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Tag Archives: Jonathon Van Maren

Should this culture’s storytellers have access to our children?

Blog Post, featuredBy Jonathon Van MarenJanuary 10, 20178 Comments

By Jonathon Van Maren I was asked recently by a conservative journalist what my opinion on some television show’s decision to include storylines about abortion was—all, of course, being sympathetic, if not enthusiastic. I’d never watched the show (or even heard of it), so I couldn’t supply any insight. But what I do find interesting…

Girls watch porn, too: An essential conversation with Jessica Harris

Blog PostBy Jonathon Van MarenJanuary 9, 2017Leave a comment

For years, people have assumed that pornography is exclusively a male problem. That is not true. Jessica Harris of Beggar’s Daughter is one of the first female voices speaking out on the reality that hundreds of thousands of women and girls struggle with porn, as well. She joins Jonathon Van Maren to discuss the problem–and…

Five commentators to help you navigate 2017

Blog Post, featuredBy Jonathon Van MarenJanuary 9, 20172 Comments

By Jonathon Van Maren With the constantly shifting political and international landscape leaving many of us trying to figure out what is going on, I thought I’d write a short post explaining which writers I go to when I’m trying to make sense of things. Here are the top five—I hope they help you navigate…

In Mugabe’s Zimbabwe

Blog Post, featuredBy Jonathon Van MarenJanuary 6, 2017Leave a comment

By Jonathon Van Maren More from on the road in Africa… Traveling from place to place in Africa has been interesting. The airport in Zanzibar, for example, is perhaps the most ramshackle and rundown aviation establishment I have ever seen, and I’ve been in some pretty sketchy airports. In the bathroom, only one of the…

Safari, the Serengeti, and the slave trade

Blog Post, featuredBy Jonathon Van MarenDecember 30, 2016Leave a comment

By Jonathon Van Maren The overt religiosity here in Tanzania sometimes crosses the line into the absurd. I’m not just talking about many of the names, which take the form of prayers: Praygod, Godlisten, Godbless, Amina (Amen)—but the names of some of the local establishments. In the village of Usa, for example, I spotted “The…

What is going on with Glenn Beck?

Blog Post, featuredBy Jonathon Van MarenDecember 26, 20163 Comments

By Jonathon Van Maren It’s always been hard to figure out what Glenn Beck is all about, because he always seems to be in the midst of some great transformation. As a young radio host, he was an alcoholic and a drug addict watching his marriage implode because of his substance abuse, launching him on…

Tidbits from Tanzania

Blog Post, featuredBy Jonathon Van MarenDecember 21, 20163 Comments

By Jonathon Van Maren My first update was posted here. Second update, this time from Tanzania… **** Certain cultural standards can be confusing at times. For example, Charmaine informed me that we could not hold hands in public, as that would be seen as inappropriate. However, male friends can hold hands in public at any…

Random thoughts from Africa

Blog Post, featuredBy Jonathon Van MarenDecember 19, 20164 Comments

By Jonathon Van Maren Here they are, stream-of-consciousness style. **** At the main market in downtown Kigali, it was easy to see why the locals were so insistent on hurrying us over to their stalls to buy their wares: it was to ensure that we actually beat the massive swarms of black flies that were…

With ghosts in Rwanda

Blog Post, featuredBy Jonathon Van MarenDecember 15, 20163 Comments

By Jonathon Van Maren So it turns out that if you remain utterly comatose for an entire nine-hour flight, the stewardess may get worried. She obviously had not heard that travel clinics now dispense sleeping pills to “help deal with jetlag,” so I gulped one down during takeoff from Amsterdam, wondered briefly if it would…

The Mind of Milo Yiannopoulos

Blog Post, featuredBy Jonathon Van MarenDecember 13, 20165 Comments

By Jonathon Van Maren I anticipated that quite a few people would disagree with my analysis of Milo Yiannopoulos after attending one of his speaking gigs at Michigan State University last week, but I was mildly surprised at a few of the points of disagreement. He’s brilliant! some said, which is something I do not…

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