By Jonathon Van Maren Late last year, Dr. Jordan Peterson sat down with the Scottish Catholic Observer for a wide-ranging discussion on the culture wars raging across the West. When the interviewer brought up the censorship increasingly inflicted on pro-life groups in Europe, Peterson was unequivocal: “That’s just beyond belief to me, whether you are…
By Jonathon Van Maren November 7, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – I will admit that when I saw the trailer to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s new documentary Shut Him Down: The Rise of Jordan Peterson, I was very suspicious. For starters, the preview seemed to indicate that the film—released last Friday—was going to be the sort of…
By Jonathon Van Maren Like many others, I have been watching the recent series of conversations between Dr. Jordan Peterson, famous atheist Sam Harris, and British journalist Douglas Murray with great interest. On stages in Vancouver, Dublin, and London, they have discussed many of the 21st century’s most important questions: What must we do about…
By Jonathon Van Maren On March 27, CNN reported that an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor named Mireille Knoll was stabbed to death in her Paris apartment, which was then set on fire—officials believe the attack was motivated by anti-Semitism. As a ten-year-old girl, Knoll evaded the Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup in 1942 that resulted in the Nazi-directed…
By Jonathon Van Maren Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, the University of Toronto psychology professor and overnight YouTube sensation, is perhaps one of the most interesting commentators to surface in the past decade. His opinions are in such high demand these days that I’m not sure how he gets any sleep. Due to his wide-ranging fields…
By Jonathon Van Maren With the arrival of transgenderism as a fad—parents seeking to corner their children’s place on the oppression pyramid early by announcing that their three-year-old is transgender, for example—we are beginning to see the first indicators of what will follow this fad: Brokenness. In fact, the sex change surgeries which are currently…