By Jonathon Van Maren We have not seen this much discussion about abortion in the United States since the Center for Medical Progress broke the news that Planned Parenthood sells baby body parts back in 2015. The Democratic Party’s insistence on supporting abortion right up until birth—and their refusal to condemn the practice of killing abortion survivors—is…
By Jonathon Van Maren No wonder American abortion activists have been panicking: According to a recent report from Planned Parenthood and the Guttmacher Institute, more than 250 bills restricting abortion have been filed in 41 states since the beginning of 2019. More than 400 pro-life laws have passed in state legislatures since 2011, but the avalanche of…
If you needed more evidence that we live in one of the dumbest eras, peruse this news item from the Daily Mail: In a scientific first, researchers claim to have found that differences between men’s and women’s brains start in the womb. The conclusion is likely to be controversial, with some experts claiming social influences are…
By Jonathon Van Maren Some of you may remember the bizarre story of the British docker from Humberside who got contacted by the police after tweeting out a limerick about transgender people. The police had a list of thirty tweets sent out by Miller, and informed him that they were investigating to determine if a…
By Jonathon Van Maren Earlier this month, I wrote a column detailing how Muslim parents had forced a school in the United Kingdom to cancel a LGBT program for children by pulling their children from the school. As it turns out, other parents noticed this success and have decided to follow suit. From the BBC:…
By Jonathon Van Maren Several weeks ago, one of America’s most prominent abortionists faced off in debate with Professor Mike Adams at the University of North Carolina. Willie Parker is famous for claiming to be a Christian who finds fulfillment in performing abortions, and in 2017, he authored the book Life’s Work: A Moral Argument for…
By Jonathon Van Maren Sometimes it is the small things that indicate just how far our society has drifted from reality. Last week, for example, the Toronto Sun reported that a convicted child molester with a “lengthy history of preying on young girls” was no longer living in jail, but was residing instead in a halfway house in…
For anyone interested, here is a roundup of my columns from Turkey (the last of which was just published today). A day in Constantinople The graveyards of Gallipoli Walking the walls of Troy My column on the Armenian genocide, which I have been working on for sometime, was posted by the Armenian ambassador to the…
By Jonathon Van Maren Inside the jumble of massive columns, slumping stone walls, sculpted doorways and granite slabs engraved with Byzantine crosses, my wife and I found a small sign affixed to a brick wall in the Basilica of St. John. The white paint was peeling away in strips, but the words were still readable.…
