The Van Maren Show Episode 26: An ex-porn star exposes the industry
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Can nationalism save conservatism?
By Jonathon Van Maren My first breakdown of the National Conservatism conference can be found here. My summary of Tucker Carlson’s keynote speech can be found here. The second half of day one of the National Conservatism conference was a bit of a blur. At 2 PM, I attended the Breakout on “International Institutions versus…
Conservatives gather in Washington, D.C. to hammer out a new “conservative nationalism”
By Jonathon Van Maren Many of you have probably been following the internecine war conservatives have been engaging in over the past several months, with those who believe classical liberalism may have outlived its usefulness in an era where the Left seeks the utter destruction of its opponents (represented by conservative writer Sohrab Ahmari), and…
The only threats of violence from the film Unplanned in Canada have come from abortion supporters
By Jonathon Van Maren I must admit that I never suspected an American pro-life film airing in a handful of theatres across Canada would cause such an uproar across the country, but I was wrong. Both Liberal politicians and abortion activists appear to believe that the story of former Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson, who…
Denmark moves to make it harder to divorce for those with children
By Jonathon Van Maren Finally, a Western nation is taking steps to protect children from the trauma of divorce: According to the Christian Post, parents in Denmark who wish to legally divorce will now be required by law, as of March, to take a mandatory online course called “Co-operation after Divorce” and wait for a “reflection…
The letter one Jewish woman wrote to her husband moments before she entered the gas chamber
By Jonathon Van Maren Several weeks ago, I was speaking to a friend who works for a Jewish publication, about the slow but inexorable passing of the World War II generation, and how day by day, week by week, memory is slipping into history. He works with several organizations that collect and preserve the testimonies…
Former Canadian PM says late-term abortions don’t happen–and gets corrected by an abortionist
Canada’s abortion activists and pro-choice politicians like to claim that although Canada has no legal restrictions on abortion, late-term abortions virtually never happen. In fact, former Prime Minister Kim Cambell, who led Canada’s government for a blessedly short tenure of a couple of months in the early 1990s, tweeted this recently: “Abortion is regulated by…
Walking where William of Orange lived and died
By Jonathon Van Maren At the bottom of the staircase at the Prinsenhof, there are still two jagged holes where bullets knocked chunks out of the wall, the only damage to an otherwise smooth white surface. They are covered by a glass pane, and my wife and I squinted closely at it—it is on this…