By Jonathon Van Maren It has been twenty-two years since Dutch author Geert Mak’s An Island in Time was first published in the Netherlands. An ode to Jorwerd, the little Frisian village where he grew up, Mak writes movingly of the decline and collapse of village culture across Europe with lines rendered so tenderly I…
In the sixth installment of The Bridgehead’s series on the history of the sweeping Rescue movement of the late ’80s and early ’90s, Jonathon Van Maren speaks with former Rescue leader Joe Slovenec.
Steve Jalsevac, the co-founder of LifeSiteNews.com, has been working behind the scenes in the pro-life movement for decades, and has witnessed time and time again the stunning betrayal of pro-lifers by the churches. He joins Jonathon to talk about what went on behind closed doors, and how backroom deals between politicians and church officials created…
By Jonathon Van Maren It’s been an interesting year in the world of Canadian journalism, from the ongoing saga of Q’s Jian Ghomeshi to the abrupt firing of Evan Solomon of Power and Politics. But no story has attracted more attention in so-con circles as the reinvention of Michael Coren from condescending conservative to bloviating…