By Jonathon Van Maren Rarely these days does a news article make me laugh out loud. Until today, when the Huffington Post announced: “Porn Site Bans North Carolina Users Due To State’s Anti-LGBT Laws.” By “Anti-LGBT laws,” of course, the HuffPo means North Carolina’s new law stating that biological men cannot go into bathrooms reserved…
By Jonathon Van Maren Two years ago, Lord Conrad Black published his first volume since his 2011 memoir A Matter of Principle, a scathing prison memoir that excoriated his foes and detailed the almost entirely-failed prosecution that landed him in an American jail. Rise to Greatness: A History of Canada from the Vikings to the…
By Jonathon Van Maren I’ve been saying for awhile that the fight over so-called “gay marriage” was not the “battle for marriage,” but rather the end game. Marriage was eroded by divorce, common-law relationships, and hook-up culture long before the gay community demanded that their relationships be recognized as marriages, too. The New York Post…
By Jonathon Van Maren Well, what do you know. A prominent biologist has come out with a statement that should surprise no one: There is no such thing as casual sex. From the Business Insider: Helen Fisher, biological anthropologist and author of “Anatomy of Love,” says sex triggers the brain regions linked to love and…
By Jonathon Van Maren Finally, finally someone is addressing the perpetual nonsense about Donald Trump channelling “legitimate anger” and how we should “respect” the dumpster fire that is the Trump campaign. From the always-brilliant David French over at the National Review: For generations, conservatives have rightly railed against deterministic progressive notions that put human choices…
In this week’s episode of The Bridgehead, Jonathon Van Maren talks to Astrid Gutierrez about how to run a crisis pregnancy centre–and how to dissuade women from having abortions.
By Jonathon Van Maren Yuval was probably around sixty, but moved like someone much older. His facial expressions were either entirely impassive or wildly unimpressed. At the moment, he was also irritated. His white van had been idling at the curb of our Eilat hostel for a full thirty-seven seconds, and one of my three…
By Jonathon Van Maren In case you needed another reason to oppose the porn industry, The Independent is reporting that women are “regularly” forced into pornography in Japan. Women in Japan are being exploited by the country’s multi-million-pound pornography industry, it has been alleged. More than 130 cases have come to light over the last…
In the months since the Planned Parenthood baby parts scandal broke, the abortion giant has struck back hard with lawsuits and indictments. Troy Newman joins Jonathon Van Maren to update him on what’s happening now.
By Jonathon Van Maren As the culture wars heat up and assaults on religious liberty increase, Christians are increasingly beginning to wonder who their friends are. After some thought, I’ve come up with a helpful litmus test: If a someone identifies as a Christian (and people can identify as anything these days) but spends more…