one of those ubiquitous clips of - [Margaret Atwood rages over Alberta’s crackdown on sexually explicit books in schools](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/10/margaret-atwood-rages-over-albertas-crackdown-on-sexually-explicit-books-in-schools/) - Over her storied career, Margaret Atwood has collected over 50 literary awards. The author of The Handmaid’s Tale – which was subsequently adapted into a TV show condemned by some critics as misogynist torture-porn – has landed the Booker Prize, the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and the Governor General’s Literary Award. She is also a Companion of the Order of - [Activists pushing to expand abortion in Europe submit petition to EU with 1 million signatures](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/10/activists-pushing-to-expand-abortion-in-europe-submit-petition-to-eu-with-1-million-signatures/) - Abortion activists are on the march in Europe. On August 1, the “My Voice, My Choice: For Safe and Accessible Abortion” campaign, a European citizens’ initiative, submitted a petition of over a million signatures to the European Commission demanding a “funding mechanism to make abortion more accessible.” Nika Kovač, a Slovenian abortion activist, is heading up the - [The Pre-Persons: Philip K. Dick's Forgotten Abortion Horror Story](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/08/the-pre-persons-philip-k-dicks-forgotten-abortion-horror-story/) - Few science fiction writers have acquired the pop culture success of Philip K. Dick. The politically promiscuous writer authored 44 novels, over 120 short stories, and saw many of his works adapted for the big and small screen, including Blade Runner, The Man in the High Castle, and Minority Report. But few know that Dick - [Trump’s return to sane gender policies sparks ludicrous wave of ‘trans refugees’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/08/trumps-return-to-sane-gender-policies-sparks-ludicrous-wave-of-trans-refugees/) - The Trump administration’s slew of anti-gender ideology executive orders is a welcome return to sanity after the pedal-to-the-metal transgender activism of the Biden administration. For trans activists, however, the refusal of the federal government to formally recognize their identities, teach their ideology in schools, and support sex change “treatments” for children apparently constitutes genuine persecution. - [The Transgender Movement vs. Graham Linehan](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/08/the-transgender-movement-vs-graham-linehan/) - On September 4, comedian Graham Linehan showed up at the Westminster courthouse for his hearing with a sandwich board sign featuring the slogan, “There is no such thing as a transgender child” emblazoned across the front. The back read: “Keep men out of women’s sports”; another slogan was “Gender ideology does not belong in schools.” - [Canadian teen’s death exposes the deadly truth about abortion pills](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/05/canadian-teens-death-exposes-the-deadly-truth-about-abortion-pills/) - In 2022, 19-year-old Rheanna Laderoute took abortion pills in Ontario, Canada. Ten days later, she went into septic shock and died. The Globe and Mail broke the story on August 27, but focused not on the dangers of the abortion pill, but on a “system failure.” According to the Mail, when Laderoute discovered her pregnancy, she told nobody. Instead, - [WATCH: The NDP Against White Men | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 45](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/05/watch-the-ndp-against-white-men-bridgehead-briefing-ep-45/) - On this week’s episode of The Bridgehead Briefing, we discuss the NDP’s leadership race demand that “cisgender men” be sidelined, Quebec’s proposed ban on public prayer, and Alberta’s so-called “book ban”: As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A - [Malcolm Gladwell says he was "cowed" into supporting the transgender movement](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/05/malcolm-gladwell-says-he-was-cowed-into-supporting-the-transgender-movement/) - New York Times best-selling author and elite liberal Malcolm Gladwell announced on The Real Science of Sport podcast that he has changed his position on trans-identifying men participating in women’s sports In 2022, Gladwell moderated a panel titled “Transgender Athletes: A Conversation led by Malcolm Gladwell on Data and Participation Policy” at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, - [Transgender terrorism, spiritual sickness, and the Catholic school shooting](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/04/transgender-terrorism-spiritual-sickness-and-the-catholic-school-shooting/) - On Wednesday morning, August 27, 23-year-old Robert Westman opened fire with a shotgun, a pistol, and a rifle at the children and staff of Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis through the windows of the church during the morning mass service. A 10-year-old girl, Harper, and an 8-year-old boy, Fletcher, were killed; another student, Sophia, is - [The looming crisis of AI pornography](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/04/the-looming-crisis-of-ai-pornography/) - Last year, Samuel D. James – author of an essential book on the internet age titled Digital Liturgies – warned that “Christians are not ready for the age of ‘Adult AI.’” In his essay, James made the case that the rise of AI would herald a shift in the porn industry similar to the shift from print magazines and - [Shiny Happy People, a Teenage Holy War, and the LGBT revolution](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/04/shiny-happy-people-a-teenage-holy-war-and-the-lgbt-revolution/) - Prime Video’s 2023 documentary series Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets was a devastating salvo aimed at one of American evangelicalism’s most popular reality TV shows (if that sounds like a contradiction in terms, it should). Jim-Bob and Michelle Duggar, the patriarch and matriarch of TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting, were justifiable targets; the series, - [Comedy writer Graham Linehan arrested in UK for criticizing gender ideology on social media](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/03/comedy-writer-graham-linehan-arrested-in-uk-for-criticizing-gender-ideology-on-social-media/) - The transgender totalitarians still run the United Kingdom. On September 1, Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan was arrested at Heathrow Airport in London by five police officers. According to Linehan, the police cited three X posts critical of transgender ideology as the reason for his arrest. According to Linehan’s account, posted to his Substack on September - [The German Abortion Wars](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/03/the-german-abortion-wars/) - On July 11, the abortion debate in Germany suddenly and unexpectedly exploded. It was the final day before the Bundestag’s parliamentary summer recess, and the nomination of three new judges to the Federal Constitutional Court was slated for a vote. Judicial candidates are nominated by political parties and must receive a two-thirds majority. The process - [Scotland’s birth rate at its lowest since 1855, the year it started keeping records](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/09/02/scotlands-birth-rate-at-its-lowest-since-1855-the-year-it-started-keeping-records/) - In a grim essay last December in First Things, British writer Louise Perry detailed a laundry list of crises in the United Kingdom and across the Western world, and then bluntly laid out the primary source of these problems. “The people on whom modernity depends are failing to reproduce themselves, which means that modernity itself is - [LGBT movement devours itself as ‘Queers for Palestine’ shut down Ottawa’s ‘pride’ parade](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/29/lgbt-movement-devours-itself-as-queers-for-palestine-shut-down-ottawas-pride-parade/) - It’s one of those rare CBC headlines that brings a smile to one’s face: “Mayor, activists trade blame over Pride parade cancellation.” On Sunday, August 24, LGBT activists in Canada’s capital were all geared up for that most sacred of secular religious processionals, the “Pride” parade. But the Ottawa chapter of “Queers for Palestine” had - [New study claims 2.8 million Americans over 13 now identify as ‘transgender’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/28/new-study-claims-2-8-million-americans-over-13-now-identify-as-transgender/) - According to a new study by the Williams Institute at UCLA’s School of Law, approximately 2.8 million Americans who are 13 or older now identify as “transgender,” or about one percent of the population. The Williams Institute has been reporting on America’s “transgender” population since 2011. The new study lends credence to Lisa Littman’s findings that gender dysphoria - [Reading Gerald Durrell in the Amazon jungle](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/28/reading-gerald-durrell-in-the-amazon-jungle/) - Despite my lifelong obsession with wildlife, I only discovered the great naturalist writer Gerald Durrell several years ago. I was captured immediately. His exploits in jungles, deserts, and plains around the world and his magnificent renderings of man and beast make Durrell to wild animals what James Herriot is for domestic creatures, with the same - [Boston Children’s Hospital scrubs online history of transgender mutilation as lawsuits loom](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/27/boston-childrens-hospital-scrubs-online-history-of-transgender-mutilation-as-lawsuits-loom/) - A couple of years ago, many activists starting using a tagline when posting new reporting on horrifying stories emerging from our transgender regimes, stories of de-transitioners and children who received sex change “treatments” before they were old enough to drive: “One day, everyone will pretend they were always against this.” The most radical LGBT activists, - [Farewell to a Titan: Remembering Dr. James Dobson](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/27/farewell-to-a-titan-remembering-dr-james-dobson/) - James C. Dobson, the Christian psychologist known to hundreds of millions merely as “Dr. Dobson,” passed away on Aug. 21 at the age of 89. Few Christian figures loomed as large in the latter half of the 20th century, and despite the opinions of his critics, few have deserved it more. Dr. Dobson founded Focus - [The Lost World of Sterling North's Rascal](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/25/the-lost-world-of-sterling-norths-rascal/) - It was a hot, humid morning when we reached the Sterling North Home and Museum in Edgerton, Wisconsin. It was, in fact, the perfect day for a boy and his raccoon to head out to a cool creek for crayfish and trout. A brown metal sign, purchased by the children of the town many years - [Texas declares war on illegal abortion pill networks](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/25/texas-declares-war-on-illegal-abortion-pill-networks/) - The war between pro-life states and the underground black market abortion pill networks has escalated once again. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has issued a series of cease-and-desist letters to radical abortion organizations “demanding an immediate end to the unlawful advertising, sale, and shipment of abortion-inducing drugs into the State of Texas.” According to an August - [Biden threatened to slash lunch funding unless schools accepted LGBT ideology](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/25/biden-threatened-to-slash-lunch-funding-unless-schools-accepted-lgbt-ideology/) - The Trump administration has sparked massive outrage after announcing that it will cut funding for the National School Lunch Program, which provides nutritionally balanced lunches for children in schools, over the refusal of some schools to remove LGBT indoctrination from their curriculums. Just kidding. It was actually the Biden administration that announced that it would be - [Australian premier lashes out at press for exposing transgender agenda in schools](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/22/australian-premier-lashes-out-at-press-for-exposing-transgender-agenda-in-schools/) - Jacinta Allan, the premier of the Australian state of Victoria, has launched what Sky News calls “a disturbing attack on free and open reporting in a heated defence of a radical push of transgender ideology to five-year-olds.” Her response is a microcosmic example of what the LGBT-captured elites think of all those who disagree with them. As - [Can Hungary Roll Back the Sexual Revolution?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/22/can-hungary-roll-back-the-sexual-revolution/) - In 2018, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán laid out his vision for “Christian democracy” at a summer university conference. Unlike Western Europe, where globalism is the prevailing de facto ideology, Orbán advocated a different path for Central Europe with five fundamental tenets: 1) Defend its Christian culture, and reserve the right to reject multiculturalist ideology. 2) Defend the traditional family - [America Takes a Stand for the Rights of Western Christians](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/22/america-takes-a-stand-for-the-rights-of-western-christians/) - The U.S. State Department has once again sent the United Kingdom a clear warning: the ongoing persecution and prosecution of praying pro-lifers will not be tolerated. Their annual “United Kingdom 2024 Human Rights Report” opens with an ominous conclusion: “The human rights situation worsened in the United Kingdom during the year.” The report noted “specific areas of - [WATCH: Pierre Poilievre is BACK. What's NEXT? | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 43](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/21/watch-pierre-poilievre-is-back-whats-next-bridgehead-briefing-ep-43/) - Pierre Polievre is heading back to Parliament. What does this mean for the future of the Conservative Party? Poilievre's riding is far more conservative than he is. Will this make a difference? We get into it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDQ_cLQpC7g&t=92s As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my - [The decline of Jordan Peterson (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/20/the-decline-of-jordan-peterson-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** For the past several years, Great Britain has transformed into a powder keg, as native Britons in rural areas find their small towns crammed with asylum seekers and face crackdowns when they protest. Matt Goodwin has a grim summary of the situation: “Epping is - [Media backlash as Costco refuses to carry abortion pills](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/20/media-backlash-as-costco-refuses-to-carry-abortion-pills/) - Perhaps no superstore is more associated with large families as Costco, the big-box warehouse wholesaler specializing in any and every product imaginable in vast quantities at affordable prices. Thus, there is a perverse irony in the fact that the chain is under fire for…refusing to stock and sell abortion pills. On August 14, Costco stated - [JK Rowling delivers devastating takedown of Nicola Sturgeon's pro-trans memoir](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/19/jk-rowling-delivers-devastating-takedown-of-nicola-sturgeons-pro-trans-memoir/) - I have never read one of JK Rowling’s books, but after reading her savage review of former First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon’s new pro-transgender memoir, I wondered what I might be missing. It is, without doubt, one of the most devastating takedowns of a politician that I have ever read, which is why it has - [Tragedy: Uruguay pushes forward with legalizing euthanasia](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/19/tragedy-uruguay-pushes-forward-with-legalizing-euthanasia/) - On August 13, Uruguay’s lower house of parliament voted to decriminalize euthanasia, with 64 votes in favor in the 99-seat Chamber of Representatives. Ninety-three lawmakers were present for the vote. Reuters described the nearly all-night debate as “emotional.” The law will permit “mentally competent adults” with “terminal or incurable diseases” to request euthanasia. The Uruguayan senate is - [No dignity: Mark Carney hugs nearly-nude LGBT activist, calls Pride "best of Canada"](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/18/no-dignity-mark-carney-hugs-nearly-nude-lgbt-activist-calls-pride-best-of-canada/) - Prime Minister Mark Carney made it onto Fox News a few nights ago but probably not for the reason he’d prefer. It wasn’t for comments on the Trump tariffs or an assertion of Canadian sovereignty or even something generically statesmanlike. Nope. The prime minister was featured on American TV hugging a nearly naked LGBT activist on the - [UN warns France’s euthanasia plan undermines ‘right to life of persons with disabilities’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/18/un-warns-frances-euthanasia-plan-undermines-right-to-life-of-persons-with-disabilities/) - The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) sent a letter to the French government on June 23, informing them that an investigation has been launched into France’s proposed euthanasia law, which was passed by the National Assembly in May. The letter states that, pursuant to paragraph 1 of article 36 of the Convention on - [WATCH: Conservative Speech BANNED in Canada? | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 42](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/16/watch-conservative-speech-banned-in-canada-bridgehead-briefing-ep-42/) - We cover the removal of the “Let Kids Be” billboard in Hamilton, Ontario, for being “transphobic,” and the growing trend of censorship across Canada. From the removal of ARPA’s “Let Kids Be” billboard, to CHP’s billboard depicting the dictionary definition of “woman,” to a billboard in BC proclaiming love for JK Rowling, to a billboard - [WATCH: Bill C-218: Stopping "MAID" for Mental Illness](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/29/watch-bill-c-218-stopping-maid-for-mental-illness/) - This essential legislation--which would criminalize euthanasia for mental illness--would save countless Canadian lives. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFmY7Xpb5L4&t=236s As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead. - [Media melts down after Canada stops accepting ‘X’ gender markers on Nexus cards due to Trump](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/11/media-melts-down-after-canada-stops-accepting-x-gender-markers-on-nexus-cards-due-to-trump/) - It is difficult to explain to non-Canadians how thoroughly Canada’s establishment has been captured by the LGBT movement. Many Canadians no doubt assumed that Mark Carney, who very much presents as an adult, would be less prone to the sort of exhibitionist “peoplekind” LGBT activism of Justin Trudeau. But as Amy Hamm noted recently in a grim National - [Europe accepts formal refugee request from woman facing 25 years in jail for "misgendering"](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/11/europe-accepts-formal-refugee-request-from-woman-facing-25-years-in-jail-for-misgendering/) - A young woman was granted political asylum in Europe after fleeing her native Brazil, where she faced 25 years in prison for “misgendering” a trans-identifying male politician. As Reduxx noted, Isabella Cêpa “is the first person to be recognized as a victim of state persecution for her outspoken opposition to gender identity ideology.” The criminal investigation began - [UK pro-lifer investigated a third time for praying silently near abortion center](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/14/uk-pro-lifer-investigated-a-third-time-for-praying-silently-near-abortion-center/) - Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, the U.K. pro-lifer famously arrested for praying silently near an abortion clinic, discovered that she is being investigated by the police… for the third time. In November 2022, Vaughan-Spruce was arrested by two police officers while standing on the sidewalk in Birmingham, England. She told them she was not protesting, saying, “I might - [LGBT activists try to shut down Christian coffee shop helping homeless](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/14/lgbt-activists-try-to-shut-down-christian-coffee-shop-helping-homeless/) - LGBT activists in Colorado have a new target: a Christian coffee shop owner who runs a ministry dedicated to helping the homeless. Jamie Sanchez owns The Drip Café in Denver, situated on Santa Fe Drive in the Art District. The coffee shop opened in 2024, but the business is part of Sanchez’s broader efforts to - [WATCH: Experts "Concerned": is CANADA Cracking Down on GENDER? | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 41](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/11/watch-experts-concerned-is-canada-cracking-down-on-gender-bridgehead-briefing-ep-41/) - Three big stories on this episode of The Bridgehead Briefing. We look at the changes to Nexus gender policy and the reporting methods of CTV News in covering the story; a shocking story from Brazil, where a women’s rights activist is facing up to 25 years in prison after “misgendering” a man; and the two-tiered - [Rape crisis charities should never have been forced to accept gender-confused men](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/11/rape-crisis-charities-should-never-have-been-forced-to-accept-gender-confused-men/) - Of all the cruelties advocated by LGBT activists during the transgender culture war, none is as stark and unforgivable as their fight to force rape crisis organizations to accept trans-identifying men over the protest of vulnerable and victimized women. The Survivor’s Network, a rape crisis charity in Brighton, England, has been at the center of - [Daughter devastated to learn of mother’s assisted suicide through WhatsApp](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/11/daughter-devastated-to-learn-of-mothers-assisted-suicide-through-whatsapp/) - Last month, Megan Royal discovered that her mother had ended her life by assisted suicide when she received a WhatsApp message from Swiss suicide center Pegasos, letting her know that her mother’s ashes would be sent to her via mail. Fifty-eight-year-old Maureen Slough was from Cavan, Ireland, and told her family that she would be vacationing with - [The Fight to Stop Euthanasia for Mental Illness](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/07/the-fight-to-stop-euthanasia-for-mental-illness/) - In 2010, twenty-one-year-old Andrew Lawton attempted suicide by swallowing a bottle’s worth of pills in a public bathroom. His depression had become unbearable. Thankfully, he failed, and after weeks in a coma, began a long recovery. Earlier this year, he was elected to Canadian Parliament and has become a key advocate of a new law - [Infamous ‘Pregnant Man’ Calls on UK Politicians To Halt Backlash to Trans Agenda](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/07/infamous-pregnant-man-calls-on-uk-politicians-to-halt-backlash-to-trans-agenda/) - Transgender activist Freddie McConnell issued a plea to UK politicians in the Guardian on July 31, calling on them to step in and block the ongoing backlash to the transgender agenda. Characteristically, the title reeks of emotional blackmail couched in a disingenuous call for debate: “The fight for trans safety is a fight for everyone’s safety—MPs must - [The Trump administration continues to roll back Biden abortion policies](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/07/the-trump-administration-continues-to-roll-back-biden-abortion-policies/) - Personnel is policy, and this is particularly true when it comes to pro-life policy. The Trump administration, fortunately, appears to understand this. One of the pro-life movement’s key concerns leading up to the 2024 presidential election is that Donald Trump and many other GOP politicians were pivoting away from the pro-life movement after a string of state-level - [Massachusetts police training group lists Moms for Liberty as ‘extremist’ organization](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/07/massachusetts-police-training-group-lists-moms-for-liberty-as-extremist-organization/) - According to training materials obtained by The Daily Wire, the Massachusetts Municipal Police Training Committee (MPTC), which trains over 20,000 police officers across the state, listed the parental rights group Moms for Liberty as a “hate group” along with the Marxist extremist group Antifa and neo-Nazi organizations. Screenshots shared with the conservative outlet show Moms for - [Canadian MPs launch campaign to stop euthanasia for mental illness. Will you join?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/01/canadian-mps-launch-campaign-to-stop-euthanasia-for-mental-illness-will-you-join/) - Member of Parliament Andrew Lawton, who survived a suicide attempt in 2010, has kicked off a campaign calling on Canadians to publicly share their experiences with mental illness in support of MP Tamara Jansen’s Bill C-218, the “Right to Recover Act.” The “I Got Better” campaign features Lawton’s own story, in which a long struggle with - [Pro-lifers campaign to overturn assisted suicide in Slovenia](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/01/pro-lifers-campaign-to-overturn-assisted-suicide-in-slovenia/) - On July 18, Slovenia legalized assisted suicide by a margin of 50 votes to 34, with three abstentions. In 2024, a more sweeping euthanasia bill had failed in parliament, and 55 percent of Slovenians subsequently voted in favor of assisted suicide in a national referendum that saw suicide activists unleash a wave of propaganda. The result, - [WATCH: Sean Feucht and Canada's Christian Crackdown | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 40](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/08/01/watch-sean-feucht-and-canadas-christian-crackdown-bridgehead-briefing-ep-40/) - Sean Feucht, an American Christian singer, has faced backlash and cancellations amidst his Canada summer tour, raising questions about freedom of expression for Christians in public spaces. Why are LGBT activists and abortion activists so outraged? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3LtIgQ8fro&t=1s As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my - [Pro-Life Laws Do Not Kill Women](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/28/pro-life-laws-do-not-kill-women/) - Three Polish doctors have been found guilty in connection with the death of a 30-year-old pregnant woman named Izabela, who died of sepsis and became a symbol for massive abortion protests across the nation. In September 2021, Izabela was admitted to the hospital in Pszyncyna in southern Poland at 22 weeks pregnant; her unborn child - [Good news: the American public is increasingly opposed to abortion as Planned Parenthood centers shut down](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/28/good-news-the-american-public-is-increasingly-opposed-to-abortion-as-planned-parenthood-centers-shut-down/) - A poll released by The Associated Press and the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) on July 24 contains some very positive data for pro-lifers. The mainstream coverage of the latest post-Roe poll predictably focuses on the fact that a majority of Americans support legal abortion in some or all circumstances. But the new poll also indicates that the - [VICTORY: Canada’s Supreme Court upholds ban on profiting from ‘sex work’ in rare unanimous ruling](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/28/victory-canadas-supreme-court-upholds-ban-on-profiting-from-sex-work-in-rare-unanimous-ruling/) - In a rare unanimous ruling, Canada’s Supreme Court upheld the country’s prohibition on inducing or profiting from the sale of sex on July 24. In a stern judicial rebuke to advocates of “sex work,” all nine justices affirmed in R. v. Kloubakov the prohibitions to the Criminal Code of Canada, the 2014 Protection of Communities and Exploited - [Texas man sues California doctor for sending abortion pills to girlfriend coerced by ex-husband](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/28/texas-man-sues-california-doctor-for-sending-abortion-pills-to-girlfriend-coerced-by-ex-husband/) - Yet another front has opened in the cross-border abortion wars. Texas man Jerry Rodriguez has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit against California doctor Remy Coeytaux, alleging that the physician sent abortion pills by mail to his girlfriend—and that the pills were used to kill his pre-born child. With the fall of Roe v. Wade, vast - [Brazilian janitor faces up to 5 years in prison for asking man to leave women’s bathroom](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/28/brazilian-janitor-faces-up-to-5-years-in-prison-for-asking-man-to-leave-womens-bathroom/) - While progressive groups decry the Trump administration’s ongoing purge of gender ideology from the federal leviathan and growing pushback against the transgender agenda in the United Kingdom, crackdowns on dissent from gender ideology continue in other countries. In Brazil, a university administrator and a female janitor are facing up to five years in jail for - [VICTORY: Puerto Rico bans sex changes for children](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/28/victory-puerto-rico-bans-sex-changes-for-children/) - On July 16, Governor Jenniffer González-Colón of Puerto Rico signed a bill banning “sex changes” for children. The LGBT outlet The Advocate called Senate Bill 350 “one of the harshest gender-affirming care laws yet.” The law bans the use of puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and transgender surgeries for anyone under 21, and penalizes doctors and other medical professionals - [Horror: 3-year-old girl suffers devastating consequences from her father’s ‘gender transition’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/28/horror-3-year-old-girl-suffers-devastating-consequences-from-her-fathers-gender-transition/) - The European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology has published what may be one of the most horrifying transgender case studies I have yet seen. Titled “Peripheral Precocious Puberty due to Exogenous Estradiol in a 3-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report,” the study describes how the girl’s trans-identifying father caused devastating physical effects in his daughter by exposing - [VICTORY: UK nurse cleared of ‘misconduct’ allegations for ‘misgendering’ doctor](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/28/victory-uk-nurse-cleared-of-misconduct-allegations-for-misgendering-doctor/) - Veteran Scottish nurse Sandie Peggie has been cleared of “gross misconduct” allegations for objecting to share a female changing room with a transgender-identifying male doctor, “Beth” Upton, after a protracted legal battle. As I reported earlier in this space (here and here), Upton lodged a complaint with the Fife National Health Service board, alleging that Peggie had - [Pedro Pascal viciously attacks J.K. Rowling over transgenderism](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/28/pedro-pascal-viciously-attacks-j-k-rowling-over-transgenderism/) - Pedro Pascal is a member of that specific breed of Hollywood actor that publicly preens about being a champion of women’s rights. Like so many members of this species, he is a vicious, deceitful bully. His favorite target of late is JK Rowling, the famous author whose own backstory as a survivor is the driver - [Bombshell: UN report calls for ban on sex changes for children, declares transgenderism a threat to women](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/28/bombshell-un-report-calls-for-ban-on-sex-changes-for-children-declares-transgenderism-a-threat-to-women/) - A United Nations draft report by the special rapporteur on violence against women affirmed what many critics have long warned: that there is a “concerted international push (to) erase” women and girls, and that gender dysphoria is “socially contagious.” The report, titled “Sex-based violence against women and girls: new frontiers and emerging issues: Report of - ["We Will Not Bow": Remembering John MacArthur's Cultural Defiance](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/24/we-will-not-bow-remembering-john-macarthurs-cultural-defiance/) - On July 14, a titan of American evangelicalism died. John MacArthur, who pastored Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California since 1969, also helped found The Master’s Seminary, The Master’s University, and the ministry “Grace to You.” His Bible teaching reached millions by radio, and he was a prominent Baptist preacher and author for over - [Live Not By Lies and Estonia’s Singing Revolution](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/18/live-not-by-lies-and-estonias-singing-revolution/) - One of the most powerful documentaries I have ever watched is The Singing Revolution, a 2006 film that chronicles the extraordinary struggle of the small Baltic nation of Estonia against Soviet occupation. From 1987 to 1991, thousands of Estonians expressed their defiance by gathering to sing the songs of their people, galvanizing resistance movements and leading - [Gavin Newsom refuses to condemn child sex changes](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/18/gavin-newsome-refuses-to-condemn-child-sex-changes/) - As the New York Times reported earlier this month, the Democrats are still in disarray over how to deal with the fact that their transgender policies are wildly unpopular with voters — and, indeed, may have handed Donald Trump the presidency. Any Democrat planning to seek the presidency in 2028 must grapple with this question. That, of course, - [The Trump admin is forcing hospitals to stop doing child sex change surgeries](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/18/the-trump-admin-is-forcing-hospitals-to-stop-doing-child-sex-change-surgeries/) - Social conservatives are used to politicians running on culture war platforms that they promptly abandon upon taking office. But when it comes to the transgender industry, the Trump administration has been delivering in spades. In particular, the Trump administration has made several significant moves to protect children from gender ideology. On January 28, Trump signed - [Betrayal: Chip and Joanna Gaines cave to LGBT agenda](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/14/betrayal-chip-and-joanna-gaines-cave-in-to-lgbt-agenda/) - Cultural Christianity is largely dead, and cultural queerness is in. When the sources of cultural power move, people have a choice. They can remain committed to their convictions or they can abandon those convictions. Many have moved toward the new source of cultural power like moths to a flame. This trend has been most notable in - [The Beheading of Sir John A. Macdonald](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/14/the-beheading-of-sir-john-a-macdonald/) - In 2020, a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s founding prime minister, was toppled and decapitated in Montreal. It was the second time the statue had been beheaded; the first had been in 1992; it was periodically vandalized with paint, as well. This time, the city decided not to restore Macdonald’s statue to its - [Singer Jojo Siwa admits she was ‘pressured’ by LGBT lobby to ‘come out’ as lesbian at 17](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/14/singer-jojo-siwa-admits-she-was-pressured-by-lgbt-lobby-to-come-out-as-lesbian-at-17/) - In 2021, 17-year-old YouTube star Jojo Siwa came out as “queer.” She wasn’t sure precisely what she was yet, she told her legions of tween fans; she was just certain that she wasn’t straight. Until then, Siwa had dated men. By 2024, she was dating women, attacking celebrities who didn’t back the LGBT agenda, and was planning to use multiple - [New Clint Eastwood bio highlights Hollywood’s sordid relationship with abortion](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/14/new-clint-eastwood-bio-highlights-hollywoods-sordid-relationship-with-abortion/) - A new biography of the legendary actor and director Clint Eastwood reveals, in grim detail, Eastwood’s self-described “addiction” to promiscuity. In Clint: The Man and The Movies, Shawn Levy details Eastwood’s affairs, troubled marriages, and persistent, casual adulteries. Indeed, Eastwood even welcomed children with other women while married to his first wife, Maggie Johnson. Not all of - [The UK Royal Family Bows to LGBT Power](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/14/the-uk-royal-family-bows-to-lgbt-power/) - The British Royal Family appears to have officially endorsed the LGBT agenda this month. It is merely a forty-second video posted to X, but it is significant nonetheless: The U.K. Royal Family’s X account posted a clip of the Coldstream Guards playing Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan – widely recognized as an LGBT anthem – with - [Canada’s euthanasia regime is already killing the disabled. It’s about to get worse](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/14/canadas-euthanasia-regime-is-already-killing-the-disabled-its-about-to-get-worse/) - In Canada, we kill the disabled. Over 90 percent of babies diagnosed with Down syndrome in the womb are aborted; pre-born children diagnosed with other disabilities usually meet the same fate. But for decades, our Nazi-style lethal ableism was limited to those not yet born. With the expansion of euthanasia eligibility to those suffering solely from disability or mental - [Planned Parenthood Defunded: What You Need to Know](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/14/planned-parenthood-defunded-what-you-need-to-know/) - It has been a miserable year for Planned Parenthood. Last month, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Carolina that the state can, in fact, bar the organization from receiving any payments through Medicaid. It was, the media noted grimly, “a major step toward the longtime conservative goal of ‘defunding’ the nation’s largest family planning provider.” Of - [WATCH: The REAL Reason Women are AFRAID of Dating](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/10/watch-the-real-reason-women-are-afraid-of-dating/) - Why do so many young women fear dating? Here's my take: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST0rFpABg8Y As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead. - [WATCH: They Chemically Castrated My Son | Jeff Younger](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/10/watch-they-chemically-castrated-my-son-jeff-younger/) - Texas father Jeff Younger shares his harrowing experience as his ex-wife transitions their son against his wishes. For over a decade, Younger has battled to save his child from so-called 'transgender medicine' practices, facing legal and personal hurdles. He explained why, what, and how he fights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-dhKuvpdQg&t=2323s As always, follow the podcast wherever you get - [Wolves and False Shepherds | Dr. Owen Strachan](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/26/wolves-and-false-shepherds-dr-owen-strachan/) - This week’s interview is a conversation with Dr. Owen Strachan, author of Christianity and Wokeness, on the rise of dangerous “podpastors,” conspiracy influencers, and how it is changing the face of Christianity: As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A - [‘P Diddy’ trial: the Religious Right was correct about the evils of the entertainment industry](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/04/p-diddy-trial-the-religious-right-was-correct-about-the-evils-of-the-entertainment-industry/) - For decades, mocking the “moral panics” of the Religious Right has been a favorite pastime of progressives. The squares with their old-fashioned hair, prim language, and schoolmarm warnings about sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll who decried the insidious influence of the entertainment industry have been sneered at as only losers can be. Even many - [Singer Lily Allen and podcast host joke about their ten abortions](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/04/singer-lily-allen-and-podcast-host-joke-about-their-ten-abortions/) - English Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, and actress Lily Allen has managed to shock even the pro-abortion press by noting, on a recent podcast, that she cannot remember how many abortions she has had. On a July 1 episode of the Miss Me? podcast, Allen got detailed about her personal life. “I have an IUD [intrauterine contraceptive device] now,” she told - [The Queering of History from Anne Frank to Pompeii](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/07/04/the-queering-of-history-from-anne-frank-to-pompeii/) - For the past two decades, the LGBT movement has been busily engaged in the task of queering history. Not only have they managed to elevate the heroes of their own movement to sacrosanct status – from Harvey Milk to Alfred Kinsey – they have also been promiscuously claiming that great historical figures from William Shakespeare to Abraham - [The Fight Continues: Post-Roe America, Three Years On](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/24/the-fight-continues-post-roe-america-three-years-on/) - I will always remember where I was on June 24, 2022. I was in Montreal with several of my pro-life colleagues, training a parish hall full of activists in pro-life outreach. Moments before I was scheduled to give my presentation on the history of the pro-life movement, my phone started buzzing and didn’t stop for - [Abortion activists are using the UN to attack pro-life Guatemala, citing ‘forced pregnancy’ statute](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/23/abortion-activists-are-using-the-un-to-attack-pro-life-guatemala-citing-forced-pregnancy-statute/) - In September of 2018, abortion activists in Guatemala were pushing for looser abortion laws. Abortion is illegal in Guatemala except where necessary to save the mother’s life, making the small Central American country a primary target for both foreign and domestic abortion activists. In response, over 20,000 people poured into the capital and marched to the legislature, sporting - [Pro-life activists are on the march in Brazil](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/23/pro-life-activists-are-on-the-march-in-brazil/) - If you visit a hospital or clinic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, you will be greeted by an anti-abortion sign bearing messages such as: “You have the right to give your baby up for adoption anonymously … Give life a chance!” “Abortion can lead to consequences such as infertility, psychological problems, infections and even death.” - [The Demons of Tucker Carlson](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/23/the-demons-of-tucker-carlson/) - Tucker Carlson has once again taken the internet by storm, this time for a fiery exchange with Senator Ted Cruz of Texas over Iran, Israel, and isolationism writ large. The interview was a perfect example of Tucker’s skills as an interlocutor; he is cobra-like in his ability to strike at seeming inconsistencies but pivots and - [Donald Tusk’s Illegal War on Poland’s Pro-Life Laws](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/19/donald-tusks-illegal-war-on-polands-pro-life-laws-2/) - Just before Easter, an unborn 9-month-old baby boy was killed in Oleśnica in southwestern Poland by an injection of potassium chloride into his heart. He was due to be born any day, and he was protected by Polish law. The baby, named Felek by journalists, was aborted under illegal new guidelines released by the government - [WATCH: Is the Trans Movement LOSING? | Jennifer Bilek, Brandon Showalter (Panel Discussion)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/19/watch-is-the-trans-movement-losing-jennifer-bilek-brandon-showalter-panel-discussion/) - Is the transgender movement losing? Investigative journalists Jennifer Bilek and Brandon Showalter join me to break down the inside story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxzhRleHQUQ As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead. - [Child sacrifice: We are worse than the Incas](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/19/child-sacrifice-we-are-worse-than-the-incas/) - In the Larco Museum in Lima, Peru, showcases exhibit grim artifacts of human sacrifice. There are “sacrificial cups,” used by the pre-Inca Moche civilization to collect the blood of warriors after their throats were cut to offer to the priests. The representatives of the thirsty deities and the oval-shaped knives are displayed next to them. - ["We're murdering babies": Devastated Britons speak out against decriminalizing abortion until birth](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/19/were-murdering-babies-devastated-britons-speak-out-against-decriminalizing-abortion-until-birth/) - The decriminalization of abortion up until birth in the United Kingdom passed this week by a margin of 379 in favor to 137 opposed after a debate of only 46 minutes and just a handful of speeches. Labour MPs cheered when the vote passed. “For years, I’ve heard British people say, with a tinge of - [Donald Tusk’s Illegal War on Poland’s Pro-Life Laws](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/17/donald-tusks-illegal-war-on-polands-pro-life-laws/) - Just before Easter, an unborn 9-month-old baby boy was killed in Oleśnica in southwestern Poland by an injection of potassium chloride into his heart. He was due to be born any day, and he was protected by Polish law. The baby, named Felek by journalists, was aborted under illegal new guidelines released by the government - [New study links pornography use to depression, ‘psychological distress’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/17/new-study-links-pornography-use-to-depression-psychological-distress/) - Like most addictions, pornography is a false promise: Users believe it will make them feel better, but the gratification is momentary. Self-loathing and depression after use are incredibly common. Over a decade of speaking on pornography to high school students, this observation stands out. Porn users experience acute mental distress, despair, and hopelessness as the - [Less than half of young British men think abortion should be legal: poll](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/17/less-than-half-of-young-british-men-think-abortion-should-be-legal-poll/) - On the heels of a Gallup survey noting that 54 percent of American men identify as pro-life (as opposed to 32 percent of women), a new Ipsos poll from the United Kingdom reveals a similar gender divide. According to the new poll published on June 16, 71 percent of Britons believe that abortion should be legal “in most - [Is abortion now illegal in Puerto Rico?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/17/is-abortion-now-illegal-in-puerto-rico/) - The pro-life movement in Puerto Rico, which has been working since the fall of Roe v. Wade to implement protections for pre-born children, has been making real progress. Abortion is technically a crime in Puerto Rico, the U.S. territory in the Caribbean with a population of about 3.2 million people. In practice, abortion can be procured if - [Drag Queen Story Hour at Britain's Got Talent](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/13/drag-queen-story-hour-at-britains-got-talent/) - In 2023, RuPaul Andre Charles, drag queen and host of the TV show RuPaul’s Drag Race, posted a fierce defense of drag on his Instagram page. “Drag queens,” he boasted, “are the Marines of the queer movement.” Indeed they are, and RuPaul’s boast was something of an admission. It is precisely because drag queens are “the Marines - [The United Kingdom is preparing to endorse infanticide](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/13/the-united-kingdom-is-preparing-to-endorse-infanticide/) - The news out of the United Kingdom these past weeks read like dispatches from a once great but dying civilization. Since the 1967 Abortion Act, abortion has been legal up until 24 weeks; it is permitted up until birth if the child in the womb has Down syndrome or a range of other conditions. At - [WATCH: Traditional Family Values SURGE in Alberta | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 37](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/12/watch-traditional-family-values-surge-in-alberta-bridgehead-briefing-ep-37/) - Traditional values surge in Alberta, the United Church of Canada collapses, and the media beclowns itself once again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7cTlatnYgs As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead. - [Mark Carney hoists the Pride flag over Parliament Hill](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/12/mark-carney-throws-support-behind-pride-season-at-flag-raising-event/) - On June 10, Prime Minister Mark Carney raised the LGBT flag on Parliament Hill, a practice begun by Justin Trudeau in 2016. Carney may possess more gravitas than his predecessor, and is certainly less performatively woke, but he made it crystal clear that, in case there was any doubt, he is every bit as much - [A Northern Warning: Canada's Euthanasia Nightmare](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/12/a-northern-warning-canadas-euthanasia-nightmare/) - In May, two commentators from Quebec suggested on air that a physically healthy 24-year-old woman with intellectual disabilities should perhaps be euthanized. Luc Ferrandez and Nathalie Normandeau, both former politicians, were discussing a scandal in which the young woman was put in a correctional facility due to a lack of other available options. Disability rights - [Good News: Pornhub is under siege](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/11/good-news-pornhub-is-under-siege/) - Despite an aggressive PR operation to persuade lawmakers that they have reformed, Pornhub is having a very bad year. On May 29, it was reported that the European Commission is investigating the pornography giant and three other sites for failing to verify the ages of users. The investigation, which comes after a letter sent to the companies last - [Despite nonstop propaganda, Americans became slightly more pro-life this year](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/11/despite-nonstop-propaganda-americans-became-slightly-more-pro-life-this-year/) - Gallup’s annual survey on abortion was released on June 9, and the headline focuses on the big take-away: “Gender Gaps on Abortion Reach Historic Highs.” Gallup found that while 61 percent of women identify as “pro-choice,” only 41 percent of men do. The same percentage of women who identified as pro-choice in 2022 identify as - [The United Church of Canada is dying because it promoted the Sexual Revolution instead of Christianity](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/10/the-united-church-of-canada-is-dying-because-it-promoted-the-sexual-revolution-instead-of-christianity/) - On June 10, the United Church of Canada (UCC) turns 100 years old. As the Calgary Herald put it on June 7: “What’s next?” Well, probably nothing. The Herald reports that, “statistically, the UCC closes a church a week and some predict it may be extinct within 15 years. The membership of the denomination is half what it was - [Islamism Is Not Iran: An Evening With Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/09/islamism-is-not-iran-an-evening-with-crown-prince-reza-pahlavi/) - The first thing I noticed about the crown prince of Iran is how much he looks like his father, the late shah of Iran. The second is the intense devotion of his followers. When the man took the stage at an event hosted by Tafsik at the Toronto Pavilion on May 26 after several other speakers, a - [Argentina's Pro-Life Champion: Javier Milei Battles the Abortion Elites](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/09/argentinas-pro-life-champion-javier-milei-battles-the-abortion-elites/) - In 2024, Argentine President Javier Milei took to the stage at Davos and condemned the “bloody abortion agenda” of the elites to their faces. Four years before, despite a herculean effort by the country’s “Blue Wave” pro-life movement, Argentina legalized abortion. In 2018, abortion legalization had been defeated; two years later, a handful of senators were pressured into - [Support for traditional family values surges in Alberta](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/09/support-for-traditional-family-values-surges-in-alberta/) - Immediately after Canada’s recent federal election, the CBC commissioned public opinion research to gauge where Canadians sit on various issues. Its data on Alberta shows that the province is becoming ever more “polarized” – but one encouraging finding stands out: The number of Albertans who “strongly agree” with the importance of traditional family values has grown from - [Why Women Fear Dating](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/06/why-women-fear-dating/) - This column was first published at Substack. You can subscribe here. Over the past several years, the “red pill” movement—and the “manosphere” that preceded it—has moved into the conservative mainstream. It has become right-wing shibboleth to complain that feminism has ruined young women, that young men are becoming more conservative and young women are becoming more - [Kids Get Exposed to KINK at PRIDE: Media Calls it OK?! | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 36](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/06/kids-get-exposed-to-kink-at-pride-media-calls-it-ok-bridgehead-briefing-ep-36/) - It's "Pride Month" in the West. I have a question: When did we decide that children can be exposed to adult nudity--and adult sexual behavior? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkQsj9vGzTc&lc=UgyVMxT_c-ZDZbQiwGh4AaABAg As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, - [Viktor Orban defends Christian civilization in fiery CPAC speech](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/05/viktor-orban-defends-christian-civilization-in-fiery-cpac-speech/) - On May 29, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban opened CPAC 2025 in Budapest with a triumphalist speech emphasizing the strength of the populist wave across the Western world. He pointed to Donald Trump’s victory; Irakli Kobakhidze’s victory in Georgia last February; Hrisztijan Mickoski’s election victory in North Macedonia last June; and Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert - [Why is English theologian N.T. Wright defending abortion?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/06/05/why-is-english-theologian-n-t-wright-defending-abortion/) - In a series of stunning statements, English theologian and former Bishop of Durham N.T. Wright, a renowned New Testament scholar, endorsed the killing of pre-born children in the womb in a range of circumstances. In an episode of “Premier Unbelievable” released on June 1, Wright answered the question “Is abortion ever justified?” in the affirmative. “There - [The abortion pill is incredibly dangerous](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/30/the-abortion-pill-is-incredibly-dangerous/) - With abortion bans on the books in a dozen states and six-week “heartbeat” bills in four, the abortion industry is increasingly focused on putting all of its eggs in one basket: Mifepristone. In 2023, the abortion pill accounted for 63% of abortions, and organizations like Planned Parenthood push the lie that medication abortion is as safe as - [Scotland’s shame: Down syndrome abortions jump 82% since 2021](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/30/scotlands-shame-down-syndrome-abortions-jump-82-since-2021/) - According to a 2013 study, almost 99 percent of people with Down syndrome report being happy with their lives; 96 percent like how they look; 97 percent like who they are. While rates of mental illness, loneliness, and chronic misery are at all-time highs across many Western countries, people with Down syndrome are a happy exception. Despite - [WATCH: The Intifada HAS Gone Global | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 35](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/29/watch-the-intifada-has-gone-global-bridgehead-briefing-ep-35/) - Two young people were gunned down in cold blood outside the Jewish Museum in the American capital just because they were Jewish. This was not only predictable--it was promised, by mobs right across the West. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdLHcXMiFCI As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new - [Canadian Medical Association files court challenge against Alberta's law protecting children from sex change treatments](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/29/canadian-medical-association-files-court-challenge-against-albertas-law-protecting-children-from-sex-change-treatments/) - On May 28, the Canadian Medical Association filed a challenge against the constitutionality of Alberta’s 2024 legislation banning certain sex change surgeries and other “treatments” for children under age 16. The CMA is arguing that the ban “violates their Charter right to freedom of conscience,” and claims that: “This is a historic and unprecedented government intrusion into - [Porn is destroying our society. It's time to ban it.](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/29/porn-is-destroying-our-society-its-time-to-ban-it/) - There has been a fundamental shift in the public debate on pornography over the past decade. In 2017, I took the affirmative side in a radio debate with a queer studies professor on the question “Is pornography inherently harmful to society?” Much of what I highlighted then—the normalization and mainstreaming of sexual violence, pervasive porn - [The Orwellian Margaret Atwood](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/27/the-orwellian-margaret-atwood/) - Margaret Atwood claims she may be “imprisoned” if she enters the United States—an absurd suggestion from one of the most celebrated progressive writers alive, and a striking example of how elites weaponize language to smear their opponents. In a recent award acceptance speech, Atwood said: “Unlike so many writers, publishers and booksellers … I have never - [Canadian LGBT artists cancel trips to US, claiming Trump's America lacks human rights](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/27/canadian-lgbt-artists-cancel-trips-to-us-claiming-trumps-america-lacks-human-rights/) - The “transgender tipping point” – the moment when the trans agenda went from fringe theory to cultural conqueror – was pinpointed by TIME magazine as 2014. Overnight, it seemed, the trans agenda was being implemented everywhere from curriculums to passport offices, from entertainment to progressive politics. For anyone over 30, it has been a bewildering blitzkrieg, because - [Trump administration interviews persecuted pro-lifers, launches probe into free speech crackdown in Britain](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/27/trump-administration-interviews-persecuted-pro-lifers-launches-probe-into-free-speech-crackdown-in-britain/) - The Trump administration is doubling down on its commitment to stand up for freedom of speech in Europe with an extraordinary move. According to GB News, Trump “sent a team of U.S. officials to the U.K. to investigate concerns over freedom of speech restrictions, particularly regarding pro-life activists who have been arrested for silent protests outside - [UK relents on minimum age limit to see gender specialists, allows toddlers to receive counseling](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/23/uk-relents-on-minimum-age-limit-to-see-gender-specialists-allows-toddlers-to-receive-counseling/) - In the United Kingdom, many activists who have spent the past several years fighting the transgender movement have been taking a well-deserved victory lap — and no wonder. Puberty blockers for minors have been banned. The Supreme Court has affirmed that “transwomen are not women.” The prime minister magically remembered how to define a woman. - [Zionism, Jew-hatred, and Israel’s Independence Day](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/23/zionism-jew-hatred-and-israels-independence-day/) - On April 24, 1949, Israel celebrated the first anniversary of statehood with a torch-lighting ceremony. Five Arab nations had invaded Israel the day after David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel on May 14, 1948. On that first Independence Day, hostilities with Syria were still ongoing; war with Egypt, which retained control - [How Close is Canada to Nazi-style Euthanasia? | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 34](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/22/how-close-is-canada-to-nazi-style-euthanasia-bridgehead-briefing-ep-34/) - How close is Canada to Nazi-style euthanasia? We're already there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NTXmzMlI0g As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead. - [Surrogacy operation in China exploits the disabled, further exposes horrors of human trafficking](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/22/surrogacy-operation-in-china-exploits-the-disabled-further-exposes-horrors-of-human-trafficking/) - The surrogacy industry is celebrated in the West as a triumphant technological response to infertility — and as a method of delivering made-to-order children for LGBT couples. Indeed, the press presented Italy’s surrogacy ban as a direct attack on “same-sex families.” But the truth about the surrogacy industry is that it is a truly horrific - [Former Quebec politicians publicly discuss euthanizing 24-year-old disabled woman](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/21/former-quebec-politicians-publicly-discuss-euthanizing-24-year-old-disabled-woman/) - The Quebec government has opened an investigation after a 24-year-old intellectually disabled woman with the mental capacity of a child was imprisoned in solitary confinement at the Leclerc Institution, a women’s prison, for eight days. The scandal was first broken by La Presse; the government professes to be “deeply shocked.” Worse, however, was the reaction of - [Review: Israel and the Future of Civilization](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/20/review-israel-and-the-future-of-civilization/) - Douglas Murray’s On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization begins with an observation about the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel that those on all sides of the debate can surely agree with: “Sometimes a flare goes up and you get to see exactly where everyone is standing.” I expected Murray’s - [In the UK, Christians stand between euthanasia activists and the vulnerable](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/16/in-the-uk-christians-stand-between-euthanasia-activists-and-the-vulnerable/) - “In a hundred years, if Christians are identified as people who do not kill their children or the elderly, we will have done well,” theologian Stanley Hauerwas observed in an interview in 2012. It didn’t take 100 years. In a letter to politicians ahead of this week’s parliamentary debate on assisted suicide in the United Kingdom, television - [Trump's transgender policies are more popular than his presidency](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/16/trumps-transgender-policies-are-more-popular-than-his-presidency/) - According to a new poll from Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, around half of American adults approve of President Donald Trump’s handling of transgender issues—this despite an almost non-stop barrage of mainstream coverage painting his policies as cruel. In fact, while 41% of American adults approve of his performance as president, 52% approve of - [The Media is Lying to You | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 33](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/16/the-media-is-lying-to-you-bridgehead-briefing-ep-33/) - Biden was just as bad as we thought he was. Margaret Atwood claims she might get arrested if she went to America. And Canada's media doubles down on supporting sex changes for children. This week's Bridgehead Briefing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZl6yCTomug&t=64s As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of - [First wheelchair-bound Scottish MSP condemns assisted suicide vote](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/14/first-wheelchair-bound-scottish-msp-condemns-assisted-suicide-vote/) - A bill to legalize assisted suicide in Scotland has cleared the first hurdle in an initial vote at Holyrood, the country’s parliament. The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill, which passed by a margin of 70 votes to 56, has been affirmed “in principle,” and will face two more parliamentary hurdles before becoming law. The parliamentary - [Canadian media is shielding horrors of transgenderism behind a crumbling wall of propaganda](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/14/canadian-media-is-shielding-horrors-of-transgenderism-behind-a-crumbling-wall-of-propaganda/) - On May 9, the National Post published a long overdue call for Canada to re-examine the transgender sex change “treatments” titled, “Canada must launch review of paediatric gender clinic practices.” Mia Hughes, who specializes in researching gender medicine, psychiatric epidemics, and social contagion, is a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Citing the Cass Review, a major - [Estonian Supreme Court rules assisted suicide is a constitutional ‘right’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/14/estonian-supreme-court-rules-assisted-suicide-is-a-constitutional-right/) - On May 7, the Supreme Court of Estonia ruled that assisted suicide is a fundamental right for any competent person wishing to end a life voluntarily for any reason and that assisting someone in that act is not a healthcare service. The ruling comes in response to a criminal case against Paul Tammert that was - [85 Years After the Flames: Remembering the Rotterdam Blitz](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/14/85-years-after-the-flames-remembering-the-rotterdam-blitz/) - Eighty-five years ago, at 1:20 p.m. on May 14th, 1940, the Luftwaffe unleashed 97 tons of bombs over the city center of Rotterdam. Fierce fires broke out, merging into an inferno that lifted the roofs off houses, exploded windows, and caused cherry trees to bud, blossom, and blacken in minutes. My paternal grandmother, then 13, - [Why LGBT flags matter](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/13/why-lgbt-flags-matter/) - The LGBT movement is revolutionary, but they understand the profundity and necessity of symbols – especially flags. One of the key culture war clashes between normie culture and LGBT activists has been the battle over flagpoles. Progressives claim to be “decolonizers,” but they also understand that colonizers have always hoisted their banner over conquered territory - [David Horowitz (1939-2025): Farewell to a right-wing revolutionary](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/12/david-horowitz-1939-2025-farewell-to-a-right-wing-revolutionary/) - Conservative writer and activist David Horowitz died of cancer at his Colorado home on April 29, 2025, at the age of 86. His storied life, detailed in his brilliant memoir Radical Son, took him from one end of the political spectrum to the other, from his Communist childhood and his socialist youth, to his conservative - [How Hitler Came Back](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/12/how-hitler-came-back/) - On May 8, Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) released the single ‘Heil Hitler,’ which includes the refrain: “Nigga, Heil Hitler.” On a recent podcast discussion with Nazi apologist Nick Fuentes, one of the allegedly conservative Hodge twins mused that “Hitler was right” while the other cackled. As former MMA fighter and podcaster Jake Shields put it bluntly - [Culture War Roundup: The Good, Bad, and Ugly](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/09/culture-war-roundup-the-good-bad-and-ugly/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** Samuel D. James has a brilliant piece that cuts to the heart of the struggle against pornography: Our insistence on “privacy,” which we have not considered biblically. Please do read it: “Rethinking Digital Privacy.” *** As some of you may know, I do occasional - [WATCH: Is the Conservative Party "TOO EXTREME?" | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 32](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/08/watch-is-the-conservative-party-too-extreme-bridgehead-briefing-ep-32/) - Is the Conservative Party of Canada too extreme? Are social conservatives pushing the party to the Right? We get into it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9nLtajNUng As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead. - [Robert De Niro’s son becomes latest Hollywood child to ‘transition’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/08/robert-de-niros-son-becomes-latest-hollywood-child-to-transition/) - Two-time Academy Award winning actor Robert De Niro is the latest celebrity with a trans-identifying child. On April 29, Airyn De Niro, formerly named Aaron, told Them magazine that he began to take hormone treatments to “transition” to female in 2024. Airyn had previously come out as gay in high school. Robert De Niro told People that he is very supportive - [ProPublica wins Pulitzer Prize for pushing debunked abortion propaganda](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/08/propublica-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-pushing-debunked-abortion-propaganda/) - ProPublica, an “investigative journalism” outfit based in New York City and prominent abortion industry propagandist, has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for a largely debunked series claiming that pro-life laws harm women. The Pulitzer Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in journalism, is awarded by Columbia University. Revealingly, ProPublica’s Pulitzer is in the “public service” category. - [Born-alive, stillbirth abortions increased in Canada again in 2023 and 2024](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/07/born-alive-stillbirth-abortions-increased-in-canada-again-in-2023-and-2024/) - I will confess that when Pat Maloney, the Canadian pro-life blogger responsible for tireless exposés of this country’s abortion regime, sends out another report, I almost hesitate to click on it. For over a decade, Maloney has revealed that each year, babies in Canada are born alive as the result of abortions and left to - [‘Conversion therapy’ bans criminalize Christian understanding of repentance, forgiveness](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/07/conversion-therapy-bans-criminalize-christian-understanding-of-repentance-forgiveness/) - Over the past decade, a wave of “conversion therapy bans” have swept the globe. Promoted as protections for LGBT-identifying youth, these bans are presented as criminalizing horrifying quackery including “electro-shock therapy” and other harmful practices. In reality, these carefully-crafted bans—which are now on the books in over twenty countries—often also criminalize counseling for those struggling - [Public opposition to UK euthanasia bill is growing](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/05/public-opposition-to-uk-euthanasia-bill-is-growing/) - Bad news for UK Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill is good news for the vulnerable, and there has been plenty of it recently. A recent YouGov poll commissioned by the Salvation Army last month found that 56 percent of Britons fear that people will choose assisted suicide because they believe they are a burden. Additionally, - [WATCH: The truth About the Canadian Election | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 31](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/05/watch-the-truth-about-the-canadian-election-bridgehead-briefing-ep-31/) - Trump says it was Trump. MAGA influencers say it wasn't. Conservatives...aren't sure. So what happened? I go over the 2025 Canadian election: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVtcO2pG2cM As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead. - [Appeal court: Ontario must pay for surgery to give "trans" resident both penis and vagina](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/01/appeal-court-ontario-must-pay-for-surgery-to-give-trans-resident-both-penis-and-vagina/) - If you’d like a glimpse of what 10 years of progressive rule has done to Canada in a single sentence, I submit to you this April 24 headline: “Ontario must pay for surgery to give trans resident both penis and vagina: appeal court.” Imagine reading a headline like that in, say, 2010. You’d wonder what - [Meta’s AI will ‘engage in graphic sex talk’ with kids using Disney voices](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/01/metas-ai-will-engage-in-graphic-sex-talk-with-kids-using-disney-voices/) - In case you needed yet another reason to keep your kids off social media, a bombshell report from The Wall Street Journal revealed that Meta’s AI-powered “chatbots” will “engage in graphic sex talk with users, even children, with the voices of Disney characters and celebrities.” The shift is apparently due to Mark Zuckerberg’s push to remove Meta’s “family-friendly” approach - [WATCH: Is Canada Just a Liberal Country Now?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/05/01/watch-is-canada-just-a-liberal-country-now/) - The Conservatives improved their vote count, but failed to beat the Liberals. Is Canada just a fundamentally left-of-centre country? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJad8GIWvAQ - [Pierre Poilievre lost his seat. What's next?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/04/30/pierre-poilievre-lost-his-seat-whats-next/) - Pierre Poilievre increased the Conservative vote count to the highest levels since 1988--but he lost his seat. What happens next? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5LBFFAeKq0&t=6s - [2025 Election Takeaways: A Look At the Social Issues](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/04/30/2025-election-takeaways-a-look-at-the-social-issues/) - A segment from our 2025 Election Night Livestream (which included interviews with former New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs, Barbara Kay, and others). The whole thing can be viewed here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU3o4RaqmgA&t=504s - [Canada’s “Lost Liberal Decade” Just Got Longer](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/04/30/canadas-lost-liberal-decade-just-got-longer/) - On Monday night, President Donald Trump single-handedly saved Canada’s Liberal Party from the electoral disaster predicted by pollsters for over a year. With 99% of polls reporting, the Liberals secured 168 seats in the federal election—just shy of the 172 needed for a majority government, but a stunning comeback for a party that, earlier this - [What's next for Canadian social conservatives?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/04/30/whats-next-for-canadian-social-conservatives/) - After a snap election call on March 23 and a whirlwind 36-day campaign, Canadians decided to grant the Liberal Party an almost unprecedented fourth term on Monday night. Prime Minister Mark Carney won a parliamentary seat; federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre lost his, despite increasing the Conservative vote share to the highest levels since 1988. - [Pope Francis, Palestinian protestors, and transgender scandal (a roundup)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/04/28/pope-francis-palestinian-protestors-and-transgender-scandal-a-roundup/) - A roundup of important news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** From Presbyterian Carl Trueman, a commentary on the legacy of the late Roman pontiff: “Pope Francis, My Worst Protestant Nightmare.” *** From Commentary, on the incredibly brave Palestinians who have been sporadically—and at great personal risk to their own lives—protesting Hamas in Gaza: - [UK Supreme Court says "transwomen" aren't women...and the response has been crazy](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/04/28/uk-supreme-court-says-transwomen-arent-women-and-the-response-has-been-crazy/) - The reactions to the U.K. Supreme Court’s affirmation of the sex binary are ongoing, but one thing is crystal clear: LGBT activists and their allies are determined to remain on board the transgender Titanic until the very end. In the meantime, as Graham Linehan grimly noted in the Times, they still possess an enormous amount of cultural - [Pro-life laws aren’t punishing women for miscarriages, contrary to liberal media claims](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/04/28/pro-life-laws-arent-punishing-women-for-miscarriages-contrary-to-liberal-media-claims/) - American abortion propagandists are deceptively seizing once again on a case that, according to them, proves that pro-life laws create a draconian regime in which even women who have miscarriages become automatic suspects. On March 20 in Georgia, an ambulance responded to an early morning call regarding a woman who was unconscious and bleeding. First - [Yet another struggling soldier says Veteran Affairs Canada offered him euthanasia](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/04/25/yet-another-struggling-soldier-says-veteran-affairs-canada-offered-him-euthanasia/) - Yet another Canadian combat veteran has come forward to reveal that when he sought help, he was instead offered euthanasia. David Baltzer, who served two tours in Afghanistan with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, revealed to the Toronto Sun that he was offered euthanasia on December 23, 2019—making him, as the Sun noted, “among the first Canadian soldiers offered - [Macabre discovery at Nazi euthanasia castle sheds light on current debate](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/04/25/macabre-discovery-at-nazi-euthanasia-castle-sheds-light-on-current-debate/) - Last month, investigators “found a layer of human ashes and bone remains several centimeters thick, measuring approximately 460 square meters” at “depths of 80 centimeters to 1.50 meters” just outside Hartheim Castle near the Austrian city of Linz. The crushed and incinerated bodies were victims of the Third Reich’s T-4 euthanasia program, which ended the lives of - [Canada is BETRAYING Children | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 30](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/04/25/canada-is-betraying-children-bridgehead-briefing-ep-30/) - The issue that no federal party leader will talk about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6xMcWtUTew&t=4s As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content! Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead. - [What does Mark Carney think about gender ideology?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/03/20/what-does-mark-carney-think-about-gender-ideology/) - It has been several days since Juno News broke the story that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s eldest daughter is a trans activist, and no mainstream Canadian outlets have covered the revelations or followed up. The Daily Mail is the only publication to have mentioned that the prime minister’s daughter identifies as non-binary in a story titled “Who is Mark Carney? - [The tragic Lily Phillips story is another reason we should ban porn](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/12/the-tragic-lily-phillips-story-is-another-reason-we-should-ban-porn/) - When OnlyFans performer Lily Phillips came out of the bedroom at the London Airbnb to tell documentary filmmaker Joshua Pieters that she had slept with 100 men in a single day, she broke down in tears. That, Pieters says, is the one reaction he was not expecting. “I certainly didn’t expect to see Lily so upset - [Why is Keean Bexte trying to cancel people for LGBT comments?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/04/22/why-is-keean-bexte-trying-to-cancel-people-for-lgbt-comments/) - Activist journalist Keean Bexte calls himself a conservative, and he has built his brand over the past several years at independent outlets such as The Rebel, The Counter Signal (which he founded in 2021), and recently partnered with Candice Malcolm of True North News to create Juno News. His recent reportage, however, has him competing - [Navigating the 2025 Election: A Christian Perspective | Mike Schouten, Doug Sharpe, Scott Hayward](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/04/22/navigating-the-2025-election-a-christian-perspective-mike-schouten-doug-sharpe-scott-hayward/) - What are the issues at stake for Christians in the 2025 Canadian election? And how should Christians respond? I discuss with Mike Schouten of ARPA, Scott Hayward of Right Now, and Doug Sharpe of the National Briefing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp3k-941280&t=965s As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content! Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of - [The CRISIS Facing Canadian Churches | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 29](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/04/22/the-crisis-facing-canadian-churches-bridgehead-briefing-ep-29/) - Most Canadian Christians are unaware that LGBT activists are building the case for the removal of tax-exempt status--charitable status--from Christian institutions. Here is how they're doing it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEQ3w4sYszI&t=811s As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content! Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our - [Trans activists are not the victims of cruelty. They are the perpetrators of it.](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/04/22/trans-activists-are-not-the-victims-of-cruelty-they-are-the-perpetrators-of-it/) - The central claim of the transgender movement was repudiated by headlines emblazoned across the front pages of nearly every major newspaper in the United Kingdom after the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a woman is defined by biological sex under equalities law on April 17. From the Metro, the free daily newspaper given out on trains - [Canadians Finally Fight Back Against the Trans Agenda](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/04/canadians-finally-fight-back-against-the-trans-agenda/) - For the better part of a decade, Canada remained one of the only Western countries where gender ideology remained entirely unquestioned, promoted as state dogma by the Trudeau government, and passively accepted by conservative politicians skittish about social issues. Protests against radical sex education in public schools had occasionally flared but promptly fizzled. Opposition to - [JFK Conspiracies: Setting the Record Straight](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/04/11/jfk-conspiracies-setting-the-record-straight/) - Just after noon on November 22, 1963, fourteen-year-old Jenyce Gush was standing on the curb with a friend on Lemmon Avenue in Dallas, Texas, as President John F. Kennedy’s black limousine glided past cheering crowds. “I could have reached out and touched the car,” Gush told me. “We seen him, with his real bushy eyebrows, - [Pierre Poilievre doubles down on support for abortion on demand](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/04/11/pierre-poilievre-doubles-down-on-support-for-abortion-on-demand/) - Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has affirmed, once again, his unwavering commitment to abortion on demand in Canada, throughout all nine months of pregnancy—and this time, he extended that commitment, on behalf of the Conservative Party, to past his hypothetical tenure as prime minister. “I can guarantee you there will be no laws restricting abortion past - [WATCH: The MASSIVE Election Issue NO ONE is Talking About](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/04/04/watch-the-massive-election-issue-no-one-is-talking-about/) - Why is not a single federal leader addressing the fact that the United Nations has called on Canada to radically scale back our euthanasia regime? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJbN42j7pNE As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content! Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, - [The Bud Light boycott worked: Major corporations are walking away from LGBT pride](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/04/03/the-bud-light-boycott-worked-major-corporations-are-walking-away-from-lgbt-pride/) - Pride comes before a fall – and as some major companies rethink previous “woke” policies, the corporate gravy train LGBT activists have relied on to fund their activism has finally begun to slow. According to NPR, both Anheuser-Busch – famous for beer brands like Beck’s and Budweiser – and the telecoms giant Comcast have both pulled - [J.D. Vance is becoming a champion for the unborn](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/04/03/j-d-vance-is-becoming-a-champion-for-the-unborn/) - With just two months in office, J.D. Vance has become one of the most influential vice presidents in recent American history. He is Trump’s explainer and attack dog rolled into one, sitting down for press interviews to detail the president’s policies and responding on X to journalists, historians, and politicians to defend the administration’s actions. - [Why is the BBC obsessed with drag queens?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/04/01/why-is-the-bbc-obsessed-with-drag-queens/) - Despite widespread unpopularity with viewers, dropping from 41,000 viewers to 30,000 viewers over the first two episodes, the award-winning (of course!) sitcom Smoggie Queens has been renewed for a second series, according to BBC Three and BBC iPlayer. The show, which is about a “chosen family” of LGBT friends, relentlessly mocks the traditional values that built the BBC - [What the failure of Disney’s new ‘Snow White’ says about Hollywood’s moral rot](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/04/01/what-the-failure-of-disneys-new-snow-white-says-about-hollywoods-moral-rot/) - In Chapter 5 of my recent book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture, titled “Stories and Storytellers,” I detailed how Hollywood and the entertainment industry have transformed our “social imaginary” by reshaping the narratives that define our culture. The term “social imaginary” was coined by the philosopher Charles Taylor, author of the - [UK nursery suspends toddler over ‘transphobia’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/04/01/uk-nursery-suspends-toddler-over-transphobia/) - A toddler between the ages of two and four years old has been suspended from a nursery in the United Kingdom after being accused of “transphobia” or “homophobia.” If a writer had pitched this story to The Onion a decade ago, the satire site wouldn’t have touched it with a ten-foot pole. But in 2025, it is - [The United Nations orders Canada to halt euthanasia regime](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/04/01/the-united-nations-orders-canada-to-halt-euthanasia-regime/) - In what should be one of the biggest Canadian election stories, on March 21 the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities published a report calling on Canada to repeal “Track 2 MAiD” and to put a halt to “advance requests” for assisted suicide, which have been permitted in Quebec since October. Assisted suicide - [Canada doubles down on sex changes for minors](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/03/31/canada-doubles-down-on-sex-changes-for-minors/) - According to a new paper published in the Pediatrics & Child Health, the flagship journal of the Canadian Paediatric Society, Canadian pediatricians should push “full steam ahead” with sex change “treatments” for minors. These “treatments” are referred to as “gender-affirming care,” an Orwellian phrase which contains the premises of gender ideology under the guise of - [Canadian LGBT group recruits drag performers to ‘mobilize fans’ in federal election](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/03/28/canadian-lgbt-group-recruits-drag-performers-to-mobilize-fans-in-federal-election/) - Canada’s federal election is underway, and the LGBT movement is joining the fray, claiming that their rights are under attack. A campaign called “Drag the Vote,” launched by the Society of Queer Momentum, is being spearheaded by prominent Canadian LGBT figures such as transgender activist Fae Johnstone and drag performers Elle Noir, Karla Marx, and - [Andrew Tate accused of sexual assault--again](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/03/28/andrew-tate-accused-of-sexual-assault-again/) - Internet influencer Andrew Tate is facing yet another allegation of sexual assault — this time in the United States. Bri Stern, one of Tate’s girlfriends, alleges that Tate nearly choked her unconscious during a sexual encounter on March 11 at the Beverly Hills Hotel and has filed a police report to that effect. Her description - [Here's What Hungary Protects Children From by Banning Pride Parades](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/03/26/heres-what-hungary-protects-children-from-by-banning-pride-parades/) - On March 18th, Hungarian lawmakers passed a ban on Pride Parades and public events promoting LGBT ideology by a margin of 136 to 27. The ban amends the Child Protection Act passed in 2021, which forbade the promotion of LGBT ideology in middle schools and on primetime TV shows and resulted in an ongoing lawsuit against Hungary - [Detransitioner gives glory to Jesus for saving him from gender mutilation surgery](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/03/25/detransitioner-gives-glory-to-jesus-for-saving-him-from-gender-mutilation-surgery/) - Another prominent detransitioner has come forward to explain why he deeply regrets pursing “gender-affirming care” to procure a sex change – and why. Joshua McParland of Belfast began struggling with gender dysphoria at a very young age. “Through primary school people would mistake me for a girl, because I had a high-pitched voice and long - [Is gender ideology a national security threat? This case suggests it is](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/03/25/is-gender-ideology-a-national-security-threat-this-case-suggests-it-is/) - Is gender ideology a threat to national security? It may seem like a ludicrous question, but aside from the civilizational question of collective sanity (not to mention morality), it appears that some trans activists are intent on ensuring that it becomes one. Thankfully, their crusade is being exposed. A Porton Down scientist, who worked for - [The Shameful Politicization of Christian Persecution | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 27](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/03/25/the-shameful-politicization-of-christian-persecution-bridgehead-briefing-ep-27/) - The shameful politicization of Christian persecution and the Liberal Party's great hope--Mark Carney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsalOnB6QEo As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content! Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead. - [Mark Carney declares he is both Catholic and ‘absolutely’ pro-abortion](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/03/25/mark-carney-declares-he-is-both-catholic-and-absolutely-pro-abortion/) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has made few public statements about abortion, but many public statements about being Catholic. Thus, there were feeble hopes that Carney might repeal Justin Trudeau’s infamous 2015 declaration that no pro-lifer can run for the Liberal Party of Canada. The only public statement on abortion that I have been able - [The UK's assisted suicide battle pits the rich against the vulnerable](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/03/25/the-uks-assisted-suicide-battle-pits-the-rich-against-the-vulnerable/) - On November 29, when MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill passed second reading in the U.K. Parliament, people in wheelchairs gathered outside of Westminster wept openly. At the same time, Dame Esther Rantzen celebrated. She called the vote a “huge relief” and “something I never expected to see.” Rantzen has said that when she ultimately opts for assisted suicide, - [The decline of American Christianity has finally stabilized (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/03/18/the-decline-of-american-christianity-has-finally-stabilized-other-stories/) - A roundup of important news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** At The European Conservative, Rod Dreher explains why pro-natalist policies are achieving mixed results—and why cultures not rooted in the promotion of family will die: “Without Europeans, Europe Has No Future.” *** How far did the rot of gender ideology go in the - [Why the story of Mark Carney's "trans activist" daughter is important](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/03/18/why-the-story-of-mark-carneys-trans-activist-daughter-is-important/) - After Juno News broke the story that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s daughter is a writer who has publicly advocated for transgender procedures and identifies as “non-binary” yesterday, there has been an explosion of responses. Billboard Chris, the activist famous for his “Children Cannot Consent to Puberty Blockers” signs, posted the full essay hours after - [WATCH: Mark Carney's "Trans Activist" Daughter | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 26](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/03/18/watch-mark-carneys-trans-activist-daughter-bridgehead-briefing-ep-26/) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has four children. One of them, Sasha Carney, is a writer living in New York. Sasha identifies as non-binary, and has written about trans issues--including defending trans "treatments" for children--for a range of publications. I lay out the story--and the political implications: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58ObejLap5k&t=1s As always, follow the podcast wherever you - [Reality TV’s anti-Christian bias on display as ‘Love is Blind’ brides jilt grooms over LGBT, abortion](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/03/17/reality-tvs-anti-christian-bias-on-display-as-love-is-blind-brides-jilt-grooms-over-lgbt-abortion/) - Reality TV shows have always been one of the lowest brow forms of “entertainment,” and they’ve only gotten worse. The name itself has, of course, always been a contradiction in terms – but the paradox about TV is that it is not a mirror – but can become one. People watch, and as Walt Hickey - [Meet the new boss, same as the old boss](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/03/17/meet-the-new-boss-same-as-the-old-boss/) - The federal Liberals are hopeful that with Mark Carney’s landslide Liberal leadership win on Sunday, they can finally turn the page on the Trudeau years and embark on the task of convincing Canadians that a brand-new chapter lies ahead. However, Canadians weary of sky-high housing prices, unaffordable inflation and rising taxes will find that the - [Elon Musk’s trans-identifying son exposes the horror of IVF in heartbreaking post](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/03/14/elon-musks-trans-identifying-son-exposes-the-horror-of-ivf-in-heartbreaking-post/) - Elon Musk, the world’s richest and most powerful pronatalist, has been clear about his worldview: More babies, at any cost. “Doing my best to help the underpopulation crisis,” he posted to X in 2022. “A collapsing birth rate is the biggest danger civilization faces by far.” But the cost he is willing to pay is a - [‘Assisted dying is not a health activity’: UK doctors slam proposed bill](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/03/14/assisted-dying-is-not-a-health-activity-uk-doctors-slam-proposed-bill/) - In September 2021, the British Medical Association – the U.K.’s trade union for doctors – dropped its opposition to euthanasia and voted to take a neutral stance on “physician-assisted dying.” That fact makes a motion passed at the BMA’s annual consultants’ conference last week all the more extraordinary, especially as the Leadbeater committee on assisted suicide makes - [WATCH: Mark Carney: A Radical in a Suit](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/03/14/watch-mark-carney-a-radical-in-a-suit/) - Who is Canada's new prime minister, Mark Carney? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH6oy_91FAI As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content, if interested! Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. If you’re interested in a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture, you can buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead. - [Carney, Trudeau, and Jihad Cops | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 25](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/03/14/carney-trudeau-and-jihad-cops-bridgehead-briefing-ep-25/) - Mark Carney is the new prime minister, Justin Trudeau says farewell, and Muslim cops in Toronto reflect on October 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B919zr3bG8E&t=14s As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content, if interested! Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. If you’re interested in a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture, you can - [Euthanasia is tearing families apart](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/03/12/euthanasia-is-tearing-families-apart/) - In the United Kingdom, Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s trainwreck assisted suicide committee is making daily headlines as the pro-euthanasia majority votes down safeguard after safeguard. Safeguards have been rejected for those with disabilities; for those with suicidal ideation; for the homeless; even for those who may not be able to fully give consent (a safeguard mandating - [Andrew Tate and Conservative Hypocrisy](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/03/05/andrew-tate-and-conservative-hypocrisy/) - On February 27, Andrew and Tristan Tate landed in Florida after Romania’s Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) lifted their two-year travel ban due to outstanding charges of human trafficking, trafficking of minors, rape, forming an organized criminal group, and money laundering, related to their pornographic webcam business. Andrew is a former kickboxer, and the - [Praying at home could be illegal under pro-abortion ‘buffer zone’ law, Scottish lawmaker admits](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/28/praying-at-home-could-be-illegal-under-pro-abortion-buffer-zone-law-scottish-lawmaker-admits/) - A Scottish lawmaker has confirmed that praying inside your home can constitute a crime. On February 12, U.S. Vice President JD Vance drew international attention to the draconian restrictions on speech near abortion clinics in Scotland at the Munich Security Conference. After citing the case of U.K. veteran Adam Smith-Connor, who was arrested, charged, and - [The Murdered Bibas Children Are Finally Home](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/28/the-murdered-bibas-children-are-finally-home/) - On February 26, 34-year-old Yarden Bibas laid his wife and two little boys to rest in the Tsoher Cemetery near Kibbutz Nir Oz in Israel. Shiri Bibas was 32 when they were taken. Ariel was four. Kfir was only 8 months old. The mother and her two red-headed sons were buried in the same casket, - [Religious liberty case on abortion and vaccines before the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/28/religious-liberty-case-on-abortion-and-vaccines-before-the-alberta-human-rights-tribunal/) - Two years after the end of the COVID pandemic, the ripple effects of the political, legal and social chaos that roiled Canada are still being felt. Last month, two Albertan men were sentenced for their roles in the Coutts blockade last month, one of them to jail time. The Trudeau government is still pursuing an - [WATCH: The Liberals WRECKED Canada: Now They Want to Keep It](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/28/watch-the-liberals-wrecked-canada-now-they-want-to-keep-it/) - Trudeau's deputy prime minister and bank account-freezing sidekick Chrystia Freeland and Trudeau climate envoy Mark Carney joined the Liberal leadership debate this week to explain why they should get to run Canada. One of them will be Canada's next prime minister. My take: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0iVsOP7VNk As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content, if - [WATCH: What happened to the Bibas family?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/27/watch-what-happened-to-the-bibas-family/) - Earlier today, Yarden Bibas buried his wife, his 4-year-old son Ariel, and his 8-month-old son Kfir in Israel. Since October 7, 2023, when the family was brutally abducted from their home, the world had wondered what had happened to the two little red-haired boys and their mother. Now we know. Thousands of people in Israel - [JD Vance Breaks Another Taboo: Europe’s Christians Are Being Persecuted](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/26/jd-vance-breaks-another-taboo-europes-christians-are-being-persecuted/) - Vice President JD Vance confronted the European elites with their hypocrisies at the Munich Security Conference earlier this month. He detailed the democratic failings of Europe’s leaders; highlighted their fear of dissident voters who stubbornly insist on voting for populist parties; noted the growing migration crisis across the continent. But perhaps most importantly, he addressed an issue - [WATCH: Jonathon Van Maren, Doug Sharpe, & Faytene on anti-Semitism](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/26/watch-jonathon-van-maren-doug-sharpe-faytene-on-anti-semitism/) - I appeared on the Faytene Show again recently, to discuss antisemitism, Canadian politics, and more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw-qOvo0sDI&t=384s - [A sliver of hope, as Ottawa decides not to fund abortion activists](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/25/a-sliver-of-hope-as-ottawa-decides-not-to-fund-abortion-activists/) - As the Trump administration cuts through federal funding in Washington, D.C. like a combine through a wheat field, scores of influencers have taken to X to highlight ludicrous projects the taxpayers were paying for. These projects included $32,000 for a transgender comic book in Peru, $47,000 for a transgender opera in Colombia, and $1.5 million for DEI - [IVF is not pro-family](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/25/ivf-is-not-pro-family/) - Donald Trump made good on his promise to expand access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) on February 18, signing an executive order that “directs policy recommendations to protect IVF access and aggressively reduce out-of-pocket and health plan costs for such treatments.” The order is framed as a pro-family move, emphasizing “the importance of family formation” and stating - [LISTEN: Assisted suicide can be stopped in the UK despite setbacks](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/25/listen-assisted-suicide-can-be-stopped-in-the-uk-despite-setbacks/) - Alithea Williams of SPUC joined me to detail the pushback to assisted suicide in the UK, the euthanasia campaigners' tactics, and more: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5LjpvBBpX4j98r75ogKtYx LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ON OTHER PLATFORMS - [WATCH: Christian Māori men push back against LGBT colonization in New Zealand](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/25/watch-christian-maori-men-push-back-against-lgbt-colonization-in-new-zealand/) - Over the past several decades, the LGBT movement has gone to great lengths to tie their agenda to the identities of other minority groups. In the U.S., they presented their movement as the natural successor of the explicitly Christian civil rights movement and have used civil rights-era legislation to further their cause. In Canada, the - [WATCH: This Influencer Deleted EVERYTHING - What She Found Instead | Erin Loechner](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/19/watch-this-influencer-deleted-everything-what-she-found-instead-erin-loechner/) - Erin Loechner, author of ‘The Opt Out Family,’ joined me to discuss the perils of social media and digital culture. Erin shares her journey from being a top social media influencer to completely stepping away from digital culture. We delve into the impact of digital technology on family life, mental well-being, and societal values, making - [How far will the Trump "pendulum swing" go?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/19/how-far-will-the-trump-pendulum-swing-go/) - Earlier this month, I published a long essay over at Substack on the “vibe shift” sweeping the Western world. One much-noted aspect of that shift is the Trump administration’s flurry of executive orders on gender ideology, ranging from the reaffirmation of the male-female sex binary to a refreshingly frank condemnation of the surgical mutilation of children. Combined - [French gynecologist punished for refusing to treat trans-identifying man](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/19/french-gynecologist-punished-for-refusing-to-treat-trans-identifying-man/) - A French gynecologist has been suspended from practicing medicine for one month and penalized with an additional five months of probation by the French Medical Council for declining to treat a 26-year-old man who identifies as a woman. In August 2023, a trans-identifying man and his partner showed up at Dr. Victor Acharian’s office in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques - [LISTEN: Pro-life prisoner pardoned by Trump speaks out](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/15/listen-pro-life-prisoner-pardoned-by-trump-speaks-out/) - My conversation with Jonathan Darnel about his prison time, his pardon, and what comes next: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4QePbnT759Qmy6J8TFfktc LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST ON OTHER PLATFORMS HERE. - [JD Vance defends persecuted pro-lifers and censored Christians in Munich](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/15/jd-vance-defends-persecuted-pro-lifers-and-censored-christians-in-munich/) - When Vice President JD Vance took the stage at the Munich Security Conference on February 14 to speak to the political, military, and business leaders gathered to discuss international security policy and the future of the West, most expected him to focus on the Russia-Ukraine war and Europe’s badly neglected security obligations. He barely mentioned - [UK veteran offered assisted suicide...before it is even legal](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/14/uk-veteran-offered-assisted-suicide-before-it-is-even-legal/) - Kelsi Sheren is a Canadian Armed Forces veteran who served as an artillery gunner. “I served in the Canadian Armed Forces as an Artillery Gunner in Afghanistan,” she wrote recently. “During my deployment, I was sent outside the wire to work alongside the British military in OP TORA ARWA. That mission changed my life. I - [Maternal mortality fell 17% the year after Roe v. Wade was overturned](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/14/maternal-mortality-fell-17-the-year-after-roe-v-wade-was-overturned/) - For three years, abortion activists have been insisting that pro-life laws would trigger a dramatic spike in maternal mortality – and since the fall of Roe v. Wade, they have been pushing out a steady stream of propaganda in the mainstream press to make that case. In some instance, they have gone so far as to - [The Dark Money Behind the Trans Movement: Investigative Journalist Jennifer Bilek](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/14/the-dark-money-behind-the-trans-movement-investigative-journalist-jennifer-bilek/) - For the first time in a decade, the seemingly invincible transgender movement is on the run. In the United States, the Trump administration is purging gender ideology from government institutions and issuing a string of executive orders targeting everything from sex change surgeries for minors to LGBT indoctrination in schools. Europe’s medical institutions—in Norway, Finland, the United Kingdom, Sweden, - [America’s Cross-Border Abortion War](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/14/americas-cross-border-abortion-war/) - The United States has been deeply divided on abortion for decades, but since the overturn of Roe v. Wade, those divides have deepened as differing legal regimes emerge across the nation. In some states, such as California and New York, destroying an unborn person in the womb is a fiercely defended “human right.” In others, such - [Canadian Victories (For Once) | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 22](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/14/canadian-victories-for-once-bridgehead-briefing-ep-22/) - Big abortion groups defunded in Canada, a major legal victory, and more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URDxRG1H1FE As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content, if interested! Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. If you’re interested in a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture, you can buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead. - [Is a “vibe shift” sweeping the Western world?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/11/is-a-vibe-shift-sweeping-the-western-world/) - Joe Rogan spends three hours discussing the accuracy of the Gospels with a Christian apologist and racks up over 5 million views. Vice President JD Vance quotes St. Augustine while debating theology with progressives on social media. The United States government declares war on gender ideology. The Democratic Party is suddenly very “uncool.” Gen Z - [One woman is on a mission to bring the world’s largest porn site to its knees](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/11/one-woman-is-on-a-mission-to-bring-the-worlds-largest-porn-site-to-its-knees/) - For four years, the world’s most popular porn site – Pornhub – has been dealing with a non-stop public relations crisis largely due to a campaign started by one woman. Activist Laila Mickelwait of the Justice Defense Fund founded the #Traffickinghub movement in 2020 with an army of supporters. With 33.5 billion visits in 2018, Pornhub features - [The UK Labour Party quietly drops transgender plans](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/11/the-uk-labour-party-quietly-drops-transgender-plans/) - There has been plenty of good news from the frontlines of the fight against gender ideology recently, but despite the pizzazz of the Trump executive orders, the developments I am most interested in are coming from the United Kingdom. The U.K., like Canada, has a political situation in which both major parties have been largely - [Germany's "transgender Nazi"](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/11/germanys-transgender-nazi/) - The popular political “horseshoe theory” posits that the far-left and the far-right are actually far closer to each other than either is to the political center. The totalitarianism of both fascists and communists, for example, is far more similar than communism is to classical liberalism or fascism to paleo-conservatism. We’ve been seeing a lot of - [The "war on woke" continues (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/10/the-war-on-woke-continues-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs—and most of it good news, for a change. *** At The Free Press, Abigail Shrier—who was one of the first journalists to put her career on the line to expose the trans industry—has a brilliant essay summarizing our current moment: “How the Gender Fever Finally - [WATCH: Tariffs, Prorogation, Culture Shift to the Right & More on Faytene TV](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/10/watch-tariffs-prorogation-culture-shift-to-the-right-more-on-faytene-tv/) - I made an appearance recently on my friend Faytene's TV show to discuss tariffs, prorogation, the culture wars, and much more. Faytene is always embarrassingly complimentary, and she was kind enough to have me on last year to discuss my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture. Check it out - [Argentina's Javier Milei bans sex changes for minors](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/07/argentinas-javier-milei-bans-sex-changes-for-minors/) - On January 24, Dutch PVV leader Geert Wilders endorsed Donald Trump’s executive order affirming that there are two biological sexes. On February 5, Argentina’s presidential office announced that President Javier Milei would be signing a ban on sex change “treatments” for minors under the age of 18 – including puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones – and taking - [‘Satirical’ Democrat bill in Mississippi accidentally supports a pro-life ethic](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/06/satirical-democrat-bill-in-mississippi-accidentally-supports-a-pro-life-ethic/) - If progressives aren’t careful, their response to pro-life laws may become so radical that they may horseshoe neatly back to reverse-engineering the sexual revolution. There have been a few humorous examples of this recently. In 2019, Alyssa Milano called for a “sex strike” in response to abortion laws. If we can’t have abortions, she said, - [LISTEN: Trump's actions against gender ideology are only the beginning of a long fight](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/06/listen-trumps-actions-against-gender-ideology-are-only-the-beginning-of-a-long-fight/) - Brandon Showalter, a journalist with The Christian Post who has been covering the transgender movement for almost a decade, joined me to lay out where we are: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6gCU2zHJvhys6iHUI0M3RY LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST ON OTHER PLATFORMS - [WATCH: Trump HATES Trudeau: Why it Matters in a Tariff War](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/05/watch-trump-hates-trudeau-why-it-matters-in-a-tariff-war/) - My latest episode of The Bridgehead Briefing, on how the relationship between Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump threatens the Canadian economy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNfwyRymi3I As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content, if interested! Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. If you’re interested in a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture, you - [Geert Wilders and gender ideology: Will Europe’s Populists Follow Trump—and Biology?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/05/geert-wilders-and-gender-ideology-will-europes-populists-follow-trump-and-biology/) - Courage is contagious. So, it turns out, is sanity. President Donald Trump’s executive order affirming the male-female sex binary is already having an international impact. Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, in response to journalist questions about the statement, cautiously affirmed that he, too, only “knows of two genders.” On January 24, Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch - [Bible sales are up in America--and polls show why that is a very good thing](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/03/bible-sales-are-up-in-america-and-polls-show-why-that-is-a-very-good-thing/) - Every election cycle, the mainstream media laser-focuses on one of the largest voting blocs in America: self-identified Christians. Primarily, of course, this is in order to a) portray Christians as irredeemable hypocrites or b) warn the country about “Christian nationalism,” an ambiguous term that means very different things to different people. For example, a pastor - [WATCH: Here's What's INSIDE Trump's Executive Order on GENDER](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/02/03/watch-heres-whats-inside-trumps-executive-order-on-gender/) - Trump's executive order on "gender" provides a model for common sense politicians everywhere. I break it down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OttA1RvLcwc As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content, if interested! Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. If you’re interested in a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture, you can buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, - [WATCH: Trump's TRANS ORDER Comes to CANADA](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/31/watch-trumps-trans-order-comes-to-canada/) - Pierre Poilievre responds to Donald Trump's executive orders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12bKgrE6d3o As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content, if interested! Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. If you’re interested in a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture, you can buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead. - [WATCH: Is Gender Ideology OVER? | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 20](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/31/watch-is-gender-ideology-over-bridgehead-briefing-ep-20/) - What does Donald Trump's gender executive orders mean for America--and the world? We get into it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12T_b3DOw6k As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content, if interested! Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. If you’re interested in a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture, you can buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or - [MAGA and the pro-life movement](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/31/maga-and-the-pro-life-movement/) - Last Friday, the most powerful politicians in America showed up at the National March for Life in Washington, D.C., in a stunning show of support for the pro-life cause. President Donald Trump addressed the marchers by video, thanking them for their “extraordinary love and compassion for the unborn” and touting his pardoning of pro-life activists convicted of - [How J.K. Rowling Defeated the Transgender Movement](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/30/how-j-k-rowling-defeated-the-transgender-movement/) - The past six months have been tough for the transgender movement; the past week has been terrible. President Donald Trump has signed a string of executive orders targeting gender ideology, affirming that the U.S. government recognizes only the male-female sex binary, protecting minors “from chemical and surgical mutilation,” and targeting LGBT indoctrination in schools. In Canada this week, two large-scale studies highlighted, - [Here are the abortion industry horrors exposed by David Daleiden](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/30/here-are-the-abortion-industry-horrors-exposed-by-david-daleiden/) - This summer it will be 10 years since the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) released its bombshell undercover videos exposing the traffic in baby body parts by the abortion industry. David Daleiden, Sandra Merrit, and other unnamed members of their investigative team exploded to prominence overnight as America was gripped by the horror they had - [Bombshell new Canadian studies on transgender treatments prove trans activists are lying](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/30/bombshell-new-canadian-studies-on-transgender-treatments-prove-trans-activists-are-lying/) - As I have noted many times, when the UK National Health Service’s bombshell Cass Review condemning gender “transition” for minors was published, virtually the entire Canadian press engaged in a voluntary blackout. Unless you were reading an alternative news source, an international news source, or the National Post, it was as if Cass Review — and - [Palestinian Christians, Javier Milei (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/29/palestinian-christians-javier-milei-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** The always-brilliant Mary Harrington examines the challenge technology poses to conservatism: “Imago DEI.” *** Read at your own discretion—but this story is another important reminder of what Katy Faust and Stacy Manning write about in their book Them Before Us, on the dangers of - [VICTORY: International Latin American court firmly rejects abortion as a ‘human right’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/29/victory-international-latin-american-court-firmly-rejects-abortion-as-a-human-right/) - For months, the international press has been predicting a massive victory for abortion in Latin America. In recent years, the abortion movement has seen several significant victories and a string of failures: abortion has been legalized in Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico, but rejected firmly in Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Ecuador, and Chile. With pro-life legislators across the continent - [LISTEN: A step-by-step guide to porn-proofing your community](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/24/listen-a-step-by-step-guide-to-porn-proofing-your-community/) - I spoke with Jacob Valk of Into the Light Ministries on their phenomenal new resources for parents on porn-proofing your homes. Please check out the series here. https://open.spotify.com/episode/4tUjuCpP6DbLMkxLIeJJdI Check out other episodes of the podcast here. - [Pierre Poilievre: “I’m not aware of any other genders than men and women.”](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/24/pierre-poilievre-im-not-aware-of-any-other-genders-than-men-and-women/) - With U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order reaffirming that there are only two sexes — male and female — he guaranteed that gender ideology will be a prominent issue in the upcoming Canadian election. Canadian politicians are already being called on to respond. For the last decade, Canadian LGBT activists have taken over our institutions - [The LGBT backlash to Trump’s inauguration seems tired and defeated](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/24/the-lgbt-backlash-to-trumps-inauguration-seems-tired-and-defeated/) - I attended both the Women’s March (as a reporter, not as an attendee) and Donald Trump’s first Inauguration in 2017. The Resistance was out in full force. There were so many activists in pink pussy hats that it took well over an hour to move a couple of dozen yards; the crowd spilled across the - [Trump's First Day (and pro-life outreach at the Inauguration)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/21/trumps-first-day-and-pro-life-outreach-at-the-inauguration/) - With Inauguration Day over and the Trump administration already ploughing forward with purpose, pro-lifers have begun to gather in Washington ahead of the March for Life on Friday. My colleague Nick and I headed into DC to join our friends at Created Equal to do some pro-life outreach to the Inaugural crowds and meet with - [Dutch MP silenced for exposing reality of abortion releases powerful pro-life video](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/21/dutch-mp-silenced-for-exposing-reality-of-abortion-releases-powerful-pro-life-video/) - A Dutch parliamentarian who was prevented from speaking about abortion during a committee meeting on medical ethics held in the Dutch House of Representatives released a viral video explaining why he was silenced—and laying out the barbarism of abortion in detail. It is easily one of the most honest and powerful denunciations of abortion delivered - [The Revenge of the Normies: Donald Trump Retakes Washington](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/21/the-revenge-of-the-normies-donald-trump-retakes-washington/) - Inauguration Day in Washington, D.C. dawned white, windy, and bitter cold as the city braced for a winter storm and the return of Donald J. Trump. The optimism was palpable; the day felt like a collective catharsis. There were big-bearded men in full camo; Uncle Sam costumes; countless Trump shirts and MAGA hats. One featured - [An Unmerry Hitchmas: Christopher Hitchens and the collapse of New Atheism](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/16/an-unmerry-hitchmas-christopher-hitchens-and-the-collapse-of-new-atheism/) - On December 14, Atheism UK and the Origins Project Foundation hosted a “Merry Hitchmas” event at the Royal Geographical Society in London to commemorate the life of atheist journalist Christopher Hitchens, who died of cancer in 2011 at the age of sixty-two. Four prominent atheists—physicist Lawrence Krauss, biologist Richard Dawkins, journalist Douglas Murray, and actor - [Democrats stockpile abortion pills ahead of Trump’s inauguration](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/16/democrats-stockpile-abortion-pills-ahead-of-trumps-inauguration/) - Democrats are preparing for the second inauguration of Donald Trump on Monday. Trump has promised to veto any federal abortion legislation and has stated that he supports the availability of the abortion pill. America’s abortion extremists, however, are taking no chances — and some of them are becoming abortion preppers. California, Massachusetts, and now New - [The destructive rise of OnlyFans is poisoning a generation](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/16/the-destructive-rise-of-onlyfans-is-poisoning-a-generation/) - As porn addiction becomes normative across Western culture, pornographic content is constantly evolving and taking new forms in order to give porn-sick addicts the dopamine hits they need. The rise of OnlyFans is one aspect of this. OnlyFans is a subscription-based video platform founded in 2016 in London, England, by Tim Stokely, and initially explicit - [LISTEN: Battling the Culture of Death in Canada & the United Kingdom](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/16/listen-battling-the-culture-of-death-in-canada-the-united-kingdom/) - I talk with John Deighan of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children about assisted suicide in the United Kingdom, the Culture of Death, and how Christians can fight back: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6hZTjqYfsQGY5XQ5deU8UV LISTEN TO THIS SHOW ON OTHER PLATFORMS - [Parental controls are not enough: A community response is needed to stop the porn crisis](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/16/parental-controls-are-not-enough-a-community-response-is-needed-to-stop-the-porn-crisis/) - Over the past several years, I have spoken in dozens of Christian communities to thousands of students and parents on the issue of digital porn addiction. Ten years ago, many parents thought the warnings about the digital porn threat were well-intentioned, but exaggerated. These days, most people are aware that porn use is swiftly becoming - [Austrian school expels kindergarten children after parents protest pornographic posters](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/14/austrian-school-expels-kindergarten-children-after-parents-protest-pornographic-posters/) - According to a report from Reduxx, two children have been expelled from a kindergarten in Austria after their parents “expressed concerns about graphic, sexual posters that had been hung in the facility.” The posters depicted “nude trans-identified males” and were reportedly hung up to “facilitate discussions in kindergarten settings.” The poster, which is too explicit to - [WATCH: Ayaan Hirsi Ali on why Trump won](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/13/watch-ayaan-hirsi-ali-on-why-trump-won/) - Why did Donald Trump win the election? Ayaan Hirsi Ali explains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96bC3Q2iOAM As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content, if interested! Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. If you’re interested in a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture, you can buy it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead. - [WATCH: No, Trudeau DID NOT "Ably Handle the Pandemic"](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/13/watch-no-trudeau-did-not-ably-handle-the-pandemic/) - Trudeau's defenders are claiming that part of his legacy is "ably handling" the Covid pandemic. I explain why this is complete nonesense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv3D2MbgEEU As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content, if interested! Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. If you’re interested in a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture, - [Is Pierre Poilievre rejecting the foundational premise of the transgender movement?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/13/is-pierre-poilievre-rejecting-the-foundational-premise-of-the-transgender-movement/) - For the past decade, Canada’s federal government has operated in total submission to the transgender movement. The Trudeau government chucked millions of dollars at LGBT groups. Trudeau has viciously attacked provincial premiers such as Danielle Smith for recognizing parental rights and legislating protections for gender dysphoric minors. The Trudeau government passed Bill C-16, adding “gender - [The Big Sort: Americans are moving to states that support their views on abortion, gender](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/10/the-big-sort-americans-are-moving-to-states-that-support-their-views-on-abortion-gender/) - In 2009, journalist Bill Bishop sounded the alarm in a book titled The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded American is Tearing Us Apart. Increasingly, Bishop observed, Americans “sorting themselves” into “alarmingly homogenous communities,” with people choosing to move in neighborhoods where they could live alongside likeminded people. According to Bishop, this has created a - [Pro-life expert: The defeat of Florida’s abortion amendment will save thousands of lives](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/10/pro-life-expert-the-defeat-of-floridas-abortion-amendment-will-save-thousands-of-lives/) - In the last year, Florida’s Heartbeat Act has saved at least 20,000 lives, with the number of abortions performed dropping from 84,052 to 60,755. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is the most pro-life governor in the country and one of the few politicians who fought the direct democracy referendum in his state tooth and nail. Amendment - [WATCH: The Real Reason Trudeau Resigned | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 17](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/10/watch-the-real-reason-trudeau-resigned-bridgehead-briefing-ep-17/) - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada's King of Woke, announced his intention to resign as prime minister once the Liberal Party completes a leadership race to select his replacement. Why now? I break it down here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1vvmq1Padg As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content, if interested! Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. If you’re interested in a copy - [AI death panels, eugenics, and embryo selection](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/09/ai-death-panels-eugenics-and-embryo-selection/) - As men much wiser than I have observed often over the past decades, humanity has achieved the scientific knowledge and technological power to accomplish extraordinary things at precisely the moment when we have lost the moral compass necessary to determine whether we should do such things. Science in the post-Christian age is not the enlightened era of - [Zuckerberg abandons ship: The trans movement is losing Big Tech](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/09/zuckerberg-abandons-ship-the-trans-movement-is-losing-big-tech/) - The transgender movement captured the institutions of Big Tech almost overnight, and the cultural power this granted them was extraordinary. Now, they are losing that power — and fighting back desperately. When both Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, and Twitter (now X) enforced their ideology, the terms of the cultural debate over gender ideology - [The deadly abortion "moderation" of Jimmy Carter](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/08/the-deadly-abortion-moderation-of-jimmy-carter/) - Jimmy Carter, the president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, died at the age of 100 on December 29 and now lies in state in the Capital Rotunda. He is being memorialized by many public Christians (such as Russell Moore of Christianity Today) as a man of integrity and deep faith; his post-White - [The Grandson of the Commandant of Auschwitz is a Pastor in Stuttgart](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/07/the-grandson-of-the-commandant-of-auschwitz-is-a-pastor-in-stuttgart/) - In seventh grade, Kai Höss discovered that his grandfather had overseen the murders of 1.1 million people. Holocaust education, including a visit to a concentration camp, is mandatory in Germany, and his class had just learned about Auschwitz. When he came home from school, Kai asked his mother why they had the same last name - [Trudeau’s Legacy: Death, Depression, and Darwinism](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/07/trudeaus-legacy-death-depression-and-darwinism/) - After nearly a decade in power, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party and as prime minister on Monday, triggering a leadership race to select the next prime minister. Year-end polls showed Trudeau’s personal popularity at 22%, with a mere 16% of Canadians indicating that they support the Liberal Party, - [Abortion was the leading cause of death worldwide in 2024. And it wasn’t even close](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/06/abortion-was-the-leading-cause-of-death-worldwide-in-2024-and-it-wasnt-even-close/) - Throughout 2024, the mainstream press woke up to a brutal reality: Despite decades of sinister fearmongering about “overpopulation,” the world is experiencing a critical shortage of babies that will threaten our way of life in every way imaginable. From The Guardian: “Birthrates are plummeting worldwide. Can governments turn the tide?” From the Globe and Mail: “Fewer babies - [Transgenderism has taken over the UK’s iconic Trafalgar Square](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/06/transgenderism-has-taken-over-the-uks-iconic-trafalgar-square/) - As I noted last year, you can learn much about a culture by who it honors. Our flags, our statues, our memorials – these things tell us who we honor, what our values are, and ultimately who we are. That is why the culture wars over symbols that may seem unimportant are actually a symptom of a much - [WATCH: Breaking the Silence on Female Porn Addiction | Karen Potter](https://thebridgehead.ca/2025/01/03/watch-breaking-the-silence-on-female-porn-addiction-karen-potter/) - Porn addiction was once seen as a "male thing"--but the rate of females hooked on porn is rapidly growing. The facts are incontrovertible: Girls look at porn, too. My interview with Karen Potter of Covenant Eyes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8JkVRvg-RE&ab_channel=TheBridgehead As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content, if interested! Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. I also have a - [WATCH: From Auschwitz to Christ: The Commandant's Grandson | Kai Höss](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/24/watch-from-auschwitz-to-christ-the-commandants-grandson-kai-hoss/) - Rudolf Höss, the commandant of Auschwitz, was responsible for the death of millions. The story of the Höss family has been portrayed in the recent film The Zone of Interest and the powerful documentary The Commandant's Shadow, which features Rudolf's son and grandson grappling with his legacy, meeting Holocaust survivors--and visiting Auschwitz. For Rudolf's son, - [Trump VS Trudeau | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 16](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/21/trump-vs-trudeau-bridgehead-briefing-ep-16/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVqpYWdhHrM&t=1s&ab_channel=TheBridgehead The last Bridgehead Briefing of 2024:As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content, if interested! Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. I also have a number of short culture updates at The Bridgehead, and if you’re interested in a copy of my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture, you can buy it - [As the Trudeau government implodes, he turns back to his favorite topic: abortion](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/20/as-the-trudeau-government-implodes-he-turns-back-to-his-favorite-topic-abortion/) - It has been a thoroughly enjoyable week in Canadian politics as the knives came out for Trudeau the Younger and chaos reigned in Ottawa after he fired his finance minister Chrystia Freeland, who attempted to return the favor. Two Liberal cabinet ministers resigned; the Liberal caucus is increasingly clamouring for Trudeau’s resignation; things are getting - [Canada's LGBT activists don't want tolerance. They want domination.](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/19/canadas-lgbt-activists-dont-want-tolerance-they-want-domination/) - For decades, the LGBT movement demanded “toleration.” As I have noted in this space many times, that was never the goal; it was just the pitch, carefully curated for public consumption. The truth is that the LGBT movement sought—and seeks—cultural dominance. They seek to have every level of government positively affirm their agenda, to have their flags fly - [Why Canada should celebrate Christian Heritage Month](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/19/why-canada-should-celebrate-christian-heritage-month/) - It is “Christian Heritage Month” in Toronto, and some progressives in Canada’s largest city aren’t happy about it. The designation is part of a new campaign to have December recognized nationally as Christian Heritage Month, and the organizers—Jay and Molly Banerjei of the Christian Music Festival—are carefully curating their pitch by emphasizing that their multi-denominational - [WATCH: How Porn is Destroying Men & Women](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/17/watch-how-porn-is-destroying-men-women/) - Leslie Boyce invited me on to her weekly panel discussion to discuss porn culture and my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvNUAKzdW3g&ab_channel=theradicalcenter As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content, if interested! Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. I also have a number of short culture updates at - [WATCH: How did we get here?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/17/watch-how-did-we-get-here/) - The always lovely Faytene Grasseschi had me on her TV show to discuss my new book, How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture. Check out our discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpfgxbJY-9k&ab_channel=FayteneShow As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content, if interested! Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. I also have a number of short culture updates at The - [James Herriot's son condemns Keir Starmer's attack on farms](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/17/james-herriots-son-condemns-keir-starmers-attack-on-farms/) - If James Herriot was alive now, he would be horrified by what this prime minister is doing. I’m speaking for him, really,” Jim Wight told me. As the son of world-famous Yorkshire vet and All Creatures Great and Small author Alf Wight—known to the public as James Herriot—Wight should know. Wight, now eighty-one, was also a - [Slovakia's LGBT culture war](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/17/slovakias-lgbt-culture-war/) - A decade ago, on a tour through Europe, a local tour guide in Belgrade stopped to ask me a question. Why, he asked, was the European Union – “the West” – so bent on getting nations like his own to accept LGBT ideology? Why were promises of economic aid always tied to demands that recipients - [Russia, "abortion culture," and our civilizational suicide pact](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/17/russia-abortion-culture-and-our-civilizational-suicide-pact/) - In 2022, at least 503,809 babies were aborted in Russia. Of that number, more than 492,500 abortions were obtained by women ages 18-44. This staggering number is actually a decline — in the early 2000s, the abortion rate was well over a million per year. Abortion was illegal during the tsarist period but legalized in 1920 after - [Courage, Islam, and the Woke Mind Virus | Ayaan Hirsi Ali](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/16/courage-islam-and-the-woke-mind-virus-ayaan-hirsi-ali/) - Courage, Islam, and the Woke Mind Virus: My conversation with the great Ayaan Hirsi Ali about the state of the West, her conversion to Christianity, her personal journey, and what we need in this cultural moment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_zdmsUhAB8&t=263s&ab_channel=TheBridgehead As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content, if interested! Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. - [WATCH: JD Vance CALLS OUT Canadian Church Burnings](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/12/watch-jd-vance-calls-out-canadian-church-burnings/) - Hate crimes against Christians on the rise in Canada--and Vice President-Elect JD Vance calls out church-burnings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yntXEBWMHJw&ab_channel=TheBridgehead As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content, if interested! Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. I also have a number of short culture updates at The Bridgehead, and if you’re interested in a copy of my new book How We Got - [Abortion facilities could face mass closures if Trump defunds Planned Parenthood](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/12/abortion-facilities-could-face-mass-closures-if-trump-defunds-planned-parenthood/) - Donald Trump has committed to vetoing any federal abortion law that makes it to his Oval Office desk, but there are other ways to cripple America’s booming abortion industry. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, Trump’s appointees to head the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), have already noted their commitment to defund Planned Parenthood, America’s largest abortion provider. - [Mayor's Bank Account GARNISHED for Refusing PRIDE Proclamation | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 15](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/11/mayors-bank-account-garnished-for-refusing-pride-proclamation-bridgehead-briefing-ep-15/) - The conflict between Mayor Harold McQuaker of Emo, Ontario, and Borderland Pride continues. The dispute, sparked by the Ontario Human Rights Commission's ruling against Emo Township for refusing a pride proclamation in 2020, led to the garnishing of the mayor’s bank account after he refused to comply with the tribunal’s demands. We cover covers the - [Bonhoeffer’s Legacy: "Conservative" or "Progressive"?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/11/bonhoeffers-legacy-conservative-or-progressive/) - Dietrich Bonhoeffer is, deservedly, one of the most well-known resistance figures of the Second World War. One of the few Germans to speak out against Hitler and the Nazis at the height of their power, he preached against the persecution of the Jews and condemned the Nazi euthanasia program. He became one of the founders - [Man sentenced to 12 years after slipping girlfriend abortion pill](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/09/man-sentenced-to-12-years-after-slipping-girlfriend-abortion-pill/) - It seems that even the pro-abortion press is capable of occasionally remembering that abortion kills an unborn child. In 2022, 40-year-old Stuart Worby ground up an abortion pill and put it into his pregnant partner’s orange juice. According to the Guardian, the Norfolk man “then gave the victim a number of tablets of another abortion drug after - [J.D. Vance calls out Canadian church-burnings and anti-Christian bigotry](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/09/j-d-vance-calls-out-canadian-church-burnings-and-anti-christian-bigotry/) - On December 3, Jamil Jivani, Member of Parliament for Durham, released a video announcing the launch of his new petition at Protect Christians in Canada: “I’m sounding the alarm,” Jivani said. “We need to do more to protect Christians in Canada.” The petition calls on the government to do the following: Defend the rights of parents - [WATCH: Canada: No Christians Allowed](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/09/watch-canada-no-christians-allowed/) - Discrimination against Christians in Canada continues. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3vFqvdgUoY&t=1s&ab_channel=TheBridgehead - [WATCH: What Does the UK's Euthanasia Bill Mean for People Living with Disabilities?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/09/watch-what-does-the-uks-euthanasia-bill-mean-for-people-living-with-disabilities/) - What does the UK's euthanasia/assisted suicide bill mean for people with disabilities? Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6HV6HigVSA&ab_channel=TheBridgehead - [WATCH: Why Atheism Failed with Spencer Klavan](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/06/watch-why-atheism-failed-with-spencer-klavan/) - Why did atheism fail? Delving into his latest book, Light of the Mind, Light of the World: Illuminating Science Through Faith, Klavan explores the intersections of science, faith, and history, providing a counter-narrative to the perceived conflict between science and religion. Topics range from the historical development of scientific ideas to the current cultural debates - [The die is not yet cast: The UK's assisted suicide law can still be defeated](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/02/the-die-is-not-yet-cast-the-uks-assisted-suicide-law-can-still-be-defeated/) - When news reached the crowd gathered outside of Westminster that Parliament had voted in favour of assisted suicide, people in wheelchairs openly wept. “The atmosphere is one of profound sadness and terror,” said Caroline Farrow, who was standing with them. “A dark cloud has descended over the UK.” Every single one of the more than - [Euthanasia in the UK & Anti-Christian Discrimination in Canada | Bridgehead Briefing Ep. 14](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/05/euthanasia-in-the-uk-anti-christian-discrimination-in-canada-bridgehead-briefing-ep-14/) - In the United Kingdom, assisted suicide passes second reading--but there's still a chance to stop it. In Canada, anti-Christian discrimination is ramping up. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvA04bFGiZI&ab_channel=TheBridgehead As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content, if interested! Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. - [Canadian mayor refuses to cave in to pro-LGBT demands after town rejected ‘pride’ flag: "I will not be extorted"](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/04/canadian-mayor-refuses-to-cave-in-to-pro-lgbt-demands-after-town-rejected-pride-flag-i-will-not-be-extorted/) - Last month, the Ontario Human Rights Commission ordered the township of Emo to pay the LGBT activist group Borderland Pride $10,000 for voting in 2020 not to fly a “Pride” flag. Mayor Harold McQuaker was ordered to personally pay $5,000 — and take a re-education course titled “Human Rights 101” to boot. We covered both the - [What happens when you wait until marriage for sex (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/04/what-happens-when-you-wait-until-marriage-for-sex-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** A very thought-provoking piece from Evie Magazine: “This Is What Actually Happens When You Wait Until Marriage For Sex.” *** From The Critic: “Rocking the Reichstag: Women across the world have been protesting against the bizarre new German self-ID laws.” The trans movement is - [France bans calling abortion a "cause of death"--and the faces of children with Down syndrome](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/04/france-bans-calling-abortion-a-cause-of-death-and-the-faces-of-children-with-down-syndrome/) - Hundreds of thousands of babies are aborted each year in France—approximately 243,000 in 2022 alone. In fact, the abortion rate is increasing, year over year, with press reports belatedly warning of a ‘baby bust’ even as France hurtles towards the edge of a demographic cliff. But if the French government has their way, it will soon be - [Nixon and Watergate: The Lawfare that Brought Down a President](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/04/nixon-and-watergate-the-lawfare-that-brought-down-a-president/) - Fifty years after Watergate, President Richard M. Nixon’s name is finally being cleared. He has been gone for thirty years, but the spectre of the scandal that forced him to resign the presidency of the United States is still very much alive. Watergate is both the reference point for Washington misdeeds and the white whale - [Don't buy your kids a smartphone for Christmas](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/12/03/dont-buy-your-kids-a-smartphone-for-christmas/) - Here's why: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKXtzuW5D58&t=21s&ab_channel=TheBridgehead As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content, if interested! Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. - [Trudeau DANCES, Montreal BURNS | Bridgehead Briefing Ep 13](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/28/trudeau-dances-montreal-burns-bridgehead-briefing-ep-13/) - On the latest Bridgehead Briefing, I discuss the antisemitic riots in Montreal (which unfolded while Trudeau danced at a Taylor Swift concert), and a small rural town being fined for refusing to issue a celebratory Pride declaration—the mayor was even ordered to take a re-education class. Canada in 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mh36RpQwCU&t=222s&ab_channel=TheBridgehead As always, follow the podcast - [LISTEN: A Mom's Guide to Raising Pro-Life Kids](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/28/listen-a-moms-guide-to-raising-pro-life-kids/) - In this episode, I discuss an essential new book--yes, I'm biased--by my colleague Maaike Rosendal and my wife, Charmaine Van Maren. A Mom's Guide to Raising Pro-Life Kids came about as an answer to the many questions at presentations over the years from moms asking how they could introduce this subject to their children in - [Elon Musk's anti-woke origin story](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/27/elon-musks-anti-woke-origin-story/) - Elon Musk was radicalized after his son was sucked into the transgender cult. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQCqG3T4VMA&ab_channel=TheBridgehead As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content, if interested! Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. - [Vancouver Police board member forced to resign over defence of Canada's Christian identity](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/27/vancouver-police-board-member-forced-to-resign-over-defence-of-canadas-christian-identity/) - When Canadian progressives talk about “inclusion,” you can be sure that Christians are about to be excluded. When the Canadian Armed Forces issued a directive instructing chaplains that they must be “inclusive” at Remembrance Day ceremonies, for example, they meant that Christian prayers and traditional symbolism were to be excluded, especially because, as a 2022 - [Male "transgender" player asked to be roomed with specific female player on the road](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/27/male-transgender-player-asked-to-be-roomed-with-specific-female-player-on-the-road/) - It is too early to declare victory just yet, but the transgender movement is definitely having a very bad year. As I noted recently, there is a good case to be made that transgender activists won the election for Donald Trump — and Democrats know it. In fact, many more moderate liberals are on the warpath, demanding - [Former Labour PM Gordon Brown warns against legalizing assisted suicide](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/27/former-labour-pm-gordon-brown-warns-against-legalizing-assisted-suicide/) - Prominent UK leaders are stepping forward every week to warn Parliament against legalizing assisted suicide. On November 20, Labour MP Dianne Abbott and Conservative MP Edward Leigh—the longest serving parliamentarians and thus the “mother” and “father” of the House—published a joint editorial in the Guardian titled “Our politics could not be more different – but we’re united against - [What should pro-lifers think of Trump's cabinet picks?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/27/what-should-pro-lifers-think-of-trumps-cabinet-picks/) - President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks continue to be a source of obsessive interest for the chattering classes, politicos, and, of course, pro-lifers. Personnel, as they say, is policy, and the pro-life movement benefited enormously from pro-life appointments in Trump’s first administration. His choices thus far have been a mixed bag. One of his most recent - [Nancy Mace supported the sexual revolution--until it showed up in her bathroom](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/25/nancy-mace-supported-the-sexual-revolution-until-it-showed-up-in-her-bathroom/) - The Citadel, established in 1842, is the third oldest senior military college in the United States, founded to train and educate young men as well as protect the state arsenals of South Carolina. The first woman admitted to the South Carolina Corps of Cadets program at The Citadel was Shannon Faulkner, who fought for two-and-a-half - [Founder of breastfeeding advocacy group resigns after transgender takeover](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/22/founder-of-breastfeeding-advocacy-group-resigns-after-transgender-takeover/) - In 1956, Marian Tompson and six other women founded the La Leche League in Illinois. Their goal was to create an organization in which mothers could assist other mothers with breastfeeding at a time when most babies in the United States were bottle-fed with formula. The organization was, at the time, counter-cultural. It soon spread around the world. In - [How transgender extremism helped Trump win](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/22/how-transgender-extremism-helped-trump-win/) - If you’re happy with the outcome of the 2024 US presidential election, you might want to thank the transgender movement. The post-election autopsies are coming in, and there is plenty to discuss and debate. But one conclusion is already approaching consensus: The Democrats’ embrace of gender ideology hurt them, and badly. The Democrats are now engaged - [How TRANS ACTIVISTS Won the Election for Trump | Bridgehead Briefing Ep 12](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/22/how-trans-activists-won-the-election-for-trump-bridgehead-briefing-ep-12/) - There are many reasons Donald Trump won the past election. One of them? He campaigned against the transgender movement--and the extremism of trans activists proved devastating for the Democrats. My latest Bridgehead Briefing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUPHJcsBtJQ&t=2s&ab_channel=TheBridgehead You can also check out the podcast—and subscribe—on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. As a reminder, my book tour starts is ongoing—and if you’re interested - [Trump’s new department run by Musk, Ramaswamy set to defund Planned Parenthood](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/22/trumps-new-department-run-by-musk-ramaswamy-set-to-defund-planned-parenthood/) - In post-sexual revolution America, there are still heroes and villains—they have just swapped places. Thus, the pro-life hero and “Sweetheart of the Silent Majority” Phyllis Schlafly gets portrayed by Cate Blanchett in blockbuster miniseries as a wicked, conniving racist worthy of nothing but contempt. Cecile Richards, one of America’s top abortion activists and former president of Planned - [Euthanasia activists are using the abortion playbook](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/21/euthanasia-activists-are-using-the-abortion-playbook/) - Reading Alexander Raikin’s latest commentary in The Hub this morning, I felt a grim sense of déjà vu. “A quarter of all Ontario MAID providers may have violated the Criminal Code,” the title of his column says. “Does anyone care?” His opening paragraph reads like a plea: Each Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) practitioner is meant to - [3 challenges pro-lifers will face under a second Trump administration](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/21/3-challenges-pro-lifers-will-face-under-a-second-trump-administration/) - As I noted in my LSN podcast episode this week, the pro-life movement faces three primary challenges in the second Trump administration: leadership, propaganda, and money. The first challenge is easy to understand. While it is true that Kamala Harris ran on abortion and lost, it is also true that Donald Trump ran on a - [The lost Hitchens siblings](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/18/the-lost-hitchens-siblings/) - Last year, BBC’s Channel 4 ran a series titled Banged Up, which featured minor celebrities locked up in a decommissioned prison with ex-prisoners. Conservative journalist Peter Hitchens—author of books such as A Brief History of Crime and The War We Never Fought (about the ‘war’ on drugs)—participated, describing his experience in essays for the Mail on Sunday and the Spectator. The cameras captured several - [Trudeau BANS PRAYER at Remembrance Day | Bridgehead Briefing Ep 11](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/14/trudeau-bans-prayer-at-remembrance-day-bridgehead-briefing-ep-11/) - Did the Trudeau government ban prayer at Remembrance Day ceremonies? I discuss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf1S4dKSqgU&t=14s&ab_channel=TheBridgehead You can also check out the podcast—and subscribe—on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. - [WATCH: The Satanic Temple Opened Another Abortion Clinic](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/12/watch-the-satanic-temple-opened-another-abortion-clinic/) - The Satanic Temple just opened another abortion clinic. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4gnTBilyYU&ab_channel=TheBridgehead You can also check out the podcast—and subscribe—on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. - [Your Canada just isn't good enough for Trudeau](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/12/your-canada-just-isnt-good-enough-for-trudeau/) - In 2015, Justin Trudeau proudly declared that Canada was now a “post-national state” with “no core identity.” He did this, presumptuously, on behalf of all Canadians, as if our heritage meant nothing. In some ways, it was no surprise. Canada has changed much between the two Trudeaus, and thus Trudeau the Younger is not entirely wrong to - [1 million+ South Korean Christians rally against LGBT agenda at massive protest](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/12/1-million-south-korean-christians-rally-against-lgbt-agenda-at-massive-protest/) - On Sunday afternoon, October 27, as many as 1.1 million South Korean Christians participated in a massive rally in Seoul to express their opposition to homosexual “marriage,” new pro-LGBT legislation, and a supreme court decision conferring some spousal legal rights on homosexuals. Aerial photos show a staggering crowd of people packing Seoul Plaza, Gwanghwamun Square, Seoul Station, - [1 million+ South Korean Christians rally against LGBT agenda at massive protest](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/12/1-million-south-korean-christians-rally-against-lgbt-agenda-at-massive-protest/) - On Sunday afternoon, October 27, as many as 1.1 million South Korean Christians participated in a massive rally in Seoul to express their opposition to homosexual “marriage,” new pro-LGBT legislation, and a supreme court decision conferring some spousal legal rights on homosexuals. Aerial photos show a staggering crowd of people packing Seoul Plaza, Gwanghwamun Square, Seoul Station, - [Canada’s Christian heritage was stronger than anti-prayer directives this Remembrance Day](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/11/canadas-christian-heritage-was-stronger-than-anti-prayer-directives-this-remembrance-day/) - This morning, my family attended the Remembrance Day ceremony at the cenotaph in the small town of Tillsonburg. I find that the older I get, the more moved I am by it all—the Last Post, the anthems, the flags at half-mast, the shrinking handful of veterans who brave the November chill to salute their fallen - [NEW BOOK: How We Got Here](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/11/new-book-how-we-got-here/) - After over a year of work, my new book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture, is finally completed and rolling off the presses. The synopsis: The post-Christian world we inhabit today is utterly different than the one that existed just a few decades ago. But how did it happen? Why did everything - [The Toxic War on Masculinity, Tate, and Fatherhood | Prof. Nancy Pearcey](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/08/the-toxic-war-on-masculinity-tate-and-fatherhood-prof-nancy-pearcey/) - Is toxic masculinity real? Is there something wrong with men? Why do guys like Andrew Tate hold such mass appeal these days? I discuss all of this and more with preeminent evangelical scholar Nancey Pearcey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38e3zzc7N-0 You can also check out the podcast—and subscribe—on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. - [Swiss police arrest pro-euthanasia leader after American woman dies in suicide pod](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/08/swiss-police-arrest-pro-euthanasia-leader-after-american-woman-dies-in-suicide-pod/) - On September 25, Reuters reported that several people had been arrested by the Swiss police for “inducing and aiding and abetting suicide,” after a 64-year-old American woman with a compromised immune system died in a so-called “Sarco” suicide capsule “in a wood in the municipality of Merishausen” on September 23. Among those arrested was Florian - [What does Donald Trump's election mean for pro-lifers?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/08/what-does-donald-trumps-election-mean-for-pro-lifers/) - November 5 – which abortion activists were hoping would be called “Roe-vember 5” after making a clean sweep of abortion referendums from Florida to Nebraska and installing one of their own in the White House – brought welcome relief to pro-lifers instead. For the first time since Dobbs, the pro-life losing streak was halted with the - [”Anti-Zionism means, ‘Take off your uniform and wear your striped pyjamas’”: An Interview with Pierre Rehov](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/06/anti-zionism-means-take-off-your-uniform-and-wear-your-striped-pyjamas-an-interview-with-pierre-rehov/) - On October 17, Israel Defense Forces released an extraordinary drone video. The drone flies through the open window of a mostly destroyed building towards a man sitting in an armchair, his face mostly covered. The chair is surrounded by debris, and the man appears to be injured. As the drone approaches, the man throws a - [”Anti-Zionism means, ‘Take off your uniform and wear your striped pyjamas’”: An Interview with Pierre Rehov](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/06/anti-zionism-means-take-off-your-uniform-and-wear-your-striped-pyjamas-an-interview-with-pierre-rehov/) - On October 17, Israel Defense Forces released an extraordinary drone video. The drone flies through the open window of a mostly destroyed building towards a man sitting in an armchair, his face mostly covered. The chair is surrounded by debris, and the man appears to be injured. As the drone approaches, the man throws a - [MASSIVE Pro-Life Victories | Bridgehead Briefing Ep 10](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/06/massive-pro-life-victories-bridgehead-briefing-ep-10/) - Apologies for the quality of the video--I'm on the road speaking at a number of pro-life events, and so I had to use shoot this episode outside of the studio! Still, lots of good news to discuss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr89VLEJTEA&t=31s You can also check out the podcast—and subscribe—on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. - [Election Day: Pro-life victories and devastating defeats for abortion activists](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/11/06/election-day-pro-life-victories-and-devastating-defeats-for-abortion-activists/) - Donald J. Trump has staged the greatest political comeback in American history, and he did so definitively. He unseated Grover Cleveland as the last president to serve non-consecutive terms; his victory overshadows even Richard Nixon’s accomplishment in 1972. After losses in the 2018 midterms, the 2020 election, and the “red wave” that never came in - [Trudeau Launches ATTACK on Crisis Pregnancy Centres | Bridgehead Briefing Ep 9](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/31/trudeau-launches-attack-on-crisis-pregnancy-centres-bridgehead-briefing-ep-9/) - Justin Trudeau targets crisis pregnancy centres: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om2rU85iTBQ&t=850s&ab_channel=TheBridgehead You can also check out the podcast—and subscribe—on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. - [Canadian Euthanasia Horror Stories: A Wake-up Call for the World](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/31/canadian-euthanasia-horror-stories-a-wake-up-call-for-the-world/) - What the rest of the world can learn from Canada's euthanasia regime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bONBT-5hSJs&t=10s&ab_channel=TheBridgehead You can also check out the podcast—and subscribe—on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. - [UK Army Vet Convicted FOR PRAYING](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/31/uk-army-vet-convicted-for-praying/) - In the UK's first modern prosecution for a "thoughtcrime," a UK army veteran was convicted...for praying silently near an abortion clinic. What this means: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYHUp2wh5B4&ab_channel=TheBridgehead You can also check out the podcast—and subscribe—on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. I also have a number of culture war updates over at The Bridgehead, for those interested. - [Killers for Kamala](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/31/killers-for-kamala/) - Arevealing moment unfolded at a Kamala Harris rally in Houston last week. Backed by a massive “Vote for Reproductive Freedom” slogan, ten abortionists were brought out on stage to discuss their ‘medical expertise.’ As the white-coated feticide specialists clustered around the podium, there were cries in the crowd. The abortionist speaking looked alarmed. “I think - [Pushback to euthanasia in the UK](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/29/pushback-to-euthanasia-in-the-uk/) - The U.K. Parliament is set to consider legalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide, and thankfully, there has been ample pushback. The legislation – which Prime Minister Keir Starmer personally supports but the government is officially neutral on – is called the “Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill” and will come to a vote on November - [Why Justin Trudeau Keeps Bringing Up Abortion](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/29/why-justin-trudeau-keeps-bringing-up-abortion/) - It's all about the family. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq7LX04b1uQ&t=1s&ab_channel=TheBridgehead - [Activist doctors cannot hide the facts about harmful effects of transgender interventions much longer](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/29/activist-doctors-cannot-hide-the-facts-about-harmful-effects-of-transgender-interventions-much-longer/) - Despite the best efforts of LGBT activists, the transgender cover-up is collapsing. A bombshell report in The New York Times titled “U.S. study on puberty blockers goes unpublished because of politics.” NYT’s report revealed that a study costing taxpayers $10 million found no evidence that puberty blockers improved the mental health of patients but that the doctor who headed - [Kamala's DESPERATE Appeal to Men](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/29/kamalas-desperate-appeal-to-men/) - The revolutionary candidacy of Kamala Harris: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXpX6Vybtb4&ab_channel=TheBridgehead - [Canada's Euthanasia CRISIS, Gender Pushback & Satanic Abortion Clinics | Bridgehead Briefing Ep 8](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/25/canadas-euthanasia-crisis-gender-pushback-satanic-abortion-clinics-bridgehead-briefing-ep-8/) - In this episode, we take a look at Canada's growing euthanasia crisis, Canadian politicians pushing back against gender ideology, and the rise of Satanic abortion clinics in America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UClrm0m-NUw&t=48s&ab_channel=TheBridgehead - [What Should Christians Think About IVF? | Stephanie Gray Connors](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/23/what-should-christians-think-about-ivf-stephanie-gray-connors/) - Why are the Republicans supporting IVF? How should Christians approach this issue? We discuss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1xFLBYX2v4&t=9s&ab_channel=TheBridgehead - [Scottish National Party slammed for claiming there are ’24 genders’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/23/scottish-national-party-slammed-for-claiming-there-are-24-genders/) - As the U.K.’s Labour Party doubles down on opposition to puberty blockers and other transgender surgeries for minors, the Scottish National Party is going, once again, in the opposite direction. The SNP released a handy definitive list of “genders” attached to their guidance for public bodies in Scotland who collect data on sex and gender. - [Canada is moving ever closer to euthanasia-on-demand without exceptions](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/23/canada-is-moving-ever-closer-to-euthanasia-on-demand-without-exceptions/) - Canada’s suicide activists and euthanasia advocates promised the public that the path to “medical aid in dying” would be a narrow path with high guardrails. They were lying. It is a four-lane highway, and there’s nobody patrolling it. Not a week goes by without some grim new development, and our government refuses to listen to - [Satanic Temple opens Virginia center for ‘religious abortion’ rituals](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/18/satanic-temple-opens-virginia-center-for-religious-abortion-rituals/) - The Satanic Temple of America has been campaigning hard for abortion for years. The tax-exempt religious organization, based in Salem, Massachusetts, claims not to believe in a literal Satan – and they certainly do not believe in God. But they do describe abortion as a religious “ritual” and a “sacramental act that confirms the rights - [The West in the Shadow of the Culture of Death](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/18/the-west-in-the-shadow-of-the-culture-of-death/) - Across the Western world, the Culture of Death is expanding its borders, casting its grim shadow across an ever-growing population of weak, vulnerable, and disabled peoples. Norway is proposing to expand abortion to include babies up until 18 weeks gestation; Denmark has just done the same. After Poland’s legislators voted down a plan to legalize abortion, the nation’s rogue - [Convicted for Praying, Men4Harris & the Trump GOP | Bridgehead Briefing Ep 7](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/18/convicted-for-praying-men4harris-the-trump-gop-bridgehead-briefing-ep-7/) - In this episode, I take a look at the first conviction for a thoughtcrime in modern British history--Adam Smith-Connor was convicted of praying silently near an abortion clinic in the UK. We also discuss how the Harris-Walz ticket is selling the sexual revolution, and how Trump's abortion pivot is changing the GOP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMs2X_DNizk&ab_channel=TheBridgehead You can - [Trump’s pivot on abortion is having a ripple effect on the Republican Party](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/17/trumps-pivot-on-abortion-is-having-a-ripple-effect-on-the-republican-party/) - The Republican Party under Donald Trump is pivoting on abortion. I have covered that subject in this space a number of times, because this change is far more significant than many seem to realize. If the new pro-choice stance of the GOP becomes permanent, the American pro-life movement will face the same dismal political situation - [The Harris campaign is trying to win male votes by pushing pornography and abortion](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/17/the-harris-campaign-is-trying-to-win-male-votes-by-pushing-pornography-and-abortion/) - The Harris-Walz campaign has a problem with men, and they are desperately trying to fix it as polls indicate razor-thin margins in key battle ground states. First, the campaign attempted to trot out Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff as a paragon of the “new masculinity,” attracting wide mockery as pundits pointed out that a man who abandoned - ["Transgender" Bachelorette star admits he faked transition to expose gender ideology (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/17/transgender-bachelorette-star-admits-he-faked-transition-to-expose-gender-ideology-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** A good point from Ross Douthat here: *** Some good news? From the Iona Institute: “Mini-religious revival among young American men, survey indicates.” *** An interesting take from Aaron Renn that explains much about the culture wars: “Is Evangelicalism Really Protestant?” *** Yet more - [The Cautionary Tale of Canada’s Euthanasia Regime: An Interview with Alexander Raikin](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/15/the-cautionary-tale-of-canadas-euthanasia-regime-an-interview-with-alexander-raikin/) - The UK’s first atheist prime minister, Keir Starmer, is planning to fast-track a bill legalizing assisted suicide, telling the BBC on October 4 that he is “pleased” to be able to do so. Euthanasia activists have been waiting for this moment and are ramping up their campaigns. Labour MP Kim Leadbeater wrote an editorial for the Guardian in which she - [Algerian child rapist granted asylum in France after claiming to be transgender](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/15/algerian-child-rapist-granted-asylum-in-france-after-claiming-to-be-transgender/) - Some news stories seem almost deliberately created to stoke public resentment and to highlight the growing chasm between ordinary people and the progressive establishment. A recent story out of France – and covered primarily by the French press – is one such story. A 32-year-old Algerian migrant identified by the French media only as “Mehdi F.” was - [Porn addiction is a massive crisis in the Christian community](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/15/porn-addiction-is-a-massive-crisis-in-the-christian-community/) - For years, a handful of scholars like David Ley have run cover for the porn industry, insisting that “porn addiction” does not actually exist. Millions of people struggling with porn addiction would beg to differ. In fact, a recent study showed that the phrase “porn addiction symptoms” is searched an average of 70,000 times per - [Abortion activists are massively outspending pro-lifers on ballot initiatives](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/15/abortion-activists-are-massively-outspending-pro-lifers-on-ballot-initiatives/) - On last week’s podcast, I detailed one of the pro-life movement’s major disadvantages heading in to the abortion referendums in November: the fact that the mainstream media perpetuates deliberate fabrications. This feedback loop between the media, the politicians, and the activists amounts to tens of millions of free advertising for the abortion industry, and leaves the - [WATCH: Pierre Poilievre versus CTV reporter on gender](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/15/watch-pierre-poilievre-versus-ctv-reporter-on-gender/) - A segment from my recent podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrRbI81SqEE&t=47s&ab_channel=TheBridgehead You can also check out the podcast here: On Apple Podcasts. On Spotify. On Rumble. On YouTube (and on any other podcast player you might prefer!) Thanks for reading/listening! - [WATCH: Why is the Trudeau government funding studies to normalize polyamory?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/15/watch-why-is-the-trudeau-government-funding-studies-to-normalize-polyamory/) - A recent segment from my podcast. Why is the Trudeau government funding studies that normalize polyamory? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGwM-CAs0RE&ab_channel=TheBridgehead You can also check out the podcast here: On Apple Podcasts. On Spotify. On Rumble. On YouTube (and on any other podcast player you might prefer!) Thanks for reading/listening! - [WATCH: The Sudden Return of Witchcraft & Paganism](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/15/watch-the-sudden-return-of-witchcraft-paganism/) - A segment from my recent podcast on the return of witchcraft (pushed by the entertainment industry) and paganism in post-Christian America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_0t-9fApA0&t=134s&ab_channel=TheBridgehead You can also check out the podcast here: On Apple Podcasts. On Spotify. On Rumble. On YouTube (and on any other podcast player you might prefer!) Thanks for reading/listening! - [Why is Trudeau So Passionate About Abortion? | Bridgehead Briefing Ep 5](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/03/why-is-trudeau-so-passionate-about-abortion-bridgehead-briefing-ep-5/) - This week we look at the political maneuvers of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the 2025 election approaches, focusing on his persistent emphasis on abortion rights and why he is so passionate about abortion. The discussion covers Trudeau’s personal and family history with the issue of abortion, his strategy with Conservative voter turnout, and - [WHAT IS GOING ON IN CANADA? | Bridgehead Briefing Ep 6](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/12/what-is-going-on-in-canada-bridgehead-briefing-ep-6/) - Canadian flags burn in Vancouver, British Columbia. What is going on? In this Bridgehead Briefing, we analyze the unsettling rise of Islamist and left-wing, Palestinian protests across Canada that openly endorse violence and target Jewish communities. You can also check out the podcast here: On Apple Podcasts, Spotify Rumble, YouTube, and on any other podcast players you may - [LISTEN: Unnatural Death: Medicine's Descent from Healing to Killing](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/09/26/listen-unnatural-death-medicines-descent-from-healing-to-killing/) - My conversation with the brilliant Richard Weikert on his new book Unnatural Death: Medicine's Descent from Healing to Killing, on the roots of euthanasia in Greco-Roman philosophy, the Renaissance, and Charles Darwin. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6HxsuCYwGAWuXv6HLBX8Wj LISTEN TO THIS SHOW ON OTHER PLATFORMS - [LISTEN: Unnatural Death: Medicine's Descent from Healing to Killing](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/09/26/listen-unnatural-death-medicines-descent-from-healing-to-killing/) - My conversation with the brilliant Richard Weikert on his new book Unnatural Death: Medicine's Descent from Healing to Killing, on the roots of euthanasia in Greco-Roman philosophy, the Renaissance, and Charles Darwin. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6HxsuCYwGAWuXv6HLBX8Wj LISTEN TO THIS SHOW ON OTHER PLATFORMS - [Moloch’s Web of Lies](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/04/molochs-web-of-lies/) - Abortion has been a factor in every American presidential election since 1980, but the 2024 race is the abortion election. Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, have both have cast votes that de facto endorse infanticide. Abortion is central to their campaign. Harris became the first candidate to visit an abortion clinic (I wonder - [Mark Harrington & Jonathon Van Maren on the abortion election](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/03/mark-harrington-jonathon-van-maren-on-the-abortion-election/) - My recent podcast conversation on the abortion election with my friend Mark Harrington of Created Equal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWreL9_adh8&ab_channel=MarkHarrington - [Danielle Smith delivers on promise to protect gender-confused children in Alberta](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/03/danielle-smith-delivers-on-promise-to-protect-gender-confused-children-in-alberta/) - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has finally unveiled the promised legislation restricting sex-change surgeries and puberty blockers for minors. The legislation will include: Licensed doctors are prohibited from performing sex change surgeries on youth under 18 in Alberta. Puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones will be prohibited for minors under the age of 16 unless the minors have - [Melania Trump champions abortion throughout all nine months](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/03/melania-trump-champions-abortion-throughout-all-nine-months/) - Melania Trump has done her best to stay out of the spotlight throughout her husband’s presidential tenure and political career. Now, in a memoir titled Melania set to be published a month before election today, she has openly chosen a side in America’s abortion wars. The Guardian obtained a copy of the memoir, and published the former – and - [The forced abortions of P. Diddy (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/01/the-forced-abortions-of-p-diddy-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** More prominent evangelicals are coming out in support of Kamala Harris. This is truly bizarre to me. Harris is an abortion extremist, supports sex changes for minors, and is the candidate of the sexual revolution. Her passion for feticide is unparalleled. I understand all - [The toxic "feminist masculinity" of Kamala Harris' husband Doug Emhoff](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/10/01/the-toxic-feminist-masculinity-of-kamala-harris-husband-doug-emhoff/) - After serving as Joe Biden’s Press Secretary for two years, Jen Psaki ended up where most Democratic officials do: with a plum press position. Same mission, different department. Covering for the Democrats is still the job, and Psaki – who, it must be remembered, informed us all that Biden was as spry as a young - [Justin Trudeau's anti-Christian bigotry](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/09/30/justin-trudeaus-anti-christian-bigotry/) - Justin Trudeau’s minority government is hanging on by the skin of its teeth, surviving yet another confidence vote in the House of Commons this week. With the NDP no longer a guaranteed bloc of support (although it seems unlikely that they will vote to topple the government before leader Jagmeet Singh secures his pension in - [WATCH: Abortion survivor says Trump is RIGHT on infanticide](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/09/23/watch-abortion-survivor-says-trump-is-right-on-infanticide/) - Donald Trump has been getting "fact-checked" for claiming that the Democrats support infanticide--and that babies are "executed" after birth. But Melissa Ohden, who survived an abortion, says he is absolutely right. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fG1h2YQD5Y&t=31s&ab_channel=TheBridgehead You can also check out the podcast here: On Apple Podcasts. On Spotify. On Rumble. On YouTube (and on any other podcast player you might prefer!) - [Pierre Poilievre, Polyamory & Witchcraft | Bridgehead Briefing Ep 4](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/09/26/pierre-poilievre-polyamory-witchcraft-bridgehead-briefing-ep-4/) - In this Bridgehead Briefing, we discuss Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre’s stance on transgender issues, the controversial rise of polyamory and the Trudeau government's involvement in studying this phenomenon. Finally, we explore the resurgence of witchcraft and paganism in North America, shedding light on its growing cultural and spiritual influence. In the spotlight is Disney’s - [Older single men are using surrogacy to purchase children without a background check: report](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/09/26/older-single-men-are-using-surrogacy-to-purchase-children-without-a-background-check-report/) - An incredibly disturbing report in the Mail on Sunday reveals, once again, the dangers of surrogacy and the social chaos that results from the commodification of children and the redefinition of the family. According to the Daily Mail: Almost 300 men aged over 50 have applied to become the legal father of a surrogate child over the past five - [Pro-life expert debunks report linking maternal deaths to abortion restrictions](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/09/26/pro-life-expert-debunks-report-linking-maternal-deaths-to-abortion-restrictions/) - As November nears, abortion activists are working overtime to spread lies and propaganda about pro-life laws. Earlier this month, for example, the Harris-Walz campaign claimed that a woman who died due to complications from a legal abortion in Georgia had actually died because of pro-life laws – the precise opposite of the truth. The woman in question had - [The Rise of Celebrity Abortion Memoirs | Bridgehead Briefing Ep 3](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/09/20/the-rise-of-celebrity-abortion-memoirs-bridgehead-briefing-ep-3/) - On this week's briefing, I discuss the rise of celebrity memoirs as a method of normalizing abortion, the UK's first atheist prime minister pushing to legalize assisted suicide despite his health secretary stating that it will push vulnerable people into euthanasia, and why there was some good news from last week's presidential debate between Donald - [Transgenderism, Transhumanism, and Porn | Jennifer Bilek, Michelle Uriarau & Suzanne Vierling](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/19/transgenderism-transhumanism-and-porn-jennifer-bilek-michelle-uriarau-suzanne-vierling/) - On this episode of The Bridgehead, I host a panel discussion with investigative journalist Jennifer Bilek, clinical psychologist Dr. Suzanne Vierling, and women's rights advocate Michelle Uriarau. We delve deep into the hidden connections between transgenderism, transhumanism, the fourth industrial revolution, and the erosion of human identity. We expore how modern cultural narratives, disruptive technologies, - [Trudeau's Radical Senate & Trump's Pro-Life Betrayal | Bridgehead Briefing #1](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/09/06/trudeaus-radical-senate-trumps-pro-life-betrayal-bridgehead-briefing-1/) - Justin Trudeau is stacking the Senate with radical LGBT activists--which could prevent Pierre Poilievre from rolling back his sweeping changes over the past decade. My news roundup at The Bridgehead Briefing, which we're planning to do weekly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daGbZOuOm6A&ab_channel=TheBridgehead You can also check out the podcast here: On Apple Podcasts. On Spotify. On Rumble. On YouTube (and on any other podcast - [WATCH: Responding to Andrew Tate on abortion](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/09/16/watch-responding-to-andrew-tate-on-abortion/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGSBGytnjeM&t=1s&ab_channel=TheBridgehead You can also check out the podcast here: On Apple Podcasts. On Spotify. On Rumble. On YouTube (and on any other podcast player you might prefer!) - [UK’s Keir Starmer knows legalizing euthanasia would devastate the vulnerable – but he’s pushing it anyway](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/09/18/uks-keir-starmer-knows-legalizing-euthanasia-would-devastate-the-vulnerable-but-hes-pushing-it-anyway/) - Keir Starmer, the United Kingdom’s first openly atheist prime minister, is pushing forward with plans to legalize assisted suicide – despite his health secretary Wes Streeting admitting that the state of end-of-life care in the U.K. is horrifying. “When I think about this question of burden, I do not think that palliative care… in this - [The truth about Matthew Perry](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/09/18/the-truth-about-matthew-perry/) - Matthew Perry’s 2022 autobiography Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing was billed as two things: an addiction memoir and a behind-the-scenes glimpse at one of the most popular TV sitcoms of all time. I didn’t read it when it was released (I’ve never read a single ‘celebrity memoir’) but picked it up at a thrift store - [Why did pro-life David French endorse abortion extremist Kamala Harris?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/09/16/why-did-pro-life-david-french-endorse-abortion-extremist-kamala-harris/) - I wonder if the David French of 2012 would recognize the David French of 2024. For years, David French was the quintessential National Review writer. He is pro-life, pro-religious liberty, and has an impressive record defending freedom of speech on campuses as an attorney and served honorably in the American military. His prose was rather - [Winston Churchill, collapsing birthrates, and pro-choice evangelicals (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/09/16/winston-churchill-collapsing-birthrates-and-pro-choice-evangelicals-other-stories/) - A roundup of important news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** Progressive scholar Kristin Kobes du Mez, author of the 2020 bestseller Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation (which I reviewed here), recently stated that evangelicals should start revisiting the question of “ensoulment”—that is, when a - ["Gilmore Girl" reveals that she had an abortion](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/09/16/gilmore-girl-reveals-that-she-had-an-abortion/) - American actress and dancer Kelly Bishop is best known for her role as matriarch Emily Gilmore on the seven-season TV drama Gilmore Girls as well as playing Marjorie Houseman in Dirty Dancing (1987). The primary storyline of Dirty Dancing is an unwanted pregnancy and a botched abortion; as it turns out, abortion is a storyline in Bishop’s new memoir The Third Gilmore - [LISTEN: Elon Musk, abortion, and the digital public square](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/09/13/listen-elon-musk-abortion-and-the-digital-public-square/) - https://open.spotify.com/episode/3MGqKQ2F5ntOgizSIHKFim - [Kamala Harris, abortion evangelist](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/09/13/kamala-harris-abortion-evangelist/) - Kamala Harris has few policies and few political passions. But when it comes to abortion, she shines. The subject clearly animates her – when she speaks about feticide, she lights up, she grows assertive, and her nervousness disappears. During her speeches, at the presidential debate against former President Donald Trump, and in her campaign ads, Harris makes - [Trudeau: "Et tu, LGBTQ?" | Bridgehead Briefing Ep 2](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/09/13/trudeau-et-tu-lgbtq-bridgehead-briefing-ep-2/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1gW8i-cfFc&t=9s&ab_channel=TheBridgehead In a surprising turn of events, LGBT activists in Canada are calling for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's resignation despite his long-standing support for the movement. I explore the irony of the situation, diving into the shifting political dynamics, the influence of gender ideology in schools, and the evolving landscape for parents and those who - [The Monumental Ignorance of Candace Owens](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/09/13/the-monumental-ignorance-of-candace-owens/) - For nearly a year, online influencer Candace Owens has been pushing an alternative ‘just-asking-questions’ version of 20th century history, which derives primarily from her over-fertile imagination. Thus, Owens was thrilled last week when Tucker Carlson interviewed amateur historian and podcaster Darryl Cooper about World War II. As Carlson head-bobbled enthusiastically, Cooper referred to Winston Churchill - [Trudeau is stacking the Senate with radical anti-Christian LGBT activists to cement his legacy](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/09/05/trudeau-is-stacking-the-senate-with-radical-lgbt-activists-to-cement-his-legacy/) - If current polling is any indication, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to lose the next federal election to Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre — but he will leave behind a Canada transformed. He will also leave his successor a nasty parting gift: an Upper House stacked to the rafters with progressive idealogues. Canada’s unelected and - [Kids are scared of drag queens (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/09/05/kids-are-scared-of-drag-queens-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs! *** Fantastic news out of the UK: the government’s emergency ban on puberty blockers has been upheld by the High Court after a transgender activist group launched a legal challenge to the ban. This is once again an affirmation of a growing consensus—one that has - [Denmark and Norway move to legalize gruesome later-term abortions](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/09/04/denmark-and-norway-move-to-legalize-gruesome-later-term-abortions/) - Despite medical and technological advances that have given us unprecedented insight into human development in the womb, an increasing number of European countries are becoming increasingly extreme on abortion. At 18 weeks’ gestation, a baby can hiccup and yawn in the womb; by that point, the unborn child can also feel pain. Preemies have survived outside the - [Activist behind LGBT guide for schools in Scotland convicted of child abuse](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/09/04/activist-behind-lgbt-guide-for-schools-in-scotland-convicted-of-child-abuse/) - The LGBT movement in Scotland has been rocked by yet another scandal. Last month, 39-year-old Andrew Easton was convicted at the Aberdeen Sheriff Court after being caught by cybercrime officers on an internet chat talking to someone Easton believed to be a 13-year-old boy. Easton referred to the boy as “baby boy” and was soliciting - [The US government targets another anti-gender ideology whistleblower](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/09/04/the-us-government-targets-another-anti-gender-ideology-whistleblower/) - When Vanessa Sivadge, a registered nurse at Texas Children’s Hospital, wrote an anonymous op-ed about the hospital’s secret transgender medicine program, two FBI agents showed up at her home shortly thereafter to interrogate her. Last month, the hospital fired her. Dr. Eithan Haim, a general surgeon who worked at the same hospital, received a similar - [Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is subverting democracy to push abortion on Poland](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/09/03/polish-prime-minister-donald-tusk-is-subverting-democracy-to-push-abortion-on-poland/) - For the entire eight years the conservative Law and Justice Party governed in Poland, progressives accused them of strangling democracy. Historian Anne Applebaum dedicated a large portion of her hysterical 2020 book, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism, to smearing Law and Justice as corrupt, thuggish theocrats for appointing conservatives to roles in state media - [The Zone of Interest: God, Abortion, and Auschwitz](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/09/03/the-zone-of-interest-god-abortion-and-auschwitz/) - As a teen, I picked up a paperback copy of Commandant of Auschwitz: The Autobiography of Rudolf Höss at a thrift store and read it in two sittings. Written at the request of the Polish authorities before his execution by hanging in 1947, Höss describes his implementation of the Third Reich’s killing machine in banal - [Christian Communities & Culture War: An interview with Douglas Wilson](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/31/christian-communities-culture-war-an-interview-with-douglas-wilson/) - My interview with Pastor Doug Wilson of Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho. We discuss Wilson's perspective on building anti-fragile Christian communities in an increasingly anti-Christian age, his father's influence, the strategic importance of selecting the university town, Moscow, for cultural outreach, and the necessity of developing a Christian culture that embraces goodness, truth, and beauty. - [Hundreds of doctors resign from British Medical Association over its support for puberty blockers](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/29/hundreds-of-doctors-resign-from-british-medical-association-over-its-support-for-puberty-blockers/) - According to reports in The Times and The Telegraph, hundreds of doctors are not only going public to express their anger with the British Medical Associations’ decision to reject the Cass Review’s findings on the dangers of puberty blockers – and many are resigning. According to The Telegraph: “Doctors with decades of experience have resigned from the British Medical Association - [Why we must hold politicians to account on abortion](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/29/why-we-must-hold-politicians-to-account-on-abortion/) - The GOP pivot away from the pro-life movement continues apace. Former President Donald Trump declared, shortly after the abortion-themed Democratic National Convention, that his administration will be “great for women and their reproductive rights,” a euphemism for abortion. Then, earlier this week, vice presidential candidate JD Vance told NBC’s Meet the Press that if re-elected, Trump would - [Arrested for silent prayer: An Interview with Isabel Vaughn-Spruce](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/28/arrested-for-silent-prayer-an-interview-with-isabel-vaughn-spruce/) - Isabel Vaughn-Spruce is a peaceful, law-abiding woman—but she has been arrested twice for praying silently near an abortion centre in Birmingham, England. In a rare bit of good news for freedom of speech, she has just received a payout of £13,000 from the West Midlands Police “in acknowledgement of her unjust treatment and the breach of - [The visceral power of abortion memorials around the world](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/27/the-visceral-power-of-abortion-memorials-around-the-world/) - On the green lawn of Resurrection Cemetery in Madison, Wisconsin, surrounded by gravestones, stands a breathtaking sculpture. It depicts a translucent, ethereal little girl of perhaps four years old walking, arms outstretched, towards a man and a woman. They are on their knees; the woman’s head is bowed, and her hand clutches her face. The - [Late-term abortionist claims pregnancy is a "disease" and abortion is the "cure"](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/27/late-term-abortionist-claims-pregnancy-is-a-disease-and-abortion-is-the-cure/) - Dr. Warren Hern has been killing late-term babies in the womb for decades. Many of the children he dismembers could survive outside the womb. In his 1990 book Abortion Practice, Hern noted that destroying the bodies of babies in the womb at 30 weeks — or even 22 or 25 weeks — can be hard work. - [Seinfeld's Larry David mocks born-alive abortions](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/27/seinfelds-larry-david-mocks-born-alive-abortions/) - As Frederick Kaufman noted in UnHerd recently, Hollywood liberals rule America – and they are leveraging the combined force of their cultural power to get Kamala Harris elected. It is easy to scoff at the population of America’s entertainment industry as empty-headed and shallow – but it is their movies, their shows, and their songs that - [The pro-life movement's post-Roe mistake](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/26/the-pro-life-movements-post-roe-mistake/) - Since the fall of Roe v. Wade and a string of successive referendum losses, the pro-life movement has faced an apocalypse—that is, a revelation. We are finding out where the American people stand on abortion, and what previous polling did not tell us. As it turns out, many of those who identified as personally pro-life - [Hundreds of babies are surviving abortions and being left to die in Canada, but no one seems to care](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/26/hundreds-of-babies-are-surviving-abortions-and-being-left-to-die-in-canada-but-no-one-seems-to-care/) - In Canada, not a single federal leader will discuss abortion – except to affirm their support for feticide in all its forms. Thus, there has been no response to a gut-wrenching new study by medical statisticians at the University of Montreal that found that one in four babies aborted at 23 weeks gestation in Quebec - [Pro-family victories in Poland, Bulgaria, Italy, and the UK](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/22/pro-family-victories-in-poland-bulgaria-italy-and-the-uk/) - It has been a good summer for pro-family forces in Europe. First, on July 12, Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s attempt to decriminalize abortion during the first three months of pregnancy failed after almost the entire caucus of the Polish People’s Party, the most conservative faction of his shaky coalition government, voted against it. Since - [The Country Music Culture War](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/22/the-country-music-culture-war/) - And he bowedHis head to JesusAnd he stoodFor Uncle SamAnd he only lovedOne womanHe was always proudOf what he had Alan Jackson, "Small Town Southern Man" *** Musical genres don’t have ideologies, but it is true that different genres were created to convey different values. Rock ‘n roll, for example, was a slang phrase for - [The roots of the riots: What's happening in England?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/22/the-roots-of-the-riots-whats-happening-in-england/) - At 11:45 AM on the 29th of July, 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana got out of a taxi at Hart Street in Southport, England, walked into a Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop at a community studio, and started stabbing. There were 25 girls present, and by the time the carnage was over he had managed to stab eleven - [The Abortion Convention](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/21/the-abortion-convention/) - According to the political action group “Evangelicals for Harris,” the Democratic Convention thus far has been a paragon of godliness. “If you want to see Christ’s love, it was on full display last night at the DNC,” they enthused on X. “From feeding the hungry to housing the unhoused to caring for our neighbors, Kamala Harris and - [‘Party of death’: Democrats’ convention includes free abortions and vasectomies](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/19/party-of-death-democrats-convention-includes-free-abortions-and-vasectomies/) - In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon accused his Democratic opponent George McGovern of running on a platform of “acid, amnesty, and abortion.” In 2024, the Democratic Party is owning it. Kamala Harris, as I’ve noted before, was the first vice-presidential candidate to visit an abortion facility; as First Things reported last week, “Tim Walz supports the right to - [Human life begins at conception. This is a fact, not a partisan bias](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/19/human-life-begins-at-conception-this-is-a-fact-not-a-partisan-bias/) - On August 14, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that an informational pamphlet distributed to Arizona voters in the fall prior to a referendum on whether the state will guarantee a constitutional right to abortion may refer to “unborn human beings.” Abortion activists had been fighting to block such language from being used because dehumanizing the - [Canada’s euthanasia regime has created the ideal conditions for ‘healthcare serial killers’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/19/canadas-euthanasia-regime-has-created-the-ideal-conditions-for-healthcare-serial-killers/) - In a recent column, Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition highlighted a study published earlier this month by Professor Christopher Lyon of the University of York titled “Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying System can Enable Healthcare Serial Killing.” Lyon observed that “HSKs” – healthcare serial killers – can often operate for a long time without - [The number of abortions in the USA was declining. Here’s what reversed the trend](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/19/the-number-of-abortions-in-the-usa-was-declining-heres-what-reversed-the-trend/) - The latest abortion statistics from the Society of Family Planning, covered with barely contained glee by mainstream media outlets, indicate that the number of abortions increased during the first three months of 2024, with January being the first month since the Dobbs decision in which a staggering 100,000 abortions were performed. The numbers are undeniably grim. - [The Super-Rich Prepare for the Apocalypse](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/19/the-super-rich-prepare-for-the-apocalypse/) - Several years ago, actress Aubrey Plaza informed Conan O’Brien that she had purchased helicopter lessons for her boyfriend. “He never showed an interest in flying,” she deadpanned, “But I just gave them to him in case the world has gone to sh*t and we need to fly away. I need to be with someone that - [Russia’s Repentance for the Romanov Regicide](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/19/russias-repentance-for-the-romanov-regicide/) - On a private tour of the Solzhenitsyn House in Moscow in 2018, I viewed an extraordinary exhibition detailing the lives of those who fled Russia in the wake of the 1917 Revolution and never returned. Founded by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the massive archive serves as a repository of the history of the Russian diaspora, storing the memories of - [How the Left Infiltrates the Church: An interview with Megan Basham](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/06/how-the-left-infiltrates-the-church-an-interview-with-megan-basham/) - I sat down down with Megan Basham, a culture reporter for The Daily Wire, to discuss her latest book, Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda. Basham discusses some of her investigative research exposing the infiltration of churches by various leftist ideologies, including those related to LGBT organizations and - [How the Sexual Revolution Changed Everything](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/06/how-the-sexual-revolution-changed-everything/) - Every aspect of the world we live in today has been shaped by the Sexual Revolution, from ubiquitous digital pornography to the cultural ascendancy of the LGBT movement. One of the most important historians and cultural analysts writing on this subject is Mary Eberstadt, the author of books such as How the West Really Lost God, - [J.D. Vance and the Ashes of Our Fathers](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/09/j-d-vance-and-the-ashes-of-our-fathers/) - And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. (Genesis 35:29) At the Republican National Convention last month, J.D. Vance paid homage to his ancestors. He noted that he told his wife when he proposed to - [Bulgaria bans LGBT propaganda in schools](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/08/bulgaria-bans-lgbt-propaganda-in-schools/) - On August 7, the Parliament of Bulgaria passed an amendment to the Law for Preschool and School Education banning LGBT “propaganda” in schools by a massive majority of 159 votes in favour to 22 opposed, with 12 abstentions. The amendment was posed by the Vazrazhdane (Revival) Party and gained widespread support from political parties across - [Pornography should be banned because of its undeniable link to sexual violence](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/06/pornography-should-be-banned-because-of-its-undeniable-link-to-sexual-violence/) - A decade ago, there was a fierce public debate about whether or not pornography was a significant contributor to sexual violence. I debated the subject on public radio and gave presentations on campuses on how pornography fueled rape culture. Every time I did, I got plenty of pushback. To claim that porn use was shaping - [Media complicity in the horrors of the Canadian euthanasia regime](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/01/media-complicity-in-the-horrors-of-the-canadian-euthanasia-regime/) - I have many fears about Canada’s euthanasia regime. I am afraid that the activists at Dying with Dignity will succeed in explicitly expanding eligibility to children, the disabled, and those suffering from mental illness. I am afraid that families will one day be powerless to stop their mentally suffering loved ones from obtaining a lethal - [The Sexual Revolution’s Great Lie: You’ll Always Be Young](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/08/01/the-sexual-revolutions-great-lie-youll-always-be-young/) - On June 29, the New York Times published a disturbing report titled “Your Boss Will Freeze Your Eggs Now.” The subtitle posed the question: “Mine is the first generation that has corporate benefits for a technology with the potential to slow the biological clock. Is it feminist dream or Silicon Valley fantasy?” The report by Emma Goldberg - [With Trump's takeover of the GOP, the last bulwark against the Sexual Revolution is gone](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/07/30/with-trumps-takeover-of-the-gop-the-last-bulwark-against-the-sexual-revolution-is-gone/) - If the Republican National Convention was any indication, the only federal opposition to the sexual revolution in the United States has formally surrendered after decades of dogged resistance. In Milwaukee last week, from the party’s platform to the stage, commitments to the natural family, Biblical marriage, and the right to life were virtually absent. If - [Kamala Harris, sexual revolutionary](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/07/30/kamala-harris-sexual-revolutionary/) - With a blitzkrieg of endorsements culminating in a staged phone conversation with the Obamas, Vice President Kamala Harris—previously best-known for botching her role as border czar and dropping out of the presidential primaries before a single vote was cast—has locked up the Democratic nomination. As I noted previously, the Democratic candidate for president of the United - [Elon Musk’s ‘trans’ son is just one case of the gender cult tearing families apart](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/07/30/elon-musks-trans-son-is-just-one-case-of-the-gender-cult-tearing-families-apart/) - On July 16, Elon Musk retweeted a post on X (formerly Twitter) noting that California Governor Gavin Newsom had just signed AB1955, a bill banning public schools from informing parents if their children wanted to transition. “The state will take away your kids in California,” he wrote. Musk was immediately attacked as a liar and a - [What Should Social Conservatives Think of J.D. Vance?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/07/30/what-should-social-conservatives-think-of-j-d-vance/) - It has been a tough month for American social conservatives. At the Republican National Convention platform committee, pro-life delegates were silenced and sidelined, and the resulting 2024 platform is the first since 1984 to leave out a commitment to the right to life. At the RNC itself last week, pro-life talking points were entirely absent, with Trump - [WATCH: How the LGBT movement is hijacking Christian schools](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/28/watch-how-the-lgbt-movement-is-hijacking-christian-schools/) - At The Bridgehead, I interviewed Jojo Ruba from Redeeming Conversations to explore how the LGBT movement has influenced Christian institutions. We delve into Jojo's personal story, his undercover work at pro-LGBT Christian conferences, the strategies used by Christian LGBT activists, and offer practical steps for Christians to uphold their beliefs. You can listen to this - [The True Story of Possum Trot](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/07/19/the-true-story-of-possum-trot/) - I sat down with Bishop W.C. Martin, as he shares the incredible true story of Possum Trot, a small town in East Texas. We discussed how Bishop Martin's small congregation in East Texas sparked a nation-wide conversation about foster care and adoption, and led to the docudrama "The Sound of Freedom." We talked about the - [A detransitioner speaks out: "I feel like I killed a child, and it was me."](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/07/19/a-detransitioner-speaks-out-i-feel-like-i-killed-a-child-and-it-was-me/) - As the transgender debate rages in state legislatures across America, more “detranstioners” are coming forward to tell their brutal stories. These stories highlight, time and again, the terrifying reality that we are in the midst of one of the greatest medical scandals since eugenics. Indeed, the term “detransitioner” itself is new, because we needed to invent - [Parents fight back with lawsuit challenging California public school gender notification ban](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/07/19/parents-fight-back-with-lawsuit-challenging-california-public-school-gender-notification-ban/) - On Monday, July 15, California became the first state in America to require educators in the public school system to keep it a secret if their children choose to identify as a different gender or sexuality. On Tuesday, the Chino Valley Unified School District, along with a coalition of angry parents, sued Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, stating - [Disney again caught bragging about indoctrinating kids with LGBT ideology](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/07/18/disney-again-caught-bragging-about-indoctrinating-kids-with-lgbt-ideology/) - According to a groundbreaking new undercover investigation by James O’Keefe, Disney is doubling down on its commitment to ensuring that children are constantly exposed to LGBT content—they’re just being quiet about it. The video was released online on July 3. “It’s the unspoken thing for children to see LGBTQ content,” Walt Disney’s Creative Marketing Director—and - [As Canadians get poorer, Trudeau's government sinks millions into the LGBT movement](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/07/17/as-canadians-get-poorer-trudeaus-government-sinks-millions-into-the-lgbt-movement/) - As federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre frequently observes, everything in Canada seems broken. A tiny minority of young people can afford to purchase homes in the places where they grew up; home ownership in Canada’s largest cities is inaccessible to all but the wealthy. An increasing number of Canadians are using foodbanks, and in the - [Elon Musk to pull out of California over Newsom's radical new transgender law](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/07/17/elon-musk-to-pull-out-of-california-over-newsoms-radical-new-transgender-law/) - On July 15, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB1955, legislation that forces educators in the public school system to withhold from parents any knowledge that their children are suffering from gender dysphoria. The bill came in response to California’s growing parental rights movement, which successfully advocated for transparency polices at the local level, with at - [Facing Death with Heroism: Trump Joins Jackson, Roosevelt, and Reagan](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/07/16/facing-death-with-heroism-trump-joins-jackson-roosevelt-and-reagan/) - At 6:11 p.m. on July 13th, just as former President Donald J. Trump turned from the crowd gathered in Butler, Pennsylvania, to highlight an immigration chart, a bullet fired by 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks tore past his head, grazing his ear. The would-be assassin was firing from a rooftop 130 yards away; Trump raised his - [The inside story of what happened to the Republican Party's pro-life plank](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/07/16/the-inside-story-of-what-happened-to-the-republican-partys-pro-life-plank/) - First published in First Things. The Republican National Committee proposed its 2024 GOP party platform in Milwaukee on July 8, and for the first time in forty years, this platform does not include support for a national abortion ban. Instead, the GOP’s anti-abortion positions are softened and many of the party's previous pro-life commitments have - [The anti-Christian bigotry of the Canadian elites](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/07/15/the-anti-christian-bigotry-of-the-canadian-elites/) - The last remaining acceptable bigotry in Canada is anti-Christian bigotry. This has been true for years but has become particularly pronounced during the tenure of Trudeau the Younger. Why, for example, can over 100 Canadian churches get vandalized and torched in four years – 33 of them burning to the ground – without any sort of systematic - [Pro-life champion Marco Rubio endorses GOP platform compromise](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/07/15/pro-life-champion-marco-rubio-endorses-gop-platform-compromise/) - I have long been a fan of Florida Senator Marco Rubio. Back in 2010, when he was a longshot senatorial candidate, I met him at a D.C. event after doing pro-life outreach on several Florida campuses. He was enthusiastic and encouraging about pro-life work on campuses, and put his pro-life convictions front and center during - [WATCH: Christian tactics for our anti-Christian culture](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/07/12/watch-christian-tactics-for-our-anti-christian-culture/) - In a 2022 essay in First Things and a follow-up 2024 book titled Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture, evangelical writer and consultant Aaron Renn laid out a new chronological framework for understanding the cultural shift in the United States: Positive World (1964-1994). Society at large retains a mostly positive view of Christianity. To be known as - [LISTEN: Has the influence of the transgender movement peaked?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/07/11/listen-has-the-influence-of-the-transgender-movement-peaked/) - My conversation with Brandon Showalter of The Christian Post on the transgender wars, the U.S. Supreme Court, and what happens next: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6VYgRIhR2MwlD2UDweJs4d LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST ON OTHER PLATFORMS - [Another disabled Canadian has spoken up about being pressured to choose euthanasia](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/07/10/another-disabled-canadian-has-spoken-up-about-being-pressured-to-choose-euthanasia/) - On June 19, I interviewed Roger Foley – a Canadian with disabilities – on my LSN podcast on his ugly experience with Canada’s euthanasia regime. Time and again, he told me, he has been proactively offered euthanasia, even after he confessed to feeling suicidal ideation. At his most vulnerable, he was not offered the help he has - [American Abortion Activists Have Launched an All-Out Propaganda War: An Interview with Charlie Camosy](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/07/10/american-abortion-activists-have-launched-an-all-out-propaganda-war-an-interview-with-charlie-camosy/) - June 24, 2024, marked two years since Dobbs v. Jackson, the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and ramped up the abortion wars across America. State-level referendums from Michigan to Ohio have thus far produced a series of losses for the pro-life movement. At least a dozen abortion referendums will be held this November, with the highest-stakes - [WATCH: 80 Years Later: The Prayers of D-Day](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/06/watch-80-years-later-the-prayers-of-d-day/) - Eighty years ago today, soldiers surged up the Normandy beaches to defend a Christian civilization. In Calgary, thousands of people packed the streets to pray. FDR released a public prayer to God for success. The past is a different country. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go2mGc0SeHM&t=2s&ab_channel=TheBridgehead - [WATCH: Joe Rogan on Drag Queen Story Hour](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/21/watch-joe-rogan-on-drag-queen-story-hour/) - Our latest episode of The Bridgehead is on YouTube, featuring Joe Rogan’s take on Drag Queen Story Hour. Rogan is the most popular podcaster in the world, and his views are representative of the average American. The LGBT movement is overreaching big time, and Rogan’s rant showcases why: Subscribe to YouTube here, if you’re interested. Thanks for - [WATCH: Is Christianity making a comeback in the West?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/07/05/watch-is-christianity-making-a-comeback-in-the-west/) - On The Bridgehead podcast, I spoke with Justin Brierley, a UK broadcaster, writer, and speaker, about his book The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God. Brierley shares his insights on the intellectual and cultural shifts he observes, including a growing interest in Christianity among secular intellectuals disillusioned by atheism. He explores themes such as the - [UN official calls for the abolition of the porn industry](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/07/05/un-official-calls-for-the-abolition-of-the-porn-industry/) - It is rare for anyone associated with the United Nations to take a stance against any aspect of the Sexual Revolution, and thus a recent report by Reem Alsalem, the U.N. special rapporteur on the causes and consequences of violence against girls stating that prostitution “reduces women and girls to mere commodities” and “hinders their - [Did America have a Christian founding?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2020/07/22/the-van-maren-show-episode-76-did-america-have-a-christian-founding/) - Mark David Hall speaks about America’s Founding Fathers, the ideals upon which our society was established, and what this means for American’s today. - [Toronto "Pride" is a scandal: Children exposed to adult nudity and fetishism](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/07/03/toronto-pride-is-a-scandal-children-exposed-to-adult-nudity-and-fetishism/) - Championing the LGBT movement has been one of Justin Trudeau’s great passions as prime minister, and true to form, he showed up at “Pride” this year once again. On June 30, he posted a photo of himself at a celebration to X with the caption: “Happy Pride, Toronto! Seeing so many people out in the Village - [What Are Western Values Anyway?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/07/03/what-are-western-values-anyway/) - Since October 7, 2023, we have been reminded that Western countries have been transformed by mass migration. Crowds in America have chanted “Go back to Poland!” at Jewish students; in Canada, shots were fired at a Jewish elementary school; in the UK, a Jewish man in a kippah was told by a police officer that he should stay away from a - [WATCH: The Rise of the End the Killing Movement in Canada](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/07/03/watch-the-rise-of-the-end-the-killing-movement-in-canada/) - Canada is the only Western country with no abortion laws. But every day, across the country, young men and women put boots on the ground from coast to coast to tell the truth about abortion. Every day, more Canadians change their minds about abortion and become pro-life. Over the past several years, a new movement - [The Sexual War Crimes of October 7](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/07/03/the-sexual-war-crimes-of-october-7/) - In February, dozens of academics and feminist activists published an “Open Letter to the Israeli and U.S. Governments and Others Weaponizing the Issue of Rape.” Over 1,000 others soon added their names. The letter claimed that “accusations of sexual assault have also been wielded as a tool of war—and as an (often lethal) weapon of racism and - [Canada’s euthanasia activists will not be happy until every life-affirming institution is destroyed](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/28/canadas-euthanasia-activists-will-not-be-happy-until-every-life-affirming-institution-is-destroyed/) - Some of you may remember the powerful, heartbreaking story of 81-year-old Christine Nagel, the Canadian woman – who doesn’t approve of tattoos – who had the phrase “Don’t Euthanize Me” tattooed on her upper arm, just to ensure that no medical practitioner could ever claim that she’d requested a lethal injection. Amanda Achtman recorded her - [The rise of Albania's pro-life movement](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/28/the-rise-of-albanias-pro-life-movement/) - On June 1, hundreds of pro-lifers marched to Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, Albania, in the country’s first significant anti-abortion march. Dr. Majlinda Gjoni Thompson, a physician who works with Human Life International, was one of the key organizers, and is working at the herculean task of pushing back against a government plan to further legalize - [The presidential debate was between a pro-choice candidate--and a pro-abortion one](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/28/the-presidential-debate-was-between-a-pro-choice-candidate-and-a-pro-abortion-one/) - The Republican Party—and MAGA world—is rejoicing after last night’s presidential debate. Donald Trump was more disciplined than we’ve ever seen him and stuck to his talking points. President Joe Biden’s implosion began from the moment he shuffled onto stage and didn’t end after his wife helped him painstakingly down the handful of stairs from the - [LISTEN: Dobbs, Two Years Later: Where Are We Now?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/27/listen-dobbs-two-years-later-where-are-we-now/) - https://open.spotify.com/episode/4DNZkq0AHuvZVbMw9s9Qyi LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE ON OTHER PLATFORMS - [The French journalist taking on the transgender movement: An interview with Dora Moutot](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/27/the-french-journalist-taking-on-the-transgender-movement-an-interview-with-dora-moutot/) - The transgender movement’s cultural Blitzkrieg swept the elite institutions of the West in less than a decade, but their hold on the public imagination has always been far more tenuous. It is one thing to get academics and activists to believe that the phrase “her penis” makes perfect sense; it is quite another to condition ordinary people - [Even remote Indigenous peoples are getting addicted to porn](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/27/even-remote-indigenous-peoples-are-getting-addicted-to-porn/) - In 2016, the Washington Post ran a story titled “Reddit tried to introduce a remote Kenyan tribe to porn. It did not go as expected.” Upon encountering Western porn, apparently, the Maasai chiefs “thought it was fake and not real life, like a cartoon.” The story provoked much hilarity amongst Westerners online: Just imagine not having porn! The reactions, - [LISTEN: Disabled Canadian man being pressured to consider euthanasia speaks](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/26/listen-disabled-canadian-man-being-pressured-to-consider-euthanasia-speaks/) - On this week’s episode of The Van Maren Show, I sit down with Roger Foley, a disabled Canadian man who has been offered Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) on multiple occasions and continues to speak out against the injustice of Canada’s euthanasia regime. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0zhbsZlyCBR8EbkzrfqNy2 LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST ON OTHER PLATFORMS - [Small spa fined $35k for refusing to wax trans-identifying man](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/26/small-spa-fined-35k-for-refusing-to-wax-trans-identifying-man/) - In March 24, a trans-identifying customer using the pseudonym “A.B.” filed a human rights application at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario against a beauty salon called Mad Wax Windsor Inc. A.B. had called by phone to book an appointment and claims that he was refused a leg wax by a staff member and the - [A visit to the Brontë Parsonage](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/24/a-visit-to-the-bronte-parsonage/) - Each year, 80,000 literary pilgrims make the trek into Brontë country in West Yorkshire. If you go by car, you emerge out of the sheep-spotted emerald dales to see the rugged, rusty-colored moors suddenly sweeping up from the road, which climbs steadily towards a little village. There, three sisters, none of whom would survive their - [The LGBT movement wants to redefine "infertility" to include gay men (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/24/the-lgbt-movement-wants-to-redefine-infertility-to-include-gay-men-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** Polling from the US, Canada, and Europe all show slight shifts to the right on social and cultural issues. The shifts aren’t dramatic, but they are clearly discernable. Is it a backlash? It is too early to tell. I do think, however, that we - [What does America think about abortion?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/24/what-does-america-think-about-abortion/) - Amidst the sound and fury of the American abortion wars, it is frequently difficult to discern what Americans actually believe about abortion. Abortion activists insist that the country is solidly “pro-choice,” an assertion seemingly backed by recent state-level referendums; Democrats are hoping that the abortion vote will put them over the top in the presidential - [The LGBT movement faces backlash (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/21/the-lgbt-movement-faces-backlash-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** From Louise Perry at the Spectator: “The eugenics comeback.” *** Good news: The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that there is no right to assisted suicide in Europe. *** From Christopher Rufo: “The Murky Business of Transgender Medicine.” *** From National Review, - [Late-term babies who survive abortions in Canada are still being left to die](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/17/late-term-babies-who-survive-abortions-in-canada-are-still-being-left-to-die/) - Every year, Canadian pro-life blogger Pat Maloney faithfully publishes her research on live birth late-term abortions in Canada, obtained primarily through Freedom Of Access To Information requests. Recently, she published late-term abortion numbers from 2022-2023 (excluding Quebec), reporting: “The bad news is that late-term stillbirth abortions are up from 911 in 2021/2022 to 1,059 in 2022/2023 (148 - [How Riley Gaines became one of America's most successful activists](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/17/how-riley-gaines-became-one-of-americas-most-successful-activists/) - The wildest thing about the new book by swimmer-turned-activist Riley Gaines is that it had to be written in the first place. Swimming Against the Current: Fighting for Common Sense in a World That’s Lost its Mind (Center Street, 2024) is part memoir, part manifesto, written by a young woman famous not primarily for her impressive career—12-time All-American swimmer, - [Biden DOJ charges doctor who exposed "gender affirming care" barbarism (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/14/biden-doj-charges-doctor-who-exposed-gender-affirming-care-barbarism-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** A reminder that the Democrats worship abortion, first and foremost: “Nancy Pelosi: If Democrats Win, We Will Kill the Filibuster and Legalize Abortions Up to Birth Nationwide.” *** Carl Trueman has a warning for Christians who embrace sinful tactics in the culture wars. This - [“Rave in the Nave”: On the Desecration of English Churches](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/12/rave-in-the-nave-on-the-desecration-of-english-churches/) - “The great cathedrals, so full of beauty and interest, are now like whales washed up on an alien shore, the faith that built them a flickering light,” James Patrick once wrote. He was right. Everyone accepts that the great churches of Europe are still very important, somehow—remember the public outpouring of grief when Notre Dame was - [Support for same-sex "marriage" in the United States plunges to 51%](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/12/support-for-same-sex-marriage-in-the-united-states-plunges-to-51/) - Back in March, the Guardian ran a column claiming that a rise in “Christian nationalism” – essentially, Christians engaging in politics but now with a new scary moniker – is responsible for a decline in support for the LGBT agenda. Their headline gave away more than they intended: “Poll shows US public support for LGBTQ+ protections falling for - [How rainbow sidewalks are part of the LGBT movement's strategy to take over public spaces](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/12/how-rainbow-sidewalks-are-part-of-the-lgbt-movements-strategy-to-take-over-public-spaces/) - It is June, which means that the LGBT heresy hunters are in full swing. Their favourite game is to plaster public spaces with symbols of their hotly-contested ideology, and then scream “Victim!” and demand a comprehensive crackdown when anyone dares to protest. It is not a “celebration of Pride”—it is an assertion of ownership, a - [Castration and artificial wombs: Elites push transhumanism at annual Hay Festival](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/11/castration-and-artificial-wombs-elites-push-transhumanism-at-annual-hay-festival/) - The annual Hay Festival of Literature and Arts, once described by Bill Clinton as “The Woodstock of the mind,” was held from May 23 to June 2 this year. So: what did the intellectual elites of the West at twilight have to say? Well, this headline in the Guardian summed it up nicely: “Men and other mammals live - [Elon Musk would be making a disastrous mistake to allow pornography on X](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/06/elon-musk-would-be-making-a-disastrous-mistake-to-allow-pornography-on-x/) - Elon Musk’s decision to purchase Twitter in 2022 for $44 billion was a game-changer. Due to his longstanding commitment to freedom of speech and his stated intention to ensure that Twitter remained — or became — the “digital public square,” he began by eliminating many of the restrictions that had previously choked off debate on - [Disturbing manifesto of Nashville ‘trans’ school shooter shows the darkness of LGBT ideology](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/11/disturbing-manifesto-of-nashville-trans-school-shooter-shows-the-darkness-of-lgbt-ideology/) - On March 27, 2023. 28-year-old Audrey Hale, a young woman who identified as transgender, entered Covenant Christian School in Nashville, Tennessee, with two AR-style weapons and a handgun, shooting open a locked side door to gain access. She began her shooting spree at around 10:13 a.m., killing three 9-year-old children – Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, - [Another historic Canadian church burned down. Trudeau said nothing.](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/11/another-historic-canadian-church-burned-down-trudeau-said-nothing/) - In December 2015, I attended a concert at St. Anne’s Anglican Church in Toronto. It featured a selection of Vivaldi’s sacred music titled “Beatus vir”—the first words in the Latin Vulgate Bible of both Psalm 1 and Psalm 112 — and it was the first time the selection had been performed outside of Europe. The - [When Middle Earth Came to Vienna: How a Polish king's Winged Hussars Saved Christendom](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/10/when-middle-earth-came-to-vienna-how-a-polish-kings-winged-hussars-saved-christendom/) - This essay was first published at The European Conservative in December 2022. The release of Amazon Prime’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has unleashed a tidal wave of Tolkien nerdery, as fans and foes of the show duke it out over whether the show’s creators adhered to the canonical texts. I loved The Hobbit and The - [Gender-confused actor sues French politician Marion Maréchal for calling him a man](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/10/gender-confused-actor-sues-french-politician-marion-marechal-for-calling-him-a-man/) - Karla Sofía Gascón is a man and very much looks like one. He identifies, however, as a woman, and also attempts to “present” as female. The Spanish actor has appeared in a number of TV shows and movies — mostly minor ones — but because our culture currently celebrates delusion, Gascón was granted the Best Actress - [LISTEN: How Conservatives should respond to "Pride Month"](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/07/listen-how-conservatives-should-respond-to-pride-month/) - https://open.spotify.com/episode/6N9G2PqmvzfFE3Fb00vLk1 LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST ON OTHER PLATFORMS - [Mexico’s woke new president Claudia Sheinbaum is strongly pro-abortion and pro-LGBT](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/06/mexicos-woke-new-president-claudia-sheinbaum-is-strongly-pro-abortion-and-pro-lgbt/) - Claudia Sheinbaum, who pitched herself as a successor to Mexico’s outgoing leftist president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, is the new president after a landslide victory on June 2 that saw her securing 58.8% of the votes with 82% of the ballots counted. A former mayor of Mexico City, Sheinbaum has vaunted her credentials as a - [The Last of the Greatest Generation: Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson (1922-2024)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/06/the-last-of-the-greatest-generation-clarence-e-bud-anderson-1922-2024/) - Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson, the last World War II triple ace flyer, died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Auburn, California, on May 17 at the age of 102. He had been the terror of the skies over Europe, the highest scoring flying ace in his P-51 Mustang squadron. He served two combat - [Melinda Gates pours a fortune into the abortion wars](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/06/04/melinda-gates-pours-a-fortune-into-the-abortion-wars/) - Bill and Melinda Gates have long been passionate advocates for the abortion industry, pouring tens of millions into initiatives designed to ensure less children make it into the world. Bill has donated extensively to International Planned Parenthood; funded journalists to write pro-abortion stories; condemned pro-life policies; and once celebrated in an interview with Bill Moyers how “global - [The Last Native Belgian: Tintin in Brussels](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/31/the-last-native-belgian-tintin-in-brussels/) - When I arrived in Brussels for a two-month stay in January, I exited the train with my family to be greeted by an enormous mural of a scene from Hergé’s Tintin in the Land of the Soviets. Nearby was another mural, this one in color, of Tintin and his famous canine sidekick Snowy walking through a - [The evolution of Richard Dawkins](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/31/the-evolution-of-richard-dawkins/) - In 2013, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins announced that teaching children about hell was tantamount to abuse. In 2015, the author of The God Delusion elaborated further, telling the Irish Times that children needed to be “protected” from the religious beliefs of their parents and that we must “write off” those who believed in Scripture. It was a grotesque but unsurprising suggestion - [LISTEN: Who is Pierre Poilievre? A conversation with Andrew Lawton](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/30/listen-who-is-pierre-poilievre-a-conversation-with-andrew-lawton/) - My conversation with Andrew Lawton on his new book, a biography of Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0KmC2wLBGfiU5rzyu2RRl8 LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST ON OTHER PLATFORMS - [LGBT activists outraged after Peru affirms mainstream view of ‘gender dysphoria’ from 2019](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/30/lgbt-activists-outraged-after-peru-affirms-mainstream-view-of-gender-dysphoria-from-2019/) - After years of relentless lobbying, the World Health Organization announced in 2019 that it would no longer be classifying gender dysphoria as a “mental or behavioural disorder.” In its previous manual, referred to as ICD-10, the WHO had referred to “gender incongruence” – the feeling that one is born into the wrong body – as - [Opposing the sexualization of children should be mandatory for Canadian politicians](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/30/opposing-the-sexualization-of-children-should-be-mandatory-for-canadian-politicians/) - In British Columbia, the B.C. Conservatives are climbing steadily in the polls, and may have a chance to unseat the provincial NDP government in October. Thus, predictably, the smears have begun – and as always, Canadian Conservatives are falling for it. Damon Scrase, the candidate for the riding of Courtenay-Comox (on Vancouver Island) has dropped - [Culture Update: The Boy Scouts Get Trans-ed (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/28/culture-update-the-boy-scouts-get-trans-ed-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** Andrew Walker explains why, twenty years on, same-sex “marriage” is still not right in World Opinions: “No, it’s still not right.” *** This, by Mary Harrington, is excellent: “Under the Digital Eye of Sauron.” As a church-going married guy surrounded by many happily married - [95% of girls attempting "transition" going through serious side effects--including menopause](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/28/95-of-girls-attempting-transition-going-through-serious-side-effects-including-menopause/) - Here’s a headline that would have made no sense to anyone a decade ago: “Trans men ‘becoming postmenopausal’ in their 20s.” That’s from The Telegraph, and let me translate: Women identifying as men are becoming postmenopausal in their 20s due to side effects from “transition,” which is far more dangerous than trans activists have led the - [Here's how politicians should expose radical sex education in schools](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/28/heres-how-politicians-should-expose-radical-sex-education-in-schools/) - Once again, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is showing Canadian politicians how to effectively advocate for common sense socially conservative policies. On May 24, he tweeted out a photograph of a slide from a sex education presentation given in a New Brunswick school. The slide featured red lips closing on a lollipop, the title “Thirsty For The - [Canadian euthanasia doctor gushes about how much she enjoys killing people](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/24/canadian-euthanasia-doctor-gushes-about-how-much-she-enjoys-killing-people/) - In the recently released BBC documentary Better Off Dead?, disability rights activist Liz Carr interviewed Dr. Ellen Wiebe, Canada’s most notorious euthanasia doctor. Wiebe is also an abortionist and an activist with Dying With Dignity, the euthanasia lobby group seeking to expand eligibility for assisted suicide in Canada even further. Wiebe’s attempted defence of Canada’s euthanasia - [Italy, Eastern European countries reject EU’s radical new LGBT declaration](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/24/italy-eastern-european-countries-reject-eus-radical-new-lgbt-declaration/) - On May 17, the European Union released a statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU for the so-called “International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia.” It was a declaration of the new Western values, calling on countries everywhere to “focus on fighting inequalities and multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination” to ensure - [Trudeau attacks parents--again](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/24/trudeau-attacks-parents-again/) - After 10 years of Liberal misrule, Canadians are by now unfortunately familiar with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s unique fusion of incoherence and hubris. Every mistake he makes is an opportunity for Canadians to learn; when he groped a female reporter, Canadians could learn about misogyny; when he used blackface more times than he could remember, we - [Gender-confused performers use Eurovision contest as a platform to mainstream the LGBT culture](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/16/gender-confused-performers-use-eurovision-contest-as-a-platform-to-mainstream-the-lgbt-culture/) - Eurovision is finally over, and the song contest that has become one of Europe’s biggest cultural events has attracted far more attention than usual this year. There was the uproar over Israel’s participation; the fining of the Ukrainian delegation over their “Free Azovstal Defenders” t-shirts; and, of course, the non-binary witch who represented Ireland. As - [LGBT activists are outraged that Target won't sell "Pride" swag to kids](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/16/lgbt-activists-are-outraged-that-target-wont-sell-pride-swag-to-kids/) - Some of you may remember that last year, at least nine Target stores in the U.S. received bomb threats after they announced that they would be pulling some of their “pride” merchandise in response to consumer backlash. “We will continue to bomb your Targets until you stop cowering and bring back your LGBT merchandise,” the - [Trump betrays the pro-life movement](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/16/trump-betrays-the-pro-life-movement/) - In 2017, Kellyanne Conway took the stage at the National March for Life in Washington, D.C., to tell the gathered crowd of thousands that she was “a mother, a Catholic, counselor to the president of the United States, and yes, I am pro-life!” The crowd roared. Conway continued: “It means to stand up, stand tall, and - [LISTEN: The Dutch Christian taking on the international LGBT movement](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/16/listen-the-dutch-christian-taking-on-the-international-lgbt-movement/) - My interview with Henk Jan van Schothorst of Christian Council International. You can read my profile of his work at The European Conservative. https://open.spotify.com/episode/7bzO3hoj6fO1BLI2itaCYI LISTEN TO THIS SHOW ON OTHER PLATFORMS - [Christian strategies for an anti-Christian age](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/16/christian-strategies-for-an-anti-christian-age/) - When President Joe Biden signed the so-called Respect for Marriage Act enshrining homosexual ‘marriage’ into law on December 13, 2022, Donald Trump hosted a celebratory party at Mar-a-Lago for LGBT activists. “We are fighting for the gay community, and we are fighting and fighting hard,” Trump told the crowd. “With the help of many of the people - [Most children who experience gender dysphoria eventually grow out of it. Shiloh Pitt is one example.](https://thebridgehead.ca/2022/10/06/most-children-who-experience-gender-dysphoria-eventually-grow-out-of-it-celebrity-kids-are-proof/) - By Jonathon Van Maren As journalists and activists continue to expose the long-term effects of mutilating and drugging children in the name of “gender transitioning,” trans activists in the medical community are desperately trying to silence them. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, and the Children’s Hospital Association sent a letter to the Biden - [Abortion is killing Canada’s future. Now there’s an app for it](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/13/abortion-is-killing-canadas-future-now-theres-an-app-for-it/) - Canada desperately needs babies. It is less controversial to say that than it was just a few years ago, but progressive politicians still campaign on abortion and birth control (the NDP’s Jagmeet Singh is currently attempting to present himself as a feminist hero for insisting that the Canadian government pay for voluntary sterility) rather than - [Leftist male politicians in Mexico are identifying as women to fill electoral gender quotas](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/13/leftist-male-politicians-in-mexico-are-identifying-as-women-to-fill-electoral-gender-quotas/) - Stories about the impact of the transgender movement on politics are very rarely funny, but a recent headline that fits the bill caught my eye last month: “Leftist Male Politicians Are Self-Identifying As ‘Women’ In Upcoming Municipal Election To Secure Candidacy.” The story is as wild as it sounds. As it turns out, two progressive political parties - [Albertos Polizogopoulos: Pro-lifers lose standard bearer to cancer at 41](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/11/albertos-polizogopoulos-pro-lifers-lose-standard-bearer-to-cancer-at-41/) - This obituary was first published at The Catholic Register, but I'm reposting it here so it can be posted in Canada for people to read. On May 9, as thousands of Canadians once again gathered on Parliament Hill for the annual March for Life, Canada’s pro-life movement lost one of its greatest champions. Albertos Polizogopoulos, - [LISTEN: The three-step process used by the LGBT movement to hijack Christian institutions](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/09/listen-the-three-step-process-used-by-the-lgbt-movement-to-hijack-christian-institutions/) - How does the LGBT movement take over Christian schools, colleges, and other institutions? Based on inside information obtained at LGBT conferences, Jojo Ruba of Redeeming Conversations explains: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6BqJ5fzOEijlNr4IanrA9T LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST ON OTHER PLATFORMS - [Elites against the elites: How J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk smashed the transgender consensus](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/07/elites-against-the-elites-how-j-k-rowling-and-elon-musk-smashed-the-transgender-consensus/) - On April Fool’s Day, the Scottish government’s Hate Crime and Public Order Act 2021 came into effect after years of pushback from religious leaders, legal scholars, and politicians. The law removed Scotland’s old blasphemy laws and instead enshrined a new speech regime—including a ban on “stirring up hate” against anyone based on a range of - [The Dutch Christian Confronting the International Left](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/09/the-dutch-christian-confronting-the-international-left/) - After a half-hour audience with Henk Jan van Schothorst, President Chan Santokhi of Surinam was vexed. Abortion is illegal and opposition to the LGBT movement is strong in the small South American country. But the Surinamese ambassador to Brussels had recently signed a binding trade agreement with the European Union that included mandatory provisions on - [Female athletes are forfeiting rather than compete against trans-identified men](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/09/female-athletes-are-forfeiting-rather-than-compete-against-trans-identified-men/) - Female sporting events remain one of the key conflicts in the transgender culture war touching nearly every aspect of public life. On May 4, a trans-identified male won two National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) events at the Liberty League track and field championships, the 400 meters in 55.07 seconds and the 200 meters in 24.14 seconds. Sadie - [Conservative countries score major victory against UN abortion & LGBT agenda (and other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/06/conservative-countries-score-major-victory-against-un-abortion-lgbt-agenda-and-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** I cover some good news in a column here: “Conservative countries won a major victory against the UN’s abortion and LGBT agendas.” *** Educators are calling social services on parents who don’t want their children “transitioned.” It’s the stuff of nightmares: “UK school reports - [Canada's "transgender pipeline" for kids--and how it is kept hidden from parents](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/06/canadas-transgender-pipeline-for-kids-and-how-it-is-kept-hidden-from-parents/) - It is very likely that the issue of “trans kids” – children suffering from gender dysphoria – will be an issue in the next Canadian federal election. Federal Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre has stated his opposition to giving puberty blockers to children, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has responded with his familiar faux outrage. - [South America’s Populist Pro-life Movement](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/03/south-americas-populist-pro-life-movement/) - In 2022, 62% of voters in Chile rejected a pro-abortion constitution backed by the country’s young leftist leader, 36-year-old President Gabriel Boric. The new 388-article constitution, drafted by a constituent assembly, would have locked many progressive agenda items into law, including the legalization of abortion as a fundamental human right. In November of the following - [Quebec bans "gender-neutral" bathrooms to protect girls](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/03/quebec-bans-gender-neutral-bathrooms-to-protect-girls/) - It is still sometimes surreal to consider what constitutes a news story in 2024. Imagine telling your grandparents, or even your parents 20 years ago, that it would be breaking news across the board — Global News, the Globe and Mail, the national broadcaster — that a provincial government had issued a directive … that bathrooms - [The Gender Unicorn: A transgender tool of indoctrination](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/02/the-gender-unicorn-a-transgender-tool-of-indocrination/) - If your child attends a public school in North America, there is a good chance that he or she has learned about a new species, recently invented by LGBT activists: the “Gender Unicorn.” So — what is the Gender Unicorn? The Gender Unicorn was created in 2014 by LGBT organization Trans Educational Student Resources (TSER) - [Pro-Life Global is training baby-saving activists around the world](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/02/pro-life-global-is-training-baby-saving-activists-around-the-world/) - The latest episode of my podcast is a conversation with Bethany Janzen of Pro-Life Global on the work they are doing around the world! It was an encouraging chat: https://open.spotify.com/episode/77wKS0MYH9ofRXOZPfHYRO Listen to this podcast on other platforms. - [The transgender movement is collapsing in England after the Cass Review](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/05/01/the-transgender-movement-is-collapsing-in-england-after-the-cass-review/) - Is it possible that the transgender tide might go out as swiftly as it came in? The impact of the Cass Review has been international, but the response has been mixed. The Netherlands rejected “self-identification” by a wide margin, but Sweden and Germany approved it. The Canadian establishment claimed the findings were “transphobic,” and the American LGBT activists similarly - [The European Court of Human Rights calls surrogacy a form of "human trafficking." Why do LGBT activists keep promoting it?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/04/30/the-european-court-of-human-rights-calls-surrogacy-a-form-of-human-trafficking-why-do-lgbt-activists-keep-promoting-it/) - In a key victory for children and the family last June, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rejected appeals from Italian couples – many of them homosexual – challenging Italy’s ban on surrogacy, which was presented by the media as an “target[ing]” homosexual men “who use it to have children.” This campaign did not succeed. On - [How the CBC invents narratives to push their agenda](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/04/30/how-the-cbc-invents-narratives-to-push-their-agenda/) - In 1897, Adolph S. Ochs, owner of the New York Times, coined the famous motto “All the News That’s Fit to Print.” The slogan, which still features on the Gray Lady’s masthead, was intended to convey the newspaper’s commitment to impartiality, but has grown to be a punchline amongst those who find the flaunted bias of - [Kanye West admitted that porn destroyed his life--now he's starting a porn company (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/04/29/kanye-west-admitted-that-porn-destroyed-his-life-now-hes-starting-a-porn-company-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** Hilary Cass can no longer travel on public transit due to threats to her personal safety: “Transgender activists are threatening the author of scathing UK report on child ‘sex changes.’” *** By purchasing Twitter (X), Elon Musk has forced open the debate on transgender - [The Netherlands, Sweden, and Germany: The transgender movement divides Europe](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/04/29/the-netherlands-sweden-and-germany-the-transgender-movement-divides-europe/) - The battle over transgender identity claims is raging in legislatures across Europe – with mixed results. On April 24, the Telegraph reported that a “self-ID” law in the Netherlands, which would have allowed minors under age 16 to change their gender on legal documents such as passports and even birth certificates, is dead for the time being after - [LISTEN: The story behind the radical left’s attempts to shut down the NatCon conference in Brussels](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/04/25/listen-the-story-behind-the-radical-lefts-attempts-to-shut-down-the-natcon-conference-in-brussels/) - Zsófia Tóth-Biró, head of office at The European Conservative, joins me to discuss the left’s attempts to shut down this year’s National Conservatism Conference (NatCon) in Brussels. https://open.spotify.com/episode/4djPjUKzJVjRRRwVF2jCtr LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST ON OTHER PLATFORMS - [Peter Hitchens Reflects on 50 Years in Journalism](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/02/19/peter-hitchens-reflects-on-50-years-in-journalism/) - In the early morning of January 13, 1991, thousands of Lithuanians in the capital of Vilnius converged on the TV Tower. On March 11, 1990, Lithuania had become the first Soviet republic to declare independence from Moscow; Mikhail Gorbachev demanded that they renounce it. On March 17, the Lithuanians refused. KGB troops were sent in - ['Queer Fat Club' infiltrated by skinny 'he/they' who 'identifies as 275 pounds' (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/04/22/queer-fat-club-infiltrated-by-skinny-he-they-who-identifies-as-275-pounds-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** This is genuinely hilarious: https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1774145150249533506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1774145150249533506%7Ctwgr%5E325dd98c75d237c2b293fd2163ff08eb059e059f%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthepostmillennial.com%2Fqueer-fat-club-infiltrated-by-skinny-he-they-who-identifies-as-275-pounds Here's a summary of the stunt. *** From El Salvador: “El Salvador drops 'gender ideology' from public school education materials.” *** From the New York Post: “Woke school district doubles down on teaching students about new gender pronouns — - [Ron DeSantis should have been the GOP nominee (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/04/22/ron-desantis-should-have-been-the-gop-nominee-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** Pat Maloney details the latest numbers on late-term abortion and live-birth abortion in Canada. *** Mary Harrington’s analysis of the Cass Review and the crumbling transgender consensus: “Transhumanism Or Solidarity? Pick One.” *** From the Washington Post—so mind the leftist slant: “Italy moves to - [WATCH: How the Online Porn Industry is Targeting Children](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/04/22/watch-how-the-online-porn-industry-is-targeting-children/) - I recently went on The News Forum with Tanya Granic Allen and MP Arnold Viersen to discuss the harms of pornography. Check it out: https://twitter.com/TheNewsForum_/status/1775522422139044273 https://twitter.com/TheNewsForum_/status/1775523066367312305 - [Bill Maher calls LGBT indoctrination the "entrapment" of children in scathing monologue](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/04/22/bill-maher-calls-lgbt-indoctrination-the-entrapment-of-children-in-scathing-monolgue/) - Real Time host Bill Maher may be one of the strangest anomalies on late night TV. He is an environmentalist who is staunchly pro-abortion – chillingly, he openly admits that pro-lifers are right and that feticide is murder, but says he supports it anyway because he’s concerned about overpopulation. He is an atheist who has - [What I saw at Corrie ten Boom's Hiding Place](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/04/22/what-i-saw-at-corrie-ten-booms-hiding-place/) - Eighty years ago, on February 28, 1944, the Nazis arrested a Dutch family in Haarlem in the Netherlands. The 84-year-old watchmaker Casper ten Boom—known as “Haarlem’s Grand Old Man”— and his daughters Betsie and Corrie (ages 58 and 52), had been hiding Jews; six people were huddled in a tiny secret room behind a false - [Ben Affleck's daughter is the latest celebrity child to call herself "transgender"](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/04/22/ben-afflecks-daughter-is-the-latest-celebrity-child-to-call-herself-transgender/) - Transgenderism has been trendy for quite some time, and nowhere has this been more prominent than in Hollywood. Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon’s daughter “transitioned” and now identifies as male. Charlize Theron is raising her son Jackson as a girl after he apparently told her he felt female at age three. NBA All-Star Dwayne Wade and his - [New wave of abortion extremism is targeting Europe’s last pro-life holdouts](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/04/22/new-wave-of-abortion-extremism-is-targeting-europes-last-pro-life-holdouts/) - The wave of abortion extremism sweeping Europe continued on April 11, when the European Parliament voted 336-163 in favor of including “access to abortion” in the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights. The vote itself was symbolic – the resolution is non-binding, as an enforceable “right to abortion” would have to receive the backing of all 27 - [WATCH: How porn is fuelling sexual violence among young people](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/04/12/watch-how-porn-is-fuelling-sexual-violence-among-young-people/) - I did an interview on pornography recently with The Radical Center podcast. Give it a watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-8NEsdNu7s&ab_channel=theradicalcenter - [Interview: Dutch pro-life volunteer arrested outside abortion clinic tells her story](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/04/11/interview-dutch-pro-life-volunteer-arrested-outside-abortion-clinic-tells-her-story/) - As abortion extremism sweeps Europe, crackdowns on peaceful pro-life activists have increased. In the UK, there have been multiple arrests outside of abortion clinics, including one woman who was arrested twice simply for praying silently—police actually asked her if she was praying in her head (fortunately, she has since received an apology). Arrests have taken - [The Cass Review: The Transgender Consensus is Collapsing](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/04/11/the-cass-review-the-transgender-consensus-is-collapsing/) - For years, critics of so-called “gender medicine” have made the case that it is not reputable medicine and that the evidence for cross-sex hormones, puberty blockers, and “sex change” surgeries is flawed, faulty, and in many cases, false. Those medical experts were shouted down, fired, and censored. Transgender activists and their political allies asserted that - [Explaining Donald Trump](https://thebridgehead.ca/2015/08/18/explaining-donald-trump/) - Donald Trump as a bloviating fat cat tycoon with a string of expensive properties, bankruptcies, and a reality show, most were not even aware that he had any “Republican leanings”. - [Why does Justin Trudeau want Canadian taxpayers to fund free birth control?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/04/10/why-does-justin-trudeau-want-canadian-taxpayers-to-fund-free-birth-control/) - The year began with a series of cheery headlines. From Global News: “Canada’s fertility rate has hit its lowest level in recorded history.” From the CBC: “Canada’s 2022 fertility rate lowest on record, StatsCan reports.” And, most succinctly, from the National Post: “Canada’s birth rate has dropped off a cliff.” This is catastrophic news. Canada, like any nation, - [Know a Civilization by Whom It Honours](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/04/10/know-a-civilization-by-whom-it-honours/) - Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour. (Esther 6:6) This month, I’ve been working out of the Brussels office of this publication. - [The Post-Christian West: Times columnist says that the sick, elderly should consider euthanasia](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/04/04/the-post-christian-west-times-columnist-says-that-the-sick-elderly-should-consider-euthanasia/) - The legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia have come at a predictable time. After decades of legal abortion and contraceptive use, not a single Western country has a birth rate remotely close to population replacement level. Increasingly aging populations are putting enormous pressure on healthcare systems with fewer taxpayers to support them. The strategy of - [Trudeau is all in on transgenderism (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/04/08/trudeau-is-all-in-on-transgenderism-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** Christopher Rufo explains what Judith Butler—one of the intellectual founders of gender ideology—gets wrong in her latest book: “Trans Factual.” *** This story, by a young girl who is a student at a Catholic school in Ontario, is heartbreaking. Here’s how someone gets sucked - [Men in girls' bathrooms, IVF, and euthanizing the young (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/04/08/men-in-girls-bathrooms-ivf-and-euthanizing-the-young-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** A sobering analysis in the Financial Times. Is demographic decline—and the consequences that will surely follow—inevitable? That looks increasingly likely: “Why family-friendly policies don’t boost birth rates.” *** As the trans movement faces losses in many Western countries, Democrat politicians double down: “Wisconsin governor - [The Miracle of Forgiveness: The Rwandan Genocide, Thirty Years Later](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/04/08/the-miracle-of-forgiveness-the-rwandan-genocide-thirty-years-later/) - Thirty years ago, on 7 April 1994, the Rwandan genocide began. Over the course of 100 days between April and July, armed Hutu militia members murdered 70% of the Tutsi minority—roughly 20% of the Rwandan population. An accurate number of the victims is difficult to determine, but somewhere between 600,000 and 800,000 people were butchered, - [How the Transgender Movement Fuels Conspiracy Theories](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/04/04/how-the-transgender-movement-fuels-conspiracy-theories/) - Ask anyone in your life to define a ‘conspiracy theory,’ and you’ll likely get a different answer. From elections to vaccines, from the ‘deep state’ to Ukraine, there is only one thing that most people now agree on: that establishment narratives are false. There are a range of key contributing factors to this—the internet and - [Sigrid Undset’s Powerful Portrayal of the Consequences of Sin](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/04/02/sigrid-undsets-powerful-portrayal-of-the-consequences-of-sin/) - n his essential book Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution, Carl Trueman observed that the social imaginary that has developed in recent decades (in film, literature, and on TV) is not only post-Christian but increasingly anti-Christian. During a recent interview, I asked him what it might look like for - [Court Jesters of the Sexual Revolution](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/04/02/court-jesters-of-the-sexual-revolution/) - With the release of new comedy specials by Dave Chapelle and Ricky Gervais, we have been treated once again to several rounds of commentary complaining that their jokes about transgenderism are unacceptable and “punching down.” The backlash felt tired this time, since Chapelle and Gervais have proven uncancellable. We’ve all seen this show before. The - [Douglas Murray on what the Israel-Gaza conflict means for the West](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/28/douglas-murray-on-what-the-israel-gaza-conflict-means-for-the-west/) - I'll be writing more on this subject in the weeks to come as the subject of antisemitism on the Right has blown up on X and elsewhere, but in the meantime, I highly recommend this conversation with Douglas Murray on the current war. Murray has been in Israel and Gaza since the aftermath of October - [The Long Island Hitlers (and other children of history's great villains)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/28/the-long-island-hitlers-and-other-children-of-historys-great-villains/) - For decades, the Long Island Hitlers have been living quietly in the New York suburbs. Alexander (whose middle name is Adolf), Louis, and Brian Stuart-Houston—the family name was changed after the war first to Hiller and then to Stuart-Houston—are three of Adolf Hitler’s last surviving relatives, the grandsons of the Nazi dictator’s half-brother Alois Hitler - [The Women Defying America’s Birth Dearth: Why Have A Big Family?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/28/the-women-defying-americas-birth-dearth-why-have-a-big-family/) - Until I read Catherine Pakaluk’s fascinating new book, Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth, I was unaware that I had grown up in what is now considered to be a “large family.” I am the oldest of five children, but my father came from a family of 11 and my mother was one of - [LISTEN: Father's fight to save son in "trans sanctuary state" of California](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/28/listen-fathers-fight-to-save-son-in-trans-sanctuary-state-of-california/) - https://open.spotify.com/episode/4fx3kbx15eKH3qcDXmfhU1 LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST - [Biden White House fights for LGBT flags over American embassies worldwide](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/27/biden-white-house-fights-for-lgbt-flags-over-american-embassies-worldwide/) - It has been less than a decade since the U.S. Supreme Court mandated the redefinition of marriage across all 50 states in the Obergefell v. Hodges decision, transforming legal regimes across America overnight. To celebrate, President Barack Obama lit up the White House with the colors of the LGBT rainbow. It was a triumphal harbinger of things - [Canadian judge rules 27-year-old autistic woman can be euthanized to prevent "irreparable harm" to her](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/27/canadian-judge-rules-27-year-old-autistic-woman-can-be-euthanized-to-prevent-irreparable-harm-to-her/) - On March 14, I reported on the story of a 27-year-old Albertan woman with autism who had been approved for euthanasia in December; she was planning to receive a lethal injection on February 1 when her father, whom she lives with, successfully obtained a temporary court injunction the day prior. Her father argued that her autism and - [The shocking untold history of the man who designed the ‘transgender flag’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/22/the-shocking-untold-history-of-the-man-who-designed-the-transgender-flag/) - A few years ago, the “trans flag” started to pop up everywhere. First created in 1999, the banner of alternating pink, blue, and white stripes flew from city halls; at protests; on government buildings; on public schools, Catholic schools, and even some churches. The creator of the flag described it this way: “The stripes at - [20 days in Mariupol](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/22/20-days-in-mariupol/) - On February 20, 2022, the siege of Mariupol began. The Russian Armed Forces, alongside the Donetsk People’s Republic Militia, battled with the Ukrainian Armed Forces for control the city in southeastern Ukraine for three months. On May 20, the remaining defenders surrendered to Russian forces at the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works factory. When I - [Culture Update: A customer ordered queer books from Target--an employee sent her a Bible](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/22/culture-update-a-customer-ordered-queer-books-from-target-an-employee-sent-her-a-bible/) - A roundup of short culture update columns. *** Target worker’s brilliant swap angers woman who received Bible instead of queer books Nearly 30% of Gen Z women now identify as LGBT, Gallup poll suggests WHO axes transgender activist who said puberty blockers should be ‘default option’ for children Trudeau remains unwilling to back age verification - [Lawton & Van Maren on Justin Trudeau's Orwellian "hate speech" law](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/20/lawton-van-maren-on-justin-trudeaus-orwellian-hate-speech-law/) - Andrew Lawton of True North joined me to discuss what is in Justin Trudeau's "Online Harms Act." Short version: See you in jail, comrades. Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5hV2sqEoHIJsPR877qzvJ7 - [Europe's pro-life royals](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/20/europes-pro-life-royals/) - As a dual American-Canadian citizen, my views on monarchy have always been somewhat schizophrenic. To be an American conservative is to be committed to the legacy of the American Revolution and the Founders; to be a Canadian conservative is to be committed to ‘Queen and Country.’ Queen Elizabeth II, fortunately, made it easy to be - [Man who destroyed Satanic idol at Iowa Capitol charged with hate crime (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/19/man-who-destroyed-satanic-idol-at-iowa-capitol-charged-with-hate-crime-other-stories/) - A roundup of important commentary and news from around the interwebs. *** This man is a hero and I entirely support this act of civil disobedience: "Man accused of destroying Satanic Temple display at Iowa Capitol is now charged with hate crime." *** As the transgender movement continues to reel from scandal to scandal—the WPATH - [WATCH Full documentary: Detrans](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/19/watch-full-documentary-detrans/) - What happens when you get sucked into the gender cult at a young age, begin the process of "transition," and then realize that you've been lied to? This documentary is a heartbreaking must-watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yvjFSX0TB0&ab_channel=PragerU - [Armenia's memorial to the 20th century's first genocide--against 1.5 million Christians](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/19/armenias-memorial-to-the-20th-centurys-first-genocide-against-1-5-million-christians/) - The Armenian Genocide Memorial rests atop the Tsitsernakaberd—literally, “swallow’s fortress”—a hill that rises sharply from alongside the Hrazdan River in Armenian capital of Yerevan. From the hilltop, on a clear day, you can see across the city to Mt. Ararat, where Noah’s Ark came to rest after the Great Flood. Yerevan is one of the - [How a Handful of Billionaires Created the Transgender ‘Movement’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/18/how-a-handful-of-billionaires-created-the-transgender-movement/) - I first came across investigative journalist Jennifer Bilek’s work in 2020, when her essay “The Billionaires Behind the LGBT Movement” was published in First Things. It was a stunning piece—there are several journalists committed to exposing the transgender ‘movement’ (or industry, as Bilek calls it), but nobody has peeled away the façade of civil rights, pink-and-blue - [Backlash in Africa against the LGBT movement (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/15/backlash-in-africa-against-the-lgbt-movement-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** In Africa, the backlash to Western neo-colonialism continues. From the BBC: “Ghana passes bill making identifying as LGBTQ+ illegal.” *** As Republicans scramble to defend IVF in response to the Alabama Supreme Court’s recognition of embryos as human beings, even the mainstream press supplies - [The Collapse of Cultural Christianity—And the Rise of Cultural Queerness](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/14/the-collapse-of-cultural-christianity-and-the-rise-of-cultural-queerness/) - How do nations become post-Christian? To quote Ernest Hemingway: Gradually, and then suddenly. For decades, the United States has been a bastion of religiosity, bucking the trend of secularization, but in recent years, the needle has begun to move. According to a 2019 poll, between 20% and 25% of American adults now identify as ‘nones’ (meaning - [Is woke ideology in retreat in Ireland after two major pro-family referendum victories?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/14/is-woke-ideology-in-retreat-in-ireland-after-two-major-pro-family-referendum-victories/) - For the first time in decades, the Irish elites have received a stunning rebuke from the public, losing two referendums by massive margins in their bid to erase mothers from the Irish constitution. Ben Scallan of the Irish media outlet Gript joined me to discuss what it all means: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ZvBS90AgDRQvURNZbuwgH - [Culture Update: Studies debunk trans movement's claims & parents fight pornography](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/11/culture-update-studies-debunk-trans-movements-claims-parents-fight-pornography/) - A roundup of my latest short culture columns, for those interested: Finnish study proves Trudeau wrong on gender mutilation of kids School boards are silencing parents who object to pornographic materials in their child’s education Radical European politicians are pushing hard to legalize abortion up to birth Top medical journal publishes sham study by Planned - [The Eiffel Tower lights up in celebration of abortion](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/11/the-eiffel-tower-lights-up-in-celebration-of-abortion/) - While working on several research projects for The European Conservative in Brussels recently, I took a daytrip to Paris with my family. It is, by any estimation, one of the greatest capitals in Europe, with a turbulent and bloody history of regicide, revolution, and revenge. The Bouqunistes along the Seine – booksellers of second-hand and ancient books - [The cruelty of John Steinbeck](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/11/the-cruelty-of-john-steinbeck/) - In October 25, the auction house Bonhams in New York hosted the sale of a literary treasure trove—the private collection of Mary Steinbeck Dekker, the youngest sister of the great American novelist John Steinbeck. Included were a signed first edition of In Dubious Battle, which fetched $54,000, along with presentation copies of Tortilla Flat ($58,000), and The Pastures of - [The Agony of Ellen Page](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/11/the-agony-of-ellen-page/) - Last year, Ellen Page—now going by ‘Elliot’ and identifying as a man—released the memoir, Pageboy. The bombshells in Pageboy were not the details of her ‘transition,’ which Page had already discussed at length in a high-profile interview with Oprah Winfrey and included a double mastectomy. (The press, in characteristically Orwellian fashion, used the phrase “removal of breast tissue” - [What Morocco Taught Me About the Decline of the West](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/11/what-morocco-taught-me-about-the-decline-of-the-west/) - I am not a globalist, but I am something of a hypocrite. Which is to say that globalism—cheap flights, affordable lodgings, and a tourist industry with its tentacles in fascinating and far-off places unreachable only a few short generations ago—has given me the opportunity to see dozens of countries and experience cultures around the world. - [The Long March of the Lemmings](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/04/the-long-march-of-the-lemmings/) - In an interview with John Anderson last fall, Douglas Murray delivered a passionate denunciation of a plan by Muslim groups to host the so-called ‘Million Man March’ for Palestine on Remembrance Day. “The soul of England, the soul of Britain, is about to be trampled on very, very visibly by people who are gleeful in - [Why Are Historians Suddenly Discovering So Many Transgenders?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/04/why-are-historians-suddenly-discovering-so-many-transgenders/) - When new ideological movements seize power in institutions, it is always necessary to rewrite history. As an old Soviet joke mocking the communist overhaul of Russian history put it, “The future is certain—it’s only the past that’s unpredictable.” We saw this when the gay rights movement began to gain dominance. Suddenly, it was claimed that - [Canadian Intelligence Service Targets Parental Rights Activists](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/04/canadian-intelligence-service-targets-parental-rights-activists/) - In 2019, Shelly Bruce, then-chief of the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), and David Vigneault, current director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), led a contingent of Canadian security and intelligence officials in the Ottawa Pride Parade, hoisting an LGBT rainbow banner. For those unaware, CSIS is Canada’s rough equivalent to the CIA; the contingent was made - [Former Dutch PM and his wife die by double euthanasia](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/03/04/former-dutch-pm-and-his-wife-die-by-double-euthanasia/) - On February 5, 2024, former Dutch Prime Minister Dries van Agt died holding hands with his wife Eugenie in his hometown of Nijmegen. Both were 93; the elderly couple chose to die by euthanasia. The Rights Forum, an organization founded by van Agt, released a statement on February 9: “He died together and hand in hand with - [Culture Update: Transgender abusers, eugenics, and euthanasia](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/02/21/culture-update-transgender-abusers-eugenics-and-euthanasia/) - A roundup of my latest short culture columns, for those interested: ‘Wrongful birth’ lawsuits show our culture has once again embraced eugenics ‘Transgender’ daycare worker who abused baby girl avoids prison time Leftist politician declares there is ‘no such thing as parental rights in Canada’ British Columbia city defends allowing grown man to change in - [Farewell to pro-life hero John Barros](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/02/21/farewell-to-pro-life-hero-john-barros/) - This column was published at First Things. Florida's most notorious abortion clinic is located at 1103 Lucerne Terrace in downtown Orlando. On the sidewalk directly in front of this clinic, the Orlando Women’s Center, there are two prominent marks in the concrete. They are signs of an extraordinary story. The concrete was worn away by - [Children Who Survived Abortion Tell Their Stories](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/02/21/children-who-survived-abortion-tell-their-stories/) - Twenty-six-year-old Charlie Rosseau was a teenager when her mother told her why she had been born with one arm and one leg. The happy, blond-haired girl from Quebec had never “felt disabled,” but her mother revealed that her missing limbs were the result of a botched abortion she’d had as a teen, but decided not to complete - [Russia’s Christian Dissidents](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/02/19/russias-christian-dissidents/) - “Everything will be alright. And even if it isn’t, we’ll have the consolation of having lived honest lives.” –Alexei Navalny in note smuggled from prison to Yevgenia Albats in April 2021 Russian dissident Alexei Navalny must have known he was a dead man when he boarded a flight back to Russia in January 2021. In - [Nearly half of Canadians supports ban on transgender surgeries for minors (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/02/19/nearly-half-of-canadians-supports-ban-on-transgender-surgeries-for-minors-other-stories/) - A roundup of news from around the interwebs. *** Some bad news from Ecuador: “Ecuador's Constitutional court approves euthanasia.” As well as Poland (although I suspect attempts to legalize abortion will be vetoed by the pro-life president): “Polish lawmakers introduce bill to legalize abortion through first trimester and beyond.” And France: “LGBT Activist Appointed Deputy - [Lost Boys: Transgender ‘Care’ is Castration by Another Name](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/02/15/lost-boys-transgender-care-is-castration-by-another-name/) - In a recent interview with Brandon Showalter of The Christian Post, Forrest Smith told his story. After a struggle with mental illness and complicated family circumstances, Smith began hormone therapy at age 20 and lived for five years identifying as a woman in Portland, Oregon, relying largely on subsidized housing to survive. At that point, he went - [How Christians Should Engage a Post-Rational, Progressive Culture in the Public Square: An Interview with Andrew T. Walker](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/02/13/how-christians-should-engage-a-post-rational-progressive-culture-in-the-public-square-an-interview-with-andrew-t-walker/) - Last year, Aaron Renn posed a question on X: “Who are America’s leading Protestant intellectuals?” The answers were, for the most part, unsatisfying, with a few key exceptions. My own list would be quite different than those proffered by most, and there are some young up-and-comers (Samuel James and Jake Meador, for example) that I suspect will make their - [Readers Respond: Rape Culture, Transgenderism, and Growing Up in Porn World](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/02/13/readers-respond-rape-culture-transgenderism-and-growing-up-in-porn-world/) - Last week, I posed a question in this space: “Is Violent Porn Making Girls Identify as Transgender?” Quoting parents, experts, and my own research, I observed one of the reasons that many girls are rejecting femininity is because of the rape culture created by predominantly violent digital pornography. If our culture is answering the question - [The Trans Movement Conquers Irish Dancing](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/02/09/the-trans-movement-conquers-irish-dancing/) - s there any phrase that sums up liquid modernity’s destruction of tradition better than “transgender Irish dancing?” Somehow, I doubt it—yet here we are. A recent headline in the Irish Independent announced the latest heritage-flattening victory for trans activists: “Transgender Irish dancers allowed to compete in categories matching their gender identity.” To translate that from gender ideology into non-Orwellian - [Is Violent Porn Making Girls Identify as Transgender?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/02/08/is-violent-porn-making-girls-identify-as-transgender/) - In 2022, The Daily Wire released the documentary What is a Woman? The film featured conservative commentator Matt Walsh exploring the titular question through a combination of interviews and on-the-ground reporting, and the results were typically triggering for transgender activists outraged by the film’s success. According to X (formerly Twitter), the documentary accumulated 177 million views on - [Culture Update: Will Ferrell, illegal abortions, and trans activists](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/02/07/culture-update-will-ferrell-illegal-abortions-and-trans-activists/) - A roundup of my latest short culture columns, for those interested: Hollywood star Will Ferrell has become the latest mouthpiece for transgender propaganda UK obstetrics college now advises healthcare staff not to report illegal abortions Girls are being bullied and traumatized by AI deep-fake pornography LGBT activists are scared New Brunswick’s premier will win on - [The Kidnapping of Anne of Green Gables](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/02/07/the-kidnapping-of-anne-of-green-gables/) - Leftists have been trying to kidnap Anne of Green Gables, Canada’s most famous literary icon, for years. The 1908 classic, the first in a series of eight by Lucy Maud Montgomery, sold over 50 million copies and has been translated into 36 languages, making it one of the bestselling novels of all time. The story - [How Covid fuelled a 21st century Peasant's Revolt](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/02/05/how-covid-fuelled-a-21st-century-peasants-revolt/) - As I write, dozens of tractors, one with an enormous manure spreader hitched to it, are blockading off a street near our Brussels office. They moved in during the night and are now hemmed in by police; most of the farmers look like they slept in their cabs. By 10 a.m., a half-dozen or so - [What I saw at the EU farmer's protest](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/02/05/what-i-saw-at-the-eu-farmers-protest/) - On Wednesday night, hundreds of tractors poured into Brussels down the swanky main drag pulling manure spreaders and wagons past luxury shops like Balenciaga and others never before seen through the window of a John Deere cab. The roar of engines, police sirens, and helicopters was ear-splitting. Tractors had been arriving all week, 1,300 in - [Great news: Canada delays implementing euthanasia for the mentally ill (again)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/02/01/great-news-canada-delays-implementing-euthanasia-for-the-mentally-ill-again/) - In a rare piece of good news from Canada, Health Minister Mark Holland announced on January 29 a delay of the Trudeau government’s plan to expand eligibility for euthanasia to those suffering from mental illness. The Trudeau government had already delayed the expansion by a year previously; now, in response to a joint parliamentary committee’s - [Anti-Semitism is surging--and young people are forgetting the Holocaust](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/01/31/anti-semitism-is-surging-and-young-people-are-forgetting-the-holocaust/) - Walk in almost any major European city, and you are likely to come across golden-colored ‘Stolpersteine,’ or ‘stumbling stones’ embedded into the cobblestones. Each marks the last freely chosen residence of a victim of the Holocaust and features an inscription with the person’s name, date of birth, and eventual fate. Some were imprisoned or exiled; - [Andrew Tate Claims “They” Are Lying About WWII](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/01/31/andrew-tate-claims-they-are-lying-about-wwii/) - As if on cue, online influencer and alleged sexual abuser Andrew Tate, who has been promoted by conservative commentators such as Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, is now embracing antisemitism. This comes as no surprise after his consistent refusal, in an interview with Piers Morgan, to condemn the October 7 terrorist attacks perpetrated by Hamas against Jewish civilians; his - [The normalization of polyamory](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/01/31/the-normalization-of-polyamory/) - I have been covering the push for the normalization of polyamory for several years now, as human interest stories on formalized cheating came into vogue. In California during 2017, a ‘throuple’ of men first successfully petitioned a judge to put all three of them on the birth certificate of a little girl named Piper before authoring - [Can Christians attend gay weddings? (and other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/01/31/can-christians-attend-gay-weddings-and-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** At First Things, Senator Josh Hawley explains how the Bible shaped America—and why we must return to it: “Our Christian Nation.” *** A good and helpful essay from Carl Trueman: “Can Christians attend gay weddings?” *** From the Guardian: “What happens when a school - [‘MrBeast’ Normalizes Transgenderism](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/01/24/mrbeast-normalizes-transgenderism/) - When Bruce Jenner announced to ABC’s Diane Sawyer that he identified as a woman in April 2015, it was a global tipping point for the transgender movement. Nearly 17 million people watched, and headlines, newscasts, and the internet exploded in its wake. Jenner, after all, is a member of the Kardashian clan, one of the - [Ottawa spends millions to create a "gender-inclusive environment" in Iraq (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/01/17/ottawa-spends-millions-to-create-a-gender-inclusive-environment-in-iraq-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** Over at The Blaze, Jason Whitlock takes on the pornification of professional sports—and the pornification of everything. Photographs that could once only be found in softcore magazines purchased on the sly now show up in nearly everyone’s feeds, regardless of their interests. *** In - [Peru passes law recognizing unborn children as human beings](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/01/17/peru-passes-law-recognizing-unborn-children-as-human-beings/) - Despite setbacks, the pro-life movement in South America continues to achieve significant victories in their battle to implement and buttress laws protecting pre-born children in the womb from abortion. Peru, for example, has recently come under fire for its pro-life laws, with “Open Democracy” publishing a report last month titled “How Peruvian feminists risk their safety to - [People are getting fed up: Viral video shows Delta Air Lines employee shutting down trans activist](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/01/17/people-are-getting-fed-up-viral-video-shows-delta-air-lines-employee-shutting-down-trans-activist/) - Most viral videos enjoy a shelf life of days; viral trends come and go so quickly that it is difficult to keep up. But every so often, a video clip captures the cultural zeitgeist in a way that seems significant. I could very well be wrong, but I suspect that a viral clip of a - [Pornhub's brand ambassador celebrated child rape](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/01/17/pornhubs-brand-ambassador-celebrated-child-rape/) - A brand ambassador is “a person who represents and advertises a company, supports its offers and acts as the embodiment of the company’s corporate identity through words and actions.” Most major companies employ them; often the role is filled by professional athletes or celebrities. Pornhub’s brand ambassador is American porn actress and director Asa Akira, - ["Kill the Boer": South Africa's Hypocrisy on Israel](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/01/17/kill-the-boer-south-africas-hypocrisy-on-israel/) - First published at The European Conservative At a massive Johannesburg rally in July 2023, Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters party, grabbed the microphone and began to chant. “Kill the Boer! The farmer!” he bellowed. The crowd of 100,000 joined in the song, an old “anti-apartheid” ditty titled “Kill the Boer,” a reference to - [Sir Roger Scruton Against the Sexual Revolution](https://thebridgehead.ca/2024/01/17/sir-roger-scruton-against-the-sexual-revolution/) - This essay was first published on January 12 at The European Conservative. Social media won't let me post it due to Canadian law. In May 1968, a 24-year-old Roger Scruton watched from an apartment window in Paris as the streets below him roiled with rage. Students were screaming, throwing cobblestones through plate-glass shop windows, pulling - [The CBC's campaign against parental rights, revealed](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/21/the-cbcs-campaign-against-parental-rights-revealed/) - Over the past year, I have been consistently covering the way that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and other Canadian media outlets have been serving as an activist propaganda arm for the LGBT movement, publishing – almost without exception – relentlessly negative coverage of recent parental rights legislation in several provinces. The claims of LGBT - [Middle schoolers are now using AI to create ‘deepfake’ pornography of their classmates](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/21/middle-schoolers-are-now-using-ai-to-create-deepfake-pornography-of-their-classmates/) - A recent news story out of Alabama should be getting far more attention than it is, because it is a glimpse into the future. Middle school students are using artificial intelligence (AI) to create pornographic images of their female classmates: A group of mothers in Demopolis say their daughters’ pictures were used with artificial intelligence to - [The Van Maren Show Episode 244: The abortion pill heads to the U.S. Supreme Court](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/20/the-van-maren-show-episode-244-the-abortion-pill-heads-to-the-u-s-supreme-court/) - https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Ig5tFs0Ohl0FZYFslILQk LISTEN TO THIS SHOW ON OTHER PLATFORMS - [NBA player gave Instagram model no ‘choice’ but to ‘get an abortion lol’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/20/nba-player-gave-instagram-model-no-choice-but-to-get-an-abortion-lol/) - Earlier this week, Instagram model Paige Jordae publicly posted a message sent to her by Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards insisting that she get an abortion even though she didn’t want one. Lila Rose of Live Action posted screenshots of the messages: The messages make for tough reading. Edwards responds to Jordae saying she has - [The Enduring Power of Shakespeare: 400 Years After the First Folio](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/19/the-enduring-power-of-shakespeare-400-years-after-the-first-folio/) - In October 2023, Dame Judi Dench appeared on Graham Norton’s talk show with a clutch of other celebrities—but she wasn’t there to make small talk. She was there to talk about her first love. Her memoir of her life with the Bard, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent, was published on November 8. Shakespeare, she - [The lazy slander of the pro-life movement](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/19/the-lazy-slander-of-the-pro-life-movement/) - Last week, a friend sent me an episode of “The Roys Report” podcast, featuring an interview between blogger Julie Roys and Tim Alberta of The Atlantic about his new book The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism. During the discussion, Alberta noted that the pro-life movement should have spent the past five decades - [There’s still time to stop Trudeau’s plan to legalize assisted suicide for people with mental illness](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/19/theres-still-time-to-stop-trudeaus-plan-to-legalize-assisted-suicide-for-people-with-mental-illness/) - On November 25, I attended a town hall meeting in Oxford County hosted by Conservative MP Arpan Khanna on Canada’s metastasizing euthanasia regime. The speakers included MPs Ed Fast, Michael Cooper, Tako Van Popta, and Dr. Stephen Ellis. All highlighted the danger of the Trudeau government’s plan to expand euthanasia to those suffering from mental - [Travels with Charles](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/18/travels-with-charles/) - Six months after the Russian invasion, I meet Charles Coloumbe at his apartment outside Vienna for our trip to Ukraine. We have never met, coordinating our trip entirely over Zoom. He is wearing a gray suit, bowtie, and fedora, and my first impression is that he is a journalist of the old school—Jimmy Stewart in The - [Seattle 10th grader reportedly fails quiz over saying women cannot have male genitals](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/18/seattle-10th-grader-reportedly-fails-quiz-over-saying-women-cannot-have-male-genitals/) - On February 6, 2021, 16-year-old Josh Alexander showed up for class at St. Joseph’s Catholic High School in Renfrew, Ontario. It was, as it turned out, an act of defiance. In November, he’d been suspended from school for stating during a class discussion that there were only two genders. He had also brought up the - [Former Navy pilot beheads Satanic idol set up in Iowa Capitol](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/18/former-navy-pilot-beheads-satanic-idol-set-up-in-iowa-capitol/) - On December 14, former Navy pilot Michael Cassidy walked into the Iowa State Capitol, strode to an exhibit set up by the Satanic Temple of Iowa, and shoved over a statue of Baphomet, a demonic idol. He then decapitated the statue, and put the head in a garbage can. Cassidy, a Christian, told The Sentinel that the - [Activists use polling data to claim America is pro-abortion. Here’s why that’s misleading](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/15/activists-use-polling-data-to-claim-america-is-pro-abortion-heres-why-thats-misleading/) - Since the Dobbs decision, abortion activists have rushed to make the case that America is a fundamentally pro-choice country; that every poll clearly says this; and that Dobbs was a catastrophic example of judicial overreach bordering on tyranny. For years, Gallup polling on abortion showed something quite different – that Americans are fairly evenly split on abortion and had - [A few must-watch Christian documentaries](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/15/a-few-must-watch-christian-documentaries/) - For decades, the world of documentaries has been dominated by secular giants such as National Geographic and the BBC. Gone are the days when the BBC gave Christian apologists such as Malcolm Muggeridge a free hand to create films such as A Third Testament or Something Beautiful for God; now, the beautiful nature documentaries of Sir David Attenborough take the - [European court orders Poland to pay damages to woman denied abortion for Down syndrome baby](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/15/european-court-orders-poland-to-pay-damages-to-woman-denied-abortion-for-down-syndrome-baby/) - The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled in favor of eugenic abortions on December 14, stating that Poland’s 2020 law protecting pre-born children with Down syndrome violated a woman’s right to privacy after she left the country to abort her child following a Down syndrome diagnosis. The ECHR ruled that the law did not - [Why your kids should read Jim Kjelgaard](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/14/why-your-kids-should-read-jim-kjelgaard/) - Every boy has a handful of writers who shaped their childhood, and for some reason, most of them are about dogs. There is something about the freedom of a boy and his dog and the fens, forests, and fields that captures the imagination—and one of the very best at capturing that boyhood vision was James - [Javier Milei’s presidency sparks hope for the pro-life movement in Argentina](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/14/javier-mileis-presidency-sparks-hope-for-the-pro-life-movement-in-argentina/) - Like many conservatives, I watched the rise of Javier Milei in Argentina with great interest – most notably, his opposition to abortion and the LGBT movement. I began following his career trajectory earlier than most not due to his economic policies – that is not my area of expertise, and I don’t claim any expertise - [Is there such a thing as pro-life satire?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/14/is-there-such-a-thing-as-pro-life-satire/) - Humor and satire have long been an underused tool in the pro-life movement’s toolbox, and it isn’t difficult to see why. Abortion, after all, is a deadly serious matter, and dead babies are nothing to joke about. Despite the fact that abortion activists have tried to make feticide a punchline, it is no laughing matter. - [The Van Maren Show Episode 243: The parents who "transitioned" their children](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/14/the-van-maren-show-episode-243-the-parents-who-transitioned-their-children/) - https://open.spotify.com/episode/448K4SqU9zETrKMTGabxd6 LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST ON OTHER PLATFORMS - [Abortion victim imagery is the most effective tool to convert people to the pro-life cause](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/13/abortion-victim-imagery-is-the-most-effective-tool-to-convert-people-to-the-pro-life-cause/) - Protect Life Michigan, one of the largest youth-driven pro-life organizations in the Great Lakes State, has released a must-watch video titled “Our Strategy to Win the Pro-Life Fight.” “Can I be honest? The pro-life movement is getting its butt kicked at the ballot box,” executive director Christen Polo stated. “With these losses, many of us - [Canada’s euthanasia regime has become a tragic punchline across the world](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/13/canadas-euthanasia-regime-has-become-a-tragic-punchline-across-the-world/) - Earlier this year, I posted a meme on Facebook that brutally skewered Canada’s euthanasia regime. It showed an American doctor telling a patient his stitches would cost $58,000; a British doctor that the waitlist for stitches was 38 months; and a Canadian doctor solicitously inquiring: “Have you considered killing yourself?” (Another variation of the same - [50-year-old man competes as woman against little girls--and uses their changeroom (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/11/50-year-old-man-competes-as-woman-against-little-girls-and-uses-their-changeroom-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** It’s 2023, and men are better women than women are: “Males Seize Gold and Silver At Women’s Cycling Championship In Illinois.” *** This story, unfolding in Texas, will likely have ramifications that ripple for years: “Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocks woman from getting emergency - [Parents furious after 11-year-old girl assigned to sleep in bed with "trans" boy on school trip](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/09/parents-furious-after-11-year-old-girl-assigned-to-sleep-in-bed-with-trans-boy-on-school-trip/) - For years now, trans activists have been spearheading the forced integration of trans-identifying males into female-only spaces. The results have been predictable. As I wrote earlier, girls have risked urinary tract infections rather than use the bathroom with boys. Girls have pled with adults to keep the boys out of their changing rooms, but even their tears do not shake the - [UK draws up "blacklist" of countries that have adopted transgender premises](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/08/uk-draws-up-blacklist-of-countries-that-have-adopted-transgender-premises/) - Here’s a story I never expected to see: According to the Daily Mail, government ministers in the United Kingdom “have drawn up a blacklist of countries that they say allow people to change gender too easily—meaning their citizens will be forced to comply with tougher British rules if they move to the UK.” According to Whitehall - [Protecting children from transgender mutilation should be a litmus test for conservatives](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/08/protecting-children-from-transgender-mutilation-should-be-a-litmus-test-for-conservatives/) - If there is a litmus test for what constitutes a “conservative,” surely opposition to sex change surgeries, cross-sex hormones, and puberty blockers for children must be one of them. If “conservatives” buckle on that, after all – something that most would not have believed possible a decade ago – what won’t they buckle on? If - [Canadian cancer patients offered assisted suicide in lieu of treatment](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/08/canadian-cancer-patients-offered-assisted-suicide-in-lieu-of-treatment/) - On October 7, 2023, Dan Quayle – a British Columbian, not the former vice president of the United States – turned 52. He was hoping to be told that he could begin chemotherapy after being diagnosed with esophageal cancer. It was not to be. “After 10 weeks in hospital, Quayle, a gregarious grandfather who put - [What does the election of Geert Wilders mean for Christians?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/07/what-does-the-election-of-geert-wilders-mean-for-christians/) - In an interview with Mark Steyn for the Jewish Independent over a decade ago, I mentioned several ‘far-right’ figures and included the name of Geert Wilders, the Dutch MP who had emerged as one of Islam’s fiercest critics during the War on Terror years. “What are you talking about?” Steyn sputtered, “I’m far-right: pro-life, pro-traditional marriage. I - [Democrat strategist calls Mike Johnson’s Christian beliefs ‘a bigger threat than Al-Qaeda’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/07/democrat-strategist-calls-mike-johnsons-christian-beliefs-a-bigger-threat-than-al-qaeda/) - I’ve written several columns in this space about the weird media meltdown in response to new U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. First, journalists rushed to tell on themselves by mocking the fact that Johnson and his son use Covenant Eyes, an accountability software designed to help people keep their lives porn-free. Then there was the spate - [The Van Maren Show Episode 242: How the LGBT movement hijacked the entertainment industry](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/07/the-van-maren-show-episode-242-how-the-lgbt-movement-hijacked-the-entertainment-industry/) - https://open.spotify.com/episode/6KccotX2VdEKUcfbZylxDo LISTEN TO THIS SHOW ON OTHER PLATFORMS - [Another study exposes the transgender medical complex for the horror show it is](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/07/another-study-exposes-the-transgender-medical-complex-for-the-horror-show-it-is/) - Last November, the Trudeau government announced their plan to spend tens of millions of taxpayer dollars on transgender “care,” with the medical director of funding recipient Trans Care BC stating – and I’m not making this up – that: “In keeping with Trans Care BC’s strong commitment to inclusion, our team is weaving decolonizing and intersectional approaches into - [Rainbow blowback: African countries turn away from the West over LGBT agenda](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/06/rainbow-blowback-african-countries-turn-away-from-the-west-over-lgbt-agenda/) - On August 29 of this year, a CNN headline went viral on X (formerly Twitter): “Two men in Uganda are facing separate charges of ‘aggravated homosexuality,’ an offense punishable by death under the country’s controversial new anti-gay laws.” It was a headline designed to affirm what the mainstream press had been saying for some time - [Tomboy "detransitioner" who had her breasts surgically removed breaks down with regret](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/06/tomboy-detransitioner-who-had-her-breasts-surgically-removed-breaks-down-with-regret/) - There’s a quote from Abigail Shrier in Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters that I think of often. Shrier is detailing the ways in which struggling teen girls often grasp at gender ideology as an answer to problems – an answer that seems both easily available and socially popular. “Perhaps the greatest risk of all for - [The rise of ‘porn-made pedophiles’ should be considered a global emergency](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/01/the-rise-of-porn-made-pedophiles-should-be-considered-a-global-emergency/) - If we are going to halt the rise of sexual violence in our culture, we are going to have to find a way to deal with the problem of pervasive and compulsive porn consumption. Scarcely a week goes by without more stomach-churning evidence for this fact – and yet, despite that, most people seem determined - [How the LGBT movement hijacked Walt Disney's storytelling empire](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/12/01/how-the-lgbt-movement-hijacked-walt-disneys-storytelling-empire/) - “I have watched constantly that in my work the highest moral and spiritual standards are upheld, whether my productions deal with fable or with stories of living action,” Walt Disney wrote in 1949. “I was grounded in old-fashioned religious observance. My people were zealous members of the Congregational Church in our hometown, Marceline, Missouri.” Indeed, - [Some European countries sterilize disabled people without their consent](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/30/some-european-countries-sterilize-disabled-people-without-their-consent/) - According to a report by The New York Times on November 25, many people with disabilities are being sterilized without their consent. According to Sarah Hurtes, who reports from across Europe and spent over a month in Iceland working on the investigation: “Forced sterilization, with its history of racism and eugenics, is banned under multiple international treaties. Thirty-seven - [The Van Maren Show Episode 240: The naked cruelty of the transgender movement](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/29/the-van-maren-show-episode-240-the-naked-cruelty-of-the-transgender-movement/) - https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ZLLFPnOCInmmnsTkvkjwU LISTEN TO THIS SHOW ON OTHER PLATFORMS - [Inside Andrew Tate's War Room](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/29/inside-andrew-tates-war-room/) - It is June 2021 and Andrew Tate is teaching members of his exclusive on-line ‘War Room’ how to manipulate young women into sex work. He has recently hooked up with a girl and is working to get her onto Only Fans. Psychological manipulation is key. “Remember what I said,” he writes. “When I’m away I - [Andrew Lawton & Jonathon Van Maren on Andrew Tate](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/29/andrew-lawton-jonathon-van-maren-on-andrew-tate/) - As some of you may have seen, The European Conservative recently published an investigative report I co-authored with Steffan Moens titled "Inside Andrew Tate's War Room," where we detail his brutal psychological warfare against women after reviewing private chat logs from The War Room given to us by a source who wishes to remain anonymous. - [Why does the U.K. sentence some disabled babies to death?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/29/why-does-the-u-k-sentence-some-disabled-babies-to-death/) - A Christian legal group in England has come to the aid of parents desperate to ensure their disabled children continue to receive life-supporting care, much to the disgust of those who believe such children are better off dead. On November 13, Indi Gregory, a baby girl diagnosed with a mitochondrial disease, died after a UK - [Canadian human rights commission claims Christmas is "intolerant" (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/28/canadian-human-rights-commission-claims-christmas-is-intolerant-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** A report from the New York Times on some of the ableist practices still common around the Western world: “Despite Bans, Disabled Women Are Still Being Sterilized in Europe.” *** From the Western Standard: “Regina Public Library changes Drag Queen Story Hour to include - [Sweden accused of "neo-colonialism" in lobbying for decriminalization of abortion in Liberia](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/28/sweden-accused-of-neo-colonialism-in-lobbying-for-decriminalization-of-abortion-in-liberia/) - The Swedish empassy in Liberia has denied involvement in a bribery scandal relating to efforts to legalize abortion in that country. The Liberian government’s attempt to force abortion legislation through the Senate is rife with corruption, including the bribing of legislators in exchange for favorable votes, according to multiple highly placed sources in Liberia. Abortion - [UK court blocks parents' request to stop "non-binary" teen's double mastectomy](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/27/uk-court-blocks-parents-request-to-stop-non-binary-teens-double-mastectomy/) - The High Court of the United Kingdom has rejected a legal bid by the parents of a 17-year-old girl to prevent her from getting a double mastectomy. The child identifies as “non-binary”— which LGBT activists define as identifying outside the male-female gender binary — and had allegedly begun identifying as both “non-binary” and “lesbian” at - [The year of the celebrity abortion memoir](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/27/the-year-of-the-celebrity-abortion-memoir/) - It is the year of abortion memoirs. In her autobiography Paris, published earlier this year, the first “famous for being famous” celebrity Paris Hilton revealed that when she was 22 years old, she had an abortion. Hilton was – and is – a scion of one of the wealthiest families in the world. When she was - [CNN reports that the birthrate is going up in states with pro-life laws](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/24/cnn-reports-that-the-birthrate-is-going-up-in-states-with-pro-life-laws/) - It is true that since the overturn of Roe v. Wade, the pro-life movement has faced a series of challenges. Most notably, the abortion movement has won seven straight abortion referendums, highlighting their advantage in direct democracy initiatives. (I recently reviewed the flaws in the pro-life movement’s strategy for First Things and on the podcast.) I observed that despite these - [The Van Maren Show Episode 239: What should pro-lifers learn from referendum losses?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/22/the-van-maren-show-episode-239-what-should-pro-lifers-learn-from-referendum-losses/) - https://open.spotify.com/episode/2T8RziIrFmIrR8TxsqFI32 LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST ON OTHER PLATFORMS HERE - [Texas scores victory against the porn industry--and French human rights watchdog advocates porn ban](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/22/texas-scores-victory-against-the-porn-industry-and-french-human-rights-watchdog-advocates-porn-ban/) - In a victory for the forces of sanity and innocence, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals voted in favor of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday, November 15 in his bid to protect a law requiring age verification on porn websites. The law – House Bill 1181 – was passed earlier this year - [Churches are facing a choice: Scriptural revelation, or Sexual Revolution?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/21/churches-are-facing-a-choice-scriptural-revelation-or-sexual-revolution/) - In the coming decade, Carl Trueman wrote recently, every single church still calling itself Christian will face a choice: Do we follow Scriptural revelation, or the Sexual Revolution? Catechism, or culture? In the world, or of the world? The cross, or the rainbow flag? Mainline Protestantism has, for the most part, cast its lot in - [Pro-lifers were right about euthanasia in Canada. Suicide advocates were wrong.](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/21/pro-lifers-were-right-about-euthanasia-in-canada-suicide-advocates-were-wrong/) - Scarcely a week goes by in Canada without another gut-wrenching story emerging from the frontlines of our euthanasia regime. There is Rosina, the young woman who opted for assisted suicide because of her crippling loneliness; she selected the day of her death, September 25, 2021, because it was the birthday of her ex-husband. There is the man requesting assisted - [The post-Christian media is enormously ignorant about Christianity](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/21/the-post-christian-media-is-enormously-ignorant-about-christianity/) - One aspect of the post-Christian era in the West is that ordinary Christian views held by ordinary Christian people are almost entirely unknown to a growing portion of our populations. It should not be news that Christians in public positions hold beliefs that virtually all Christians have held for thousands of years and yet, because - [U.K. judges sentence baby girl to death (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/16/u-k-judges-sentence-baby-girl-to-death-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** Another tragedy from the U.K.’s National Health Service: “Baby Indi Gregory has died after being removed from life support.” An excerpt: Indi Gregory, a baby diagnosed with a mitochondrial disease, has died after a UK judge ruled her life support could be removed against her parents’ - [Finnish politician Paivi Rasanen finally exonerated of all hate crimes charges (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/16/finnish-politician-paivi-rasanen-finally-exonerated-of-all-hate-crimes-charges-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** Another awful story from the front lines of Canada’s euthanasia regime, this time from The Hub: “Palliative Care was supposed to be a ‘safeguard’ for MAiD. Instead, it’s becoming a casualty.” *** Finally, some accountability for trans smear merchants. From The Daily Mail: “Transgender - [The Van Maren Show Episode 238: A therapist answers questions about relationships & porn](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/16/the-van-maren-show-episode-238-a-therapist-answers-questions-about-relationships-porn/) - https://open.spotify.com/episode/6QlekdVOhfVgnrWK2rHeS7 LISTEN TO THIS SHOW ON OTHER PLATFORMS - [Trudeau attacks Poilievre on gender ideology and parental rights to stop slump in polls](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/16/trudeau-attacks-poilievre-on-gender-ideology-and-parental-rights-to-stop-slump-in-polls/) - On November 5, federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre hosted a meet and greet in Richmond Hill, Ontario, with former Conservative MP Costas Menegakis. In his short speech, Poilievre emphasized – once again – his support for parental rights. “Justin Trudeau does not have the right to impose his radical gender ideology on our kids and - [India's Supreme Court refuses to legalize same-sex marriage (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/14/indias-supreme-court-refuses-to-legalize-same-sex-marriage-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** From PITT: “Seattle Activists Submit Formal Demand to School Board: ‘Get Gender Identity Ideology Out of Our Schools.’” More of this, please. *** This, from Aaron Renn, is very interesting—especially in the context of the conversation around masculinity these days: “Evangelicals Need to Stop - [Welcome to transgender clown world](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/14/welcome-to-transgender-clown-world/) - Every month, we are treated to dozens of news stories that highlight the breaking down of biological boundaries. These stories highlight the fact that our society has descended into farce – although with results that are as sinister as they are ridiculous. It is important that we do not grow accustomed to them – that we do not lose - [A Christian Remembrance Day in Canada](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/14/a-christian-remembrance-day-in-canada/) - Last week, I wrote a column for The European Conservative on the Trudeau government’s attempt to secularize Remembrance Day by mandating that explicitly Christian prayers and symbolism be omitted. The stated reasons for this were two-fold: first, to avoid triggering members of the military who might identify as irreligious and second, because many faith traditions - [Joe Rogan, Oliver Anthony, Billie Eilish, Bill Maher: Celebrities Against Pornography](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/14/joe-rogan-oliver-anthony-billie-eilish-bill-maher-celebrities-against-pornography/) - This essay was first published at First Things Over the past several years, the public discussion on pornography has undergone a distinct shift. Criticizing pornography or advocating restrictions was once considered the purview of prudes, but that has changed. Porn-inspired sexual violence is now so normal that nearly a quarter of adult American women have reported feeling - [The Personal Narratives of Hoyer’s Beyond the Wall](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/14/the-personal-narratives-of-hoyers-beyond-the-wall/) - A Review of Beyond the Wall Katja Hoyer was four years old in October 1989 when her father took her to the top of the Fernsehturm—the Television Tower—in East Berlin. It was supposed to be a holiday treat, but from the tower, Hoyer and her father could see police officers arresting protestors in the grey - [The Internet is “A Lot Like Pornography”: An Interview with Samuel D. James](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/14/the-internet-is-a-lot-like-pornography-an-interview-with-samuel-d-james/) - Like most of my generation, I don’t remember when internet optimism began—but I remember when it ended. I graduated high school in 2006 and the first iPhone was released in 2007, so my childhood was largely unmarred by the now-omnipresent screens that dominate the childhoods of all but a few with hyper-vigilant parents consciously swimming - [Cutting God out of Remembrance Day](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/14/cutting-god-out-of-remembrance-day/) - Every year on November 11, Canadians across the country cluster in the cold around cenotaphs of concrete and stone to commemorate our war dead. In a society almost entirely devoid of tradition and ritual, Remembrance Day ceremonies wield particular power: the tread of boots on asphalt in the silence as the military parade passes by; - [Cruelty cloaked as compassion: The transgender movement's war on women](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/14/cruelty-cloaked-as-compassion-the-transgender-movements-war-on-women/) - A November 3 post on X (formerly Twitter) from J.K. Rowling caught my eye recently. It was her comment on the decision of an Australian court to mandate that the ‘preferred pronouns’ of people identifying as transgender be used as a “matter of respect” to ensure “public confidence in the proper administration of justice.” As Rowling - [Pornography is destroying childhood and changing sexual desire. Here's how.](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/14/pornography-is-destroying-childhood-and-changing-sexual-desire-heres-how/) - Holly Bourne is a best-selling British author who has several critically acclaimed novels to her name – all of them in the category of youth fiction. She is also a whistleblower, and in a recent column for the Daily Mail, Bourne details how ubiquitous porn use among young people is creating a toxic rape culture that makes life - [Speaker Mike Johnson, Covenant Eyes, and why the media is lying about porn](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/14/speaker-mike-johnson-covenant-eyes-and-why-the-media-is-lying-about-porn/) - Anyone who regularly reads my columns or listens to my podcast knows that I am a big fan of Covenant Eyes, the accountability software designed to help those struggling with pornography to get free and to ensure that those who are free of pornography stay that way. Just in the past few months, I have interviewed - [How atheistic Darwinism led the West into a dark age of eugenics](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/14/how-atheistic-darwinism-led-the-west-into-a-dark-age-of-eugenics/) - In August, the National Post’s Tristin Hopper published an informative essay titled “The time when Canada’s elite wanted to sterilize ‘insane’ and disabled people,” a cautionary tale on following the fads of the moment. The history of eugenics, which I detailed in my 2016 book The Culture War, is a largely forgotten chapter in the Western story – - [Humanists UK is seeking to make LGBT education mandatory for all children](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/14/humanists-uk-is-seeking-to-make-lgbt-education-mandatory-for-all-children/) - Humanists UK, an atheist organization, has been in the news quite a lot lately. They recently intervened in a high-profile case at the Belfast Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland after the Department of Education appealed a 2022 High Court ruling stating that “exclusively Christian RE [religious education] and worship” in schools was discrimination against non-Christian - [Aborted babies are being burned for fuel](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/14/aborted-babies-are-being-burned-for-fuel/) - On March 25, 2022, a truck driver who works for the biomedical waste company hired to dispose of children aborted at the Washington Surgi-Clinic looked the other way to give pro-life sidewalk counselor Lauren Handy the opportunity to take two boxes. Stuffed inside the medical waste containers within were the remains of 115 children. A.J. Hurley, a - [7% of Canadians believe pedophilia is "morally acceptable"](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/14/7-of-canadians-believe-pedophilia-is-morally-acceptable/) - During the early 2000s, the New Atheist Movement – led by the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,” Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the lesser-known Daniel Dennett – championed the idea that “anti-theism” was the ticket to enlightenment. That is, it wasn’t just true that God didn’t exist – it was good that it was true, because the - [Greenland women accuse Denmark of inserting IUDs without their consent in eugenics program](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/14/greenland-women-accuse-denmark-of-inserting-iuds-without-their-consent-in-eugenics-program/) - Over the last several years, the reality of neo-colonialism – a top-down push by the elites at the United Nations, the European Union, and in many Western governments to reduce the populations of developing nations – has come into focus. Nigerian pro-life activist Obianuju Ekeocha has been exposing this agenda through her work, including her - [Contemporary "Christian" singer Derek Webb dons a dress to align with the LGBT movement](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/14/contemporary-christian-singer-derek-webb-dons-a-dress-to-align-with-the-lgbt-movement/) - To be up front about my bias: I think much of contemporary Christian music is garbage, and that many of the bands and singers are part of the most toxic aspect of evangelical celebrity culture. That’s not the point of this column, but I wanted to get that out of the way at the outset. - [Eddie Izzard's transgender culture war](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/14/eddie-izzards-transgender-culture-war/) - By now, we are all used to classics of the Western canon getting cancelled, from Cambridge compiling literary blacklists, book-burnings in Quebec, and Canadian libraries eliminating all books not published recently. Those classics that are not discarded completely are being reinterpreted. LGBT characters are magically being discovered as if the books exist entirely independently of their - [LGBT activist teachers promising to defy the law in Saskatchewan--and keep secrets about children](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/14/lgbt-activist-teachers-promising-to-defy-the-law-in-saskatchewan-and-keep-secrets-about-children/) - One of the most encouraging aspects of the public conversation on parental rights in Canada is the fact that politicians who are primarily libertarian in their outlook—such as federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith—are also voicing their support for parental rights in education. At the recent United Conservative Party convention in - [The beautiful, inspiring 2,000-year history of the pro-life movement](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/13/the-beautiful-inspiring-2000-year-history-of-the-pro-life-movement/) - With the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision last year declaring that abortion is not a constitutional right, mainstream publications have hastened to present a view of the history of abortion in America today that presents the pro-life movement as a politically driven modern aberration with roots in white supremacy or other sinister ideologies. It is an attempt - [Infanticide advocate Peter Singer now championing ‘open discussion’ on bestiality](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/11/13/infanticide-advocate-peter-singer-now-championing-open-discussion-on-bestiality/) - Whenever a truly reprehensible idea that manages to offend even the dulled moral sensibilities of the Western public is advocated, it is nearly always an ethicist doing it. To those unfamiliar with the academic field of ethics, this might seem counterintuitive. When most people hear the term “ethical,” they think of striving to do the - [This is gender ideology in practice: The gut-wrenching stories of de-transitioners](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/28/this-is-gender-ideology-in-practice-the-gut-wrenching-stories-of-de-transitioners/) - Over the past several years, the mainstream press has been working overtime to debunk the testimonies of “de-transitioners” – the men and women, most of them very young, who underwent various transgender interventions, such as puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and “sex change” surgeries. Those of you who read this blog regularly will have read many - [Japan caves to LGBT pressure, removes barriers to changing sex on gov’t documents](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/28/japan-caves-to-lgbt-pressure-removes-barriers-to-changing-sex-on-govt-documents/) - On October 25, the 15-judge Supreme Court of Japan struck down a law stipulating that trans-identifying people must obtain a formal diagnosis of “Gender Identity Disorder” as well as undergo “sex change” surgeries prior to being able to officially change their sex on government documents such as family registries. The law, passed in 2003, required - [Understanding our strange new world](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/26/understanding-our-strange-new-world/) - If I had to recommend a single book that explains what has happened to Western civilization from a historical and intellectual point of view, I would urge you to read Carl Trueman’s Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution, published last year by Crossway. Trueman is a professor and - [The Van Maren Show Episode 237: Your questions about porn answered](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/26/the-van-maren-show-episode-237-your-questions-about-porn-answered/) - https://open.spotify.com/episode/7srWjctVrwyU20tqYboMxX LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST ON OTHER PLATFORMS - [13,200 Canadians died by euthanasia last year--over 4% of all deaths](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/25/13200-canadians-died-by-euthanasia-last-year-over-4-of-all-deaths/) - On September 28, journalist Alexander Raikin made a prediction. Raikin has been reporting on Canada’s euthanasia regime for several years, producing some of the best journalism available on the subject and exposing how “MAiD” – the euphemism used by the government and medical professionals to describe death by lethal injection – is administered. “I’m calling - [We Will Be Blamed for Transgender Crimes](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/25/we-will-be-blamed-for-transgender-crimes/) - Several years ago, I watched a rage-fuelled protest unfold outside the Toronto Public Library. The feminist gender-critical advocate Megan Murphy had been invited to speak, and Canadian transgender activists treated this as an active threat to their very existence. Watching the mob shriek and threaten those attending an event featuring a speaker who holds progressive - [Transgender activists are using this classic strategy to numb the public to their radical agenda](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/24/transgender-activists-are-using-this-classic-strategy-to-numb-the-public-to-their-radical-agenda/) - Anyone who consumes digital media or uses social media will be familiar with “information overload.” What is less understood, however, is that information overload is also a strategy. If you want the public to believe something, simply hammer their senses with the same stories, over and over again. This leads to what is known as “the illusory - [Pro-LGBT elites lie about Matthew Shepard’s murder to smear those who oppose their agenda](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/24/pro-lgbt-elites-lie-about-matthew-shepards-murder-to-smear-those-who-oppose-their-agenda/) - Twenty-five years after the murder of Matthew Shepard, the press, the politicians, and the president of the United States came out to repeat a propagandistic lie that has long been used to push for the criminalization of dissent from the LGBT agenda. As the Guardian put it: “Shepard’s death has long been memorialized as a hate crime - [Abortion activist claims that not aborting disabled babies is...cruel](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/23/abortion-activist-claims-that-not-aborting-disabled-babies-is-cruel/) - With the Dobbs decision moving abortion fights to the state level, we are seeing the battle lines redrawn. After victories in Montana, Kentucky, and Michigan, abortion activists are working hard to cast their gruesome agenda as common sense and compassionate. For decades, the pro-life movement and abortion activists have battled for the hearts and minds of Americans, - [A parent's rage at the transgender industry (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/23/a-parents-rage-at-the-transgender-industry-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** According to PITT, California has become a sanctuary for sex change surgeons and gender ideologues: “As Goes California, So Goes The Nation: Gender Harm Will Not End Until It Ends In California.” Read the whole thing—it’s worth it: As of September 20, 2023, 22 - [Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, and the ugly lie of "pro-choice"](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/23/britney-spears-justin-timberlake-and-the-ugly-lie-of-pro-choice/) - If Justin Timberlake had not pressured Britney Spears into an abortion, their child would be 23 years old this year. This revelation, which has taken the Internet by storm, proves once again that the abortion industry’s strident insistence that abortion is “just health care” is laughably false. Nobody would care if it was revealed that - [The Van Maren Show Episode 236: "Decolonization" means dead civilians and burning churches](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/23/the-van-maren-show-episode-236-decolonization-means-dead-civilians-and-burning-churches/) - https://open.spotify.com/episode/0oBBJEeZLXIiYRVxENfFRB LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST ON OTHER PLATFORMS - [“Decolonization is not a metaphor”](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/23/decolonization-is-not-a-metaphor/) - On the Saturday morning of October 7th, the Hamas terrorists currently in control of the Gaza Strip launched operation “Al-Aqsa Storm,” breaking through the border into Israel with hundreds of gunmen on trucks, motorcycles, and paragliders, accompanied by thousands of rockets fired into the country. An orgy of murder and abduction followed, with terrorists taking - [J.K. Rowling says she is willing to go to jail rather than use transgender pronouns](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/23/j-k-rowling-says-she-is-willing-to-go-to-jail-rather-than-use-transgender-pronouns/) - A key aspect of the transgender movement’s success has been the inclusion of “gender identity and expression” into hate crime laws. For most, when these laws began to pass, this was merely an extension of earlier expansions to hate crime codes, which included sexual orientation or behavior. The implications of these laws—that they essentially force - [BBC’s new LGBT propaganda show pushes ‘sex changes’ for children: ‘You can’t fight gender dysphoria’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/23/bbcs-new-lgbt-propaganda-show-pushes-sex-changes-for-children-you-cant-fight-gender-dysphoria/) - State media pushes state ideology – this should come as no surprise to anyone. When Canada’s state broadcaster the CBC, for example, publishes a non-stop stream of content pushing drag shows and LGBT features on children (with accompanying defenses of this material for parents in need of re-education), they are fulfilling what they see as - [LGBT activists ramp up their war on Canadian parents](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/23/lgbt-activists-ramp-up-their-war-on-canadian-parents/) - This time, it appears that the Canadian parental rights movement may be more than a flash in the pan. There have been sporadic protests over aspects of public school sex education for years across the country – with more sustained protests organized by groups such as Campaign Life Coalition in Ontario during the 2010s – - [Those who tell us to "follow the science" are infusing it with progressive ideology](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/23/those-who-tell-us-to-follow-the-science-are-infusing-it-with-progressive-ideology/) - We are often told to “follow the science,” but that slogan disguises an important detail: We are actually being told to follow the scientists. That, as I noted in a column earlier this month, is an important distinction, because the sciences have been systematically subjected to institutional capture by progressives, most notably on issues like transgenderism - [Hundreds of teen girls in Canada have undergone double mastectomies due to gender ideology](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/23/hundreds-of-teen-girls-in-canada-have-undergone-double-mastectomies-due-to-gender-ideology/) - With the ongoing debate surrounding parental rights and the public school practice of “socially transitioning” children without telling parents unfolding in every major media outlet in Canada – especially after Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe invoked the “notwithstanding clause” to prevent activist judges from derailing parental rights legislation – a key aspect of gender ideology is - [Washington Post journalist claims "Chinese Communist Party" is a "pejorative"](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/23/washington-post-journalist-claims-chinese-communist-party-is-a-pejorative/) - There’s a joke in right-wing circles that you’ve probably seen: However much you hate the media, it isn’t enough. Usually, this joke is the caption of some newly egregious example of media malfeasance—another ridiculous transgender story or “Republicans pounce” headline. But surely the Washington Post headline of September 28 should win some sort of award. In the - [There is no room for pornography in a society that cares about its children](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/13/there-is-no-room-for-pornography-in-a-society-that-cares-about-its-children/) - I want to begin by noting that I realize some people will begin reading this column and think: “Here we go again. Another article beating the drum about how porn fuels sexual violence – again.” And on one hand, I get it. I’ve been writing about this subject for over 10 years and have published many columns - [Most Americans don't accept same-sex couples raising kids (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/13/most-americans-dont-accept-same-sex-couples-raising-kids-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** From Pat Maloney at Run With Life: “NAF Canada gets $1.5 million to improve killing skills of abortion doctors.” This is what our tax dollars fund—organizations committed to extinguishing human life. *** The American Medical Association is—once again—debating assisted suicide. Currently, their position is - [Trudeau desperately tries walking back his demonization of parents at the Million Person March](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/12/trudeau-desperately-tries-walking-back-his-demonization-of-parents-at-the-million-person-march/) - In response to the Million Person March for Children – a nation-wide parental rights demonstration calling on schools to cease LGBT indoctrination under the slogan “Leave Our Kids Alone” – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sent out a response. “Let me make one thing very clear: Transphobia, homophobia, and biphobia have no place in this country,” - [The Van Maren Show Episode 235: The West is forcing the Sexual Revolution on Africa](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/12/the-van-maren-show-episode-235-the-west-is-forcing-the-sexual-revolution-on-africa/) - The West--including Canada and the U.S.--is forcing the Sexual Revolution on Africa. Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Or3jHuvD3FrEyMZP4zEsv LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST ON OTHER PLATFORMS - [Major anthropological organizations cancel lecture on biological sex due to "transphobia"](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/12/major-anthropological-organizations-cancel-lecture-on-biological-sex-due-to-transphobia/) - “Follow the science,” we are constantly told by the elites. (Social conservatives, of course, already mutter under our breath when we hear this: Except when we’re talking about abortion…or gender ideology…or how social distancing might cure our STD pandemic…) But this brings up an important question: Who gets to decide what The Science is? And what - [Leading academic journal publishes paper claiming "sexual relations between youth and adults" not harmful (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/11/leading-academic-journal-publishes-paper-claiming-sexual-relations-between-youth-and-adults-not-harmful-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** Aaron Renn has a good essay on why so many men are turning to toxic online influencers: “Treat Men Like They Matter.” An excerpt: Young men today often feel as if their needs are secondary to those of their female peers. Society tends to - [A Swiss writer has been jailed for calling a journalist a "fat lesbian" (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/11/a-swiss-writer-has-been-jailed-for-calling-a-journalist-a-fat-lesbian-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** Over at The Daily Wire, Megan Basham has an interesting report: “Christianity Today Staff Made Extensive Campaign Donations Between 2015 And 2022…All Went To Democrats.” This tells us a lot about CT’s trajectory—and explains why CT has featured virtually no coverage of the debate - [German homeschooling family facing deportation from U.S. receives reprieve (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/10/german-homeschooling-family-facing-deportation-from-u-s-receives-reprieve-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** Parental protests in Canada continue. In British Columbia: “Hundreds of anti-SOGI protestors disrupt Abbotsford school board meeting.” (SOGI is the comprehensive sex education implemented province-wide.) *** Ukrainian religious leaders are speaking out against a proposal to legalize pornography: The plan to legalise the porn - [The Last Days Of George Orwell](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/10/the-last-days-of-george-orwell/) - For a man who breathed his last at the young age of 46, Eric Arthur Blair—better known as George Orwell—had an almost unparalleled impact on the Anglosphere he left behind. A journalist, novelist, and diarist, his works have been read by generations of schoolchildren and his name is invoked by politicians of both the Left - [The Van Maren Show Episode 234: How do you raise conservative kids in a woke city?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/10/the-van-maren-show-episode-234-how-do-you-raise-conservative-kids-in-a-woke-city/) - https://open.spotify.com/episode/2e63Rr079Q3jSHWtwbWbTO LISTEN TO THIS SHOW ON OTHER PLATFORMS - [Christian woman’s ‘Don’t euthanize me’ tattoo is a tragic necessity in modern Canada](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/10/christian-womans-dont-euthanize-me-tattoo-is-a-tragic-necessity-in-modern-canada/) - Considering the Nazi-tinged history of euthanasia, there is something dark and ominous about a headline reading “Christine’s ‘Don’t Euthanize Me’ Tattoo.” Christine Nagel, who got her first tattoo at age 81, doesn’t even approve of tattoos – but the Calgarian had an important reason for getting this one. It is on her upper arm, and - [Doctors booked abortion for at-risk baby without mother’s consent: ‘I was completely shocked’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/10/doctors-booked-abortion-for-at-risk-baby-without-mothers-consent-i-was-completely-shocked/) - Abortion activists claim that feticide is about “choice,” but the reality is that when abortion is legalized, in many circumstances it becomes an expectation. Many women find this out the hard way — when they discover that they are pregnant, it turns out that the availability of abortion has created the expectation among men who - [More evidence of porn poisoning children is a disturbing wave of sex crimes among minors](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/10/more-evidence-of-porn-poisoning-children-is-a-disturbing-wave-of-sex-crimes-among-minors/) - For decades, porn industry executives and their lobbyists have been claiming that “adult content” is a human right and that it is not only harmless but beneficial. One of their key claims has been that violent porn does not groom people for violence but provides a harm-free outlet for those who might otherwise act out - [How Trudeau's euthanasia regime threatens--and targets--Indigenous people](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/10/how-trudeaus-euthanasia-regime-threatens-and-targets-indigenous-people/) - On October 2, National Review published another bombshell report by Alexander Raikin, one of the best journalists covering the euthanasia and assisted suicide file. Raikin’s reporting is filled with brutal revelations about how euthanasia activists are strategizing to expand the regime to children, the impoverished, and other vulnerable populations. One anecdote in particular stood out to me. In - [Deadly "sextortion" scam driving teen boys to suicide](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/10/deadly-sextortion-scam-driving-teen-boys-to-suicide/) - Almost every day, a scam email lands in my spam folder that is some derivative of the following: “I have hacked your computer’s camera and recorded you while you were watching porn. If you do not send me X amount of dollars, I will send the video to all of the email addresses on your - [Women are being locked behind bars with violent rapists in the name of transgenderism](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/10/women-are-being-locked-behind-bars-with-violent-rapists-in-the-name-of-transgenderism/) - Most aspects of the transgender debate have gone through several distinct stages. First, we’re told that something that is happening is, in fact, not happening. When it is proved, beyond doubt, that this thing is actually happening, we are told that it rarely happens and that we are bigots for noticing – that these indisputable examples are merely outliers that serve as - [Rape, murder, abduction: Leftist academics and journalists defend "decolonization" of Israel](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/10/rape-murder-abduction-leftist-academics-and-journalists-defend-decolonization-of-israel/) - On the Saturday morning of October 7th, the Hamas terrorists currently in control of the Gaza Strip launched operation “Al-Aqsa Storm,” breaking through the border into Israel with hundreds of gunmen on trucks, motorcycles, and paragliders, accompanied by thousands of rockets fired into the country. An orgy of murder and abduction followed, with terrorists taking - [The Daily Wire’s Brett Cooper reveals she became pro-life after learning her father wanted her aborted](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/10/10/the-daily-wires-brett-cooper-reveals-she-became-pro-life-after-learning-her-father-wanted-her-aborted/) - Twenty-one-year-old Brett Cooper is The Daily Wire’s rising star. A former child actor who came on as a conservative commentator last year, her audience has rapidly outpaced many of the network’s other key figures, racking up an astonishing 3.5 million subscribers on her show’s YouTube channel (for comparison Candace Owens, who has been with The Daily Wire longer, - [Non-binary children's author says "parental rights really anger me" (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/28/non-binary-childrens-author-says-parental-rights-really-anger-me-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** California Governor Gavin Newsom is fining schools that decline to include LGBT books in their libraries and passed a law mandating LGBTQ training for teachers. Increasingly, it is becoming impossible for parents in California to raise their children with Christian values without direct interference - [On "International Safe Abortion Day," remember that a baby dies during every abortion](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/28/on-international-safe-abortion-day-remember-that-a-baby-dies-during-every-abortion/) - In 2011, the Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights – an NGO that pushes for abortion around the world with a focus in the Global South º declared September 28 to be “International Safe Abortion Day.” Their de facto declaration was good enough for the abortion supporters who staff international institutions, and thus an entire - [German homeschooling family fleeing Nazi-era laws faces deportation from the U.S.](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/28/german-homeschooling-family-fleeing-nazi-era-laws-faces-deportation-from-the-u-s/) - We hear a lot about asylum cases, illegal immigration, and the heartbreaking circumstances of many who flee to the West. Regardless of your views on illegal migration, many of these stories are genuine and heartbreaking. But it is significant, I think, that there has been crickets from the press on this story, with the exception - [After the One Child Policy and 336 million abortions, Communist China is desperate for babies](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/28/after-the-one-child-policy-and-336-million-abortions-communist-china-is-desperate-for-babies/) - Demographic experts have been warning for decades that Communist China’s mass extermination of pre-born babies under the One Child Policy, which lasted from 1979 to 2015, would result in major population troubles down the road. The brutalities of that policy are well-documented: a gendercide in which millions of baby girls were aborted or killed by - [Trump condemns the passage of "heartbeat bills" protecting pre-born babies and implies the pro-life movement may be a grift](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/27/trump-condemns-the-passage-of-heartbeat-bills-protecting-pre-born-babies-and-implies-the-pro-life-movement-may-be-a-grift/) - Earlier this year, I wrote an essay for First Things detailing Donald J. Trump’s pivot on abortion and other social issues (with a follow-up in May when he mischaracterized the pro-life movement again). Trump had recently held a party to celebrate the passage of a federal law enshrining same-sex “marriage” in statute—and announced that he - [The Van Maren Show Episode 233: The horrifying stories euthanasia advocates don't want you to hear](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/27/the-van-maren-show-episode-233-the-horrifying-stories-euthanasia-advocates-dont-want-you-to-hear/) - https://open.spotify.com/episode/1To1awTwPvOxTy1hc3bWYT LISTEN TO THIS SHOW ON OTHER PLATFORMS - [The Van Maren Show Episode 232: How one Canadian province sparked a national debate on gender ideology](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/27/the-van-maren-show-episode-232-how-one-canadian-province-sparked-a-national-debate-on-gender-ideology/) - https://open.spotify.com/episode/3jb3tnsOudMptZnaXndXIW LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST ON OTHER PLATFORMS HERE - [Canadian Muslims are demanding an apology from Trudeau after slander of parental rights protests](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/27/canadian-muslims-are-demanding-an-apology-from-trudeau-after-slander-of-parental-rights-protests/) - So it begins. After tolerating months of slander, Canadian Muslim parents are pushing back against the character assassination they have had to endure at the hands of the press and the politicians (which we have covered extensively in this space). On September 25, the Muslim Association of Canada published a press release titled “Statement by - [Chile will vote on constitution that explicitly "protects the life of the unborn"](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/27/chile-will-vote-on-constitution-that-explicitly-protects-the-life-of-the-unborn/) - In 2022, 62 percent of voters in Chile rejected a proposed pro-abortion constitution backed by the country’s young leftist leader President Gabriel Boric, a former student protest leader, in a landslide. The draft constitution – intended to replace the then 41-year-old constitution implemented by dictator General Augusto Pinochet – was drafted by a constituent assembly packed with - [U.K.'s National Health Service calls for parents to be informed in decisions about gender-confused children](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/26/u-k-s-national-health-service-calls-for-parents-to-be-informed-in-decisions-about-gender-confused-children/) - For several months, we’ve seen Canada’s progressive leaders demonize Canadian parents concerned about schools “transitioning” their children behind their backs with the worst sort of rhetoric, enabled by the vast majority of this country’s press corps. In that context, this headline in the Guardian – a very left-wing publication – seems significant: “Involve parents before pupils ‘socially - [Clinton conference gave a glimpse into the radical mindset of America’s transgender activists](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/25/clinton-conference-gave-a-glimpse-into-the-radical-mindset-of-americas-transgender-activists/) - This past week, celebrities, politicians, and global leaders met in New York for the 2023 Clinton Global Initiative. Unsurprisingly, LGBT issues were at the top of the agenda. One panel discussion, hosted by NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade, included writer and comedian Alok Vaid-Menon, who identifies as gender non-conforming, transfeminine, and (in case you’re not - [Canadian parents have finally had it with gender ideology (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/25/canadian-parents-have-finally-had-it-with-gender-ideology-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** This is very suspicious, and I suspect it indicates that California Governor Gavin Newsom is running for president: Deviating from his past legislative support of transgender youth in California, Democratic governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required parents to demonstrate affirmation of their - [U.K. Tories say police "aren't paid to dance with drag queens" (and other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/25/u-k-tories-say-police-arent-paid-to-dance-with-drag-queens-and-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** This society doesn’t deserve to survive, to be honest. Now the press is pushing “men in labor” photo essays—I don’t advise clicking on this if you don’t have a very strong stomach: “15 photos that show the beautiful process of a trans dad giving - [Al Mohler weighs in on embryo adoption (and other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/25/al-mohler-weighs-in-on-embryo-adoption-and-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** Al Mohler weighs in on embryo adoption. His thoughts align with what Justina (my sister and co-author) laid out in the booklet Life Under Glass: The Ethics of Embryo Adoption. From Mohler: If the question is asked, is it a good, just, and righteous - [Hushed Horrors](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/25/hushed-horrors/) - Nearly 3,000 people died by euthanasia in Belgium in 2022. One of them was 36-year-old Alexina Wattiez, who was suffering from terminal cancer. In 2021 she was told that she likely had less than a year to live; by March 2022, Alexina was declining rapidly. She decided to request euthanasia. A doctor and two nurses - [Ariana Grande, Mark Ruffalo, and other celebs attack school boards for restricting pornographic books](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/25/ariana-grande-mark-ruffalo-and-other-celebs-attack-school-boards-for-restricting-pornographic-books/) - As the battle between LGBT activist school staff and school boards and parents escalate, celebrities are joining forces to condemn moms and dads who object to pornographic books and LGBT indoctrination. As an example of pro-LGBT tactics, it is worth quoting this “Banned Bookmobile” letter in full: As artists, creators, entertainers, and activists, we recognize and - [America's abortion activists attempt a rebrand](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/25/americas-abortion-activists-attempt-a-rebrand/) - On September 20, NARAL Pro-Choice America announced that it is undergoing yet another rebranding – this time to “Reproductive Freedom for All.” America’s “oldest membership-based abortion rights group,” which has been fighting for unfettered feticide for 54 years, is embarking on this rebrand as an attempt to appeal to more Americans – especially as their - [Pierre Poilievre stands up for parental rights--let's hope it lasts](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/25/pierre-poilievre-stands-up-for-parental-rights-lets-hope-it-lasts/) - A wave of parental rights protests across Canada this week – the One Million Man March for Kids – highlighted a growing divide between the progressive elites and ordinary parents, including what could prove to be a politically consequential split in the coalition that the Trudeau Liberals depend on to secure and maintain power. With - [The Canadian media is at war with Canadian parents. Children are at stake.](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/19/the-canadian-media-is-at-war-with-canadian-parents-children-are-at-stake/) - As multiple provinces move to protect parental rights, the Canadian press is ramping up their propaganda campaign on behalf of the transgender movement. Regular readers of this column will know that I’ve written quite a bit on this unfolding press campaign. That’s because what we’re watching is a gaslighting in real time, and I think - [California is threatening to take kids from parents who don’t ‘affirm’ transgender confusion](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/19/california-is-threatening-to-take-kids-from-parents-who-dont-affirm-transgender-confusion/) - As the transgender wars escalate, we are seeing two trends unfold simultaneously. On one side, a mounting body of evidence that reveals the irreversible damage caused by “sex change” surgeries and puberty blockers/cross-sex hormones is driving an ideologically diverse opposition to the transgender agenda, with American red states as well as liberal nations such as Denmark, - [Why are so many progressive politicians dressing up in drag?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/19/why-are-so-many-progressive-politicians-dressing-up-in-drag/) - Here’s a Los Angeles Times headline that would have ended careers a few years ago: “A drag queen spanked Burbank’s mayor on video. It fueled a flood of anti-LGBTQ hate.” Yeah, you read that correctly. Burbank Mayor Konstantine Anthony was spanked by a drag queen at an event – and the story being pushed by the press is - [Denmark is the latest European country turning away from transgender mutilation of children](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/15/denmark-is-the-latest-european-country-turning-away-from-transgender-mutilation-of-children/) - The news that Denmark is moving away from the so-called “affirmative model of care” approach to youth struggling with gender dysphoria exposes, once again, how utterly radical and out of step with the rest of the world Canada and blue America are on the issue of “sex changes” for minors. Predictably, mainstream media outlets have - [Canadian surgeons performing double mastectomies on girls as young as 14 (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/15/canadian-surgeons-performing-double-mastectomies-on-girls-as-young-as-14-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** Australian authorities are investigating the suicides of five trans-identifying people who were undergoing the sex change process. I suspect that if they discover the truth—that these surgeries and drugs do not make things better, but worse—it will be suppressed: “Inquest to examine apparent suicides - [Ontario school board eliminates all library books published before 2008. That's just a start.](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/14/ontario-school-board-eliminates-all-library-books-published-before-2008-thats-just-a-start/) - I am not at all surprised to find out that the library of Erindale Secondary School in Mississauga was nearly empty when school started due to new policies eliminating much of the selection—including getting rid of everything published prior to 2008. I am very surprised that the CBC broke the story. From their report: Harry - [The Van Maren Show Episode 231: Post-Roe America, One Year Later](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/14/the-van-maren-show-episode-231-post-roe-america-one-year-later/) - Dr. Michael New explains where we are, one year after the fall of Roe v. Wade. Are babies being saved? Is the pro-life movement facing progress or setbacks? https://open.spotify.com/episode/3D7DFn0BXOOtuGqEuUNAn1 LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST ON OTHER PLATFORMS - [Don't let Kamala Harris lie: She voted against protecting babies who survive abortions](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/14/dont-let-kamala-harris-lie-she-voted-against-protecting-babies-who-survive-abortions/) - On Face the Nation earlier this week, Vice President Kamala Harris informed host Marjorie Brennan that it was “ridiculous” and a “mischaracterization” to say that the Democrats support abortion until birth. When Brennan pushed her as to what point in pregnancy abortion should be permitted, Harris refused to answer, reiterating that the Democrats merely want to enshrine Roe v. Wade into - [Is Dr. Jordan Peterson becoming pro-life?](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/13/is-dr-jordan-peterson-becoming-pro-life/) - Dr. Jordan Peterson may not yet be fully pro-life, but he’s treading steadily in that direction. In 2017, at the start of his rise to fame, Peterson was asked what he thought about abortion. “Abortion is clearly wrong,” he replied after a long pause. “I don’t think anyone debates that. You wouldn’t recommend that someone you - [Toronto Star: "It's a privilege, not a right, to know your kid's gender identity"](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/13/toronto-star-its-a-privilege-not-a-right-to-know-your-kids-gender-identity/) - Canada has never had a debate about the premises of the transgender movement – they were simply implemented without our consent by every major institution. In many cases, they were implemented without our knowledge. In fact, I would argue that this was done without our knowledge and consent because progressive politicians realized that they would - [The Canadian press is lying about Conservative Party resolutions on sex changes for kids](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/12/the-canadian-press-is-lying-about-conservative-party-resolutions-on-sex-changes-for-kids/) - However much you distrust the mainstream media, it isn’t enough. On Saturday, September 9, delegates at the Conservative Party of Canada convention voted in favor of two motions aimed at curbing the transgender agenda. Resolution C-7, which called for a ban on sex change surgeries for minors – children and teenagers – while advocating “positive - [Why fourth graders are on Pornhub (and other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/09/12/why-fourth-graders-are-on-pornhub-and-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** Good news: “Washington University to end gender-affirming care for all minors.” An excerpt: Washington University in St. Louis will stop prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors for the purpose of gender transition, the university announced Monday. It will refer any minor patients - [France looks to crack down on porn sites that don’t verify viewer age](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/05/05/france-looks-to-crack-down-on-porn-sites-that-dont-verify-viewer-age/) - By Jonathon Van Maren Better late than never: as the catastrophic harms of our society-wide experiment in ubiquitous digital porn becomes clear, governments are finally, slowly, taking action. It isn’t enough. Not by a long shot. But it is something, and maybe—just maybe—the herd is beginning to move. As I noted back in February, the U.K. - [The Coronation of King Charles III confronted us with our Christian heritage](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/05/06/the-coronation-of-king-charles-iii-confronted-us-with-our-christian-heritage/) - By Jonathon Van Maren At 5:30 AM this morning, my family was huddled on the couch watching the first British coronation in 70 years—and the last great ceremonial coronation in the world. In a post-Christian age almost entirely devoid of ritual and tradition, the Coronation is an extraordinary living relic from a bygone era. As - [A year after the fall of Roe, Planned Parenthood’s national office braces for significant lay offs](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/05/29/a-year-after-the-fall-of-roe-planned-parenthoods-national-office-braces-for-significant-lay-offs/) - By Jonathon Van Maren Next month will mark one year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The Dobbs decision, as many predicted, brought an escalation in the abortion wars as state-level battles took on enormous significance. The outcomes, for pro-lifers, have been a very mixed bag – but the abortion industry has sustained some real - [High school students are pushing back against LGBT propaganda being forced on them](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/05/30/high-school-students-are-pushing-back-against-lgbt-propaganda-being-forced-on-them/) - By Jonathon Van Maren Lakeridge High School in Oregon recently ran into an interesting problem: boys were ripping tampon dispensers off the walls of their bathrooms and dumping them in the toilet. The school has formally asked the boys to stop destroying the free menstrual products they are being provided with, and gave parents resources - [How the LGBT movement uses Pride flags to bully small communities](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/05/31/how-the-lgbt-movement-uses-pride-flags-to-bully-small-communities/) - By Jonathon Van Maren As we approach a month of public, orgiastic celebration of weird sexual fetishes, Canadian institutions are competing to see who can grovel lowest and flag-wave the hardest. Politicians arrive to genuflect to their cultural overlords; corporations send expensive floats to the festivals of nudity and indecency organizers like to call parades; - [Canadian trans activists call cops on church camp for promoting "authentic masculinity"](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/05/31/canadian-trans-activists-call-cops-on-church-camp-for-promoting-authentic-masculinity/) - By Jonathon Van Maren In April, I had a long discussion with Jojo Ruba about how Canada’s “conversion therapy ban” was being applied since its passage. Ruba, who has utilized therapy to deal with his own same-sex attraction, has been speaking out on this bill since it was put forward by the Trudeau government and testified against - [The epic clash between pro athletes and the LGBT movement is underway](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/06/02/the-epic-clash-between-pro-athletes-and-the-lgbt-movement-is-underway/) - By Jonathon Van Maren Those who thought Colin Kaepernick taking a knee for the national anthem was an aggressively irritating intrusion of politics into professional sports are probably feeling pretty nostalgic for ol’ Colin these days. As it turns out, some good old-fashioned squabbling over respect for national symbols was pretty tame compared with the - [Target partners with org pushing for kids' genders to be changed without parental consent (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/06/02/target-partners-with-org-pushing-for-kids-genders-to-be-changed-without-parental-consent-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** Surprise, surprise: “Target partners with org pushing for kids' genders to be secretly changed in schools without parental consent.” An excerpt: Target Corporation is partnering with a K-12 education group for which focuses on getting districts to adopt policies that will keep parents in - [The death count of Canada's euthanasia regime surpasses 30,000--and the trajectory is straight up](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/06/02/the-death-count-of-canadas-euthanasia-regime-surpasses-30000-and-the-trajectory-is-straight-up/) - Yet another long analysis of Canada’s euthanasia regime has been published, this time by The Walrus, a Canadian magazine. It reads like a laundry list of disability, mental health, and even addictions groups that oppose the consistent expansion of the eligibility requirements; even those who supported the initial regime are opposed to the Trudeau government’s - [Michigan man who shot 84-year-old pro-life campaigner sentenced to community service](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/06/02/michigan-man-who-shot-84-year-old-pro-life-campaigner-sentenced-to-community-service/) - Here’s a story you likely didn’t hear much about. From LSN: A 75-year-old Michigan man has been sentenced to community service for shooting an elderly pro-life woman, which he insisted, “was an accident.” On May 23, Judge Suzanne Hoseth Kreeger ordered Richard Harvey to serve 100 hours community service and gave him a suspended jail sentence of - [How Drag Queen Story Hour normalizes transgenderism](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/06/02/how-drag-queen-story-hour-normalizes-transgenderism/) - By Jonathon Van Maren The Canadian press has published its latest defence of “Drag Queen Story Hour” in order to explain why those who oppose it are irrational at best and hateful at worst. The Conversation’s “Five things to know about Drag Queen Story Time” explainer, however, highlights why many parents are concerned in the - [Between 40 and 60% of parents at some Ontario schools kept kids home over Pride activities](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/06/02/between-40-and-60-of-parents-at-some-ontario-schools-kept-kids-home-over-pride-activities/) - By Jonathon Van Maren June has begun, and thus in Canada the full-scale celebration of the LGBT movement know as “Pride Month” has also kicked off. Well, it used to be the “LGBT movement” – as anyone who reads the news will know, that acronym is expanding ever outwards. Ontario Premier Doug Ford, in his congratulatory message to - [Target gets bomb threats from LGBT activists for pulling Pride merchandise (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/06/05/target-gets-bomb-threats-from-lgbt-activists-for-pulling-pride-merchandise-other-stories-2/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** As the Target boycott continues, the chain is now receiving bomb threats—from LGBT activists who are furious that Target pulled some of its “Pride” merchandise over backlash from consumers. That’s some pretty incendiary tolerance—and a reminder that these people are playing for keeps, and they - [How the transgender movement is destroying the media's credibility](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/06/05/how-the-transgender-movement-is-destroying-the-medias-credibility/) - By Jonathon Van Maren There have been quite a number of media essays published recently by those who are concerned about misinformation, the collapse of trust in the fourth estate, and the increasing power of alternative or conspiracy narratives. Not one of these essays – and not one of the media critics writing about this issue – appear willing to address one of - [Cormac McCarthy gave us the best portrayal of fatherhood in American literature](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/06/14/cormac-mccarthy-gave-us-the-best-portrayal-of-fatherhood-in-american-literature/) - By Jonathon Van Maren Cormac McCarthy, a titan of American literature, died this week at the age of 89 at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The author of twelve novels, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2006 for The Road, the viscerally powerful story of a father and son traveling across a - [University of Colorado Boulder tells students to assume everyone is transgender](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/05/16/university-of-colorado-boulder-tells-students-to-assume-everyone-is-transgender/) - By Jonathon Van Maren Over the past several years, a frequent response I have gotten to one of my columns has been disbelief. Is that really true? someone will respond on social media. You’ve got to be exaggerating. This doesn’t irritate me in the slightest, as many of the stories I’ve had to write in the last half-decade would - [Prominent French journalist faces criminal charges for ‘misgendering’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/05/17/prominent-french-journalist-faces-criminal-charges-for-misgendering/) - By Jonathon Van Maren Dora Moutot is a famous (and best-selling) French author, feminist, and social media influencer – and she is yet another prominent European being taken to court for the alleged crime of “misgendering.” From Reduxx: Two LGBT associations, Mousse and SOS Homophobie are backing a complaint lodged against Moutot on February 15 on behalf of the mayor of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes, - [Euthanasia groups are getting millions in federal funding](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/05/18/euthanasia-groups-are-getting-millions-in-federal-funding/) - By Jonathon Van Maren The Canadian Association of MAiD Assessors and Providers (CAMAP) describes itself as an “organization… made up of clinicians who provide MAiD services including assessment for eligibility and provision of MAiD itself.” Interpreted, “MAiD” stand for “Medical Aid in Dying,” the euphemism invented by euthanasia activists when they realized how difficult it Euthanasia groups are getting millions in federal funding. - [Smartphones are destroying children (and other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/05/18/smartphones-are-destroying-children-and-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** A thoughtful column from Bethel McGrew: “The tragedy of Dylan Mulvaney.” *** From the Sydney Morning Herald, an important column especially for parents: “Children find porn on Twitter more than anywhere else. Here’s how it lets them.” *** Yet another reminder that giving your - [Italian PM Meloni slams Trudeau’s pro-LGBT account of meeting as ‘fake news’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/05/23/italian-pm-meloni-slams-trudeaus-pro-lgbt-account-of-meeting-as-fake-news/) - By Jonathon Van Maren Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has turned Canada into an international “canary in the coal mine” cautionary tale in less than a decade, with his virtue-signalling – frequently accompanied by full costume – turning the country into a laughingstock amongst more serious nations. Canada’s fixation with abortion, euthanasia, and the LGBT agenda - [Bud Light is reportedly buying back expired beer from wholesalers. Other companies are noticing.](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/05/24/bud-light-is-reportedly-buying-back-expired-beer-from-wholesalers-other-companies-are-noticing/) - By Jonathon Van Maren It’s official: the conservative boycott of Bud Light over its decision to celebrate “transgender” influencer Dylan Mulvaney’s “transition” is more than just a flash in the pan. According to NBC, “sales volumes of Bud Light for the week ending May 14 sank 28.4%, extending a downward trend from the 27.7% decline seen the - [There's a reason transgender activists have resorted to screaming at their opponents](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/05/24/theres-a-reason-transgender-activists-have-resorted-to-screaming-at-their-opponents/) - In her essential book Primal Screams: How the Sexual Revolution Created Identity Politics, scholar Mary Eberstadt observes that at the root of our chaotic age, the desire for belonging—the need for an answer to the question who am I? dominates everything. A few generations ago, this was a relatively simple question to answer. The vast majority of us came from families, churches, and communities. Trans activists scream at their opponents - [Biden’s promotion of LGBT agenda has made the US an anti-Christian force in the world](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/05/25/bidens-promotion-of-lgbt-agenda-has-made-the-us-an-anti-christian-force-in-the-world/) - By Jonathon Van Maren With LGBT culture now dominant in the West, Western countries are increasingly using their clout to advocate for the LGBT agenda in nations that have thus far rejected it. According to a report from C-Fam, for example, the Biden Administration is going further than any previous U.S. administration and pressing countries to - [Biden State Department offers free counseling to staff ‘triggered’ by accidental ‘misgendering’](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/05/25/biden-state-department-offers-free-counseling-to-staff-triggered-by-accidental-misgendering/) - By Jonathon Van Maren I cannot be the only one who has to frequently double-check headlines not only to make sure that they aren’t misinformation, but to ensure that the headline is not something from The Babylon Bee (something the satire site has had to address by releasing a second site, “Not the Bee: What A Time to Be Alive.”) I’m pretty sure, - [UK Conservatives denounce one of their own MPs for defending families with mothers and fathers](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/05/26/uk-conservatives-denounce-one-of-their-own-mps-for-defending-families-with-mothers-and-fathers/) - By Jonathon Van Maren The National Conservatism Conference (NatCon) finished up earlier this month in London, and amongst the scribblers and historians and pundits, a few Tory parliamentarians showed up. That was always bound to cause trouble – although there are certainly some excellent Tory MPs, the party as a whole has adopted social liberalism - [People are pushing back against "Pride Month" (and other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/05/26/people-are-pushing-back-against-pride-month-and-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** Teachers at a Quebec school are expressing their dismay over an incident in which a crowd of over 100 students cheered as a Pride flag was ripped down: “Quebec students tear down, trample school ‘pride’ flag in protest of LGBT agenda.” *** Target is - [At 170 million views, Matt Walsh’s ‘What is a Woman?’ may be a watershed moment in the culture wars](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/06/05/at-170-million-views-matt-walshs-what-is-a-woman-may-be-a-watershed-moment-in-the-culture-wars/) - By Jonathon Van Maren For several days, Elon Musk’s pinned tweet is The Daily Wire’s documentary What is a Woman? featuring Matt Walsh with the advice: “Every parent should watch this.” The documentary—which exposes the transgender movement and sex change industry—exceeded 170 million views and has been shared tens of thousands of times, an absolutely staggering number. There - [LGBT activist exposes his genitals to children at Canadian museum performance](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/06/06/lgbt-activist-exposes-his-genitals-to-children-at-canadian-museum-performance/) - By Jonathon Van Maren At this stage of the Sexual Revolution, norms are being broken with such regularity that it can be difficult to keep track. Nonetheless, it is important that we do so to call out clearly what is happening, especially because increasingly, the norms being broken involve the sexualization of children. In particular, - [LGBT activist exposes his genitals to children at Canadian museum performance](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/06/06/lgbt-activist-exposes-his-genitals-to-children-at-canadian-museum-performance/) - By Jonathon Van Maren At this stage of the Sexual Revolution, norms are being broken with such regularity that it can be difficult to keep track. Nonetheless, it is important that we do so to call out clearly what is happening, especially because increasingly, the norms being broken involve the sexualization of children. In particular, - [Malta's pro-life movement battles to keep their nation abortion-free](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/06/06/maltas-pro-life-movement-battles-to-keep-their-nation-abortion-free/) - By Jonathon Van Maren On December 4, 2022, the streets of Valetta, Malta, were packed with people hoisting pink signs and large photographs of babies in the womb. The crowd—20,000 strong—headed to Castille Square, the largest in the capital, and placed an enormous photo of a newborn baby on the steps leading to Prime Minister - [The Return to Moloch’s Furnace](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/06/06/the-return-to-molochs-furnace/) - By Jonathon Van Maren In 2017, Dr. Jerry Coyne of the University of Chicago complained that the residual effects of Christianity were holding Western civilization back. How? It was Christian ethics, he said, that were preventing legal infanticide from making a comeback. “The reason we don’t allow euthanasia of newborns is because humans are seen - [Canadian columnist calls for a "day of reckoning" for schools who don't fly the LGBT flag](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/06/07/canadian-columnist-calls-for-a-day-of-reckoning-for-schools-who-dont-fly-the-lgbt-flag/) - By Jonathon Van Maren Like Heather Mallick, Martin Regg Cohn is one of those Toronto Star columnists who displays, in addition to an airtight skull, a dazzling combination of arrogance and ignorance. A few years back, he penned a screed in which he claimed that Canadian doctors who declined to participate in practices that violate their consciences were “doing - [Canadian columnist calls for a "day of reckoning" for schools who don't fly the LGBT flag](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/06/07/canadian-columnist-calls-for-a-day-of-reckoning-for-schools-who-dont-fly-the-lgbt-flag/) - By Jonathon Van Maren Like Heather Mallick, Martin Regg Cohn is one of those Toronto Star columnists who displays, in addition to an airtight skull, a dazzling combination of arrogance and ignorance. A few years back, he penned a screed in which he claimed that Canadian doctors who declined to participate in practices that violate their consciences were “doing - [And the Baby Waves Back: The Story of Abortion in America](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/06/07/and-the-baby-waves-back-the-story-of-abortion-in-america/) - By Jonathon Van Maren The Story of Abortion in America: A Street-Level History, 1652–2022, by Marvin Olasky and Leah Savas, Crossway, 512 pages. From the colonial days to the Dobbs decision, Olasky and Savas weave a narrative of abortion from scores of stories from the street. There, we discover, abortion is not a lofty matter of women’s - [Louisiana passes ban on sex changes for children (& other stories)](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/06/07/louisiana-passes-ban-on-sex-changes-for-children-other-stories/) - A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs. *** From the Western Standard, yet another story about children being exposed to adult nudity: Parents and children got more than a show at the 10th Annual Pride in the Park Festival at Montebello Park in St. Catharines Ontario. On June 3, RuPaul’s Drag Race - [Clashes between parents and LGBT activists break out as schools bring "Pride Month" to elementary students](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/06/08/clashes-between-parents-and-lgbt-activists-break-out-as-schools-bring-pride-month-to-elementary-students/) - By Jonathon Van Maren The LGBT movement conquered the culture, but as “Pride Month” ramps up, pockets of dissidents can be seen pushing back across the West. They may be a minority – but it is notable that post-Christian Europeans and Americans and Canadians of European descent are the primary devotees of LGBT ideology, while - [New Brunswick premier willing to face election over parental rights while LGBT lobby fights back](https://thebridgehead.ca/2023/06/09/new-brunswick-premier-willing-to-face-election-over-parental-rights-while-lgbt-lobby-fights-back/) - By Jonathon Van Maren It is notable that in much of the anglosphere and some European countries, the agenda of the transgender movement has been a subject of fierce debate. 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