Recently, I spent some time on the phone with Niall Ferguson, the Scottish historian and Milbank Family Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, for a review I was writing of his latest book, Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe. In the first chapter, Ferguson refers several times to religion as “magical thinking,” and I asked him if he […]
Jonathon Van Maren interviews Danish journalist Iben Thranholm about the revival of Christianity and traditional values in Russia, the growing secularism and wokeism in the West, and the ramifications of the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns.
In the wake of last week Friday’s devastating Supreme Court ruling on Trinity Western University’s proposed law school, in which all seven judges ruling against TWU admitted that they were about to violate TWU’s religious freedom but that this violation was of “minor significance” in the eyes of Canada’s highest court, many have been wondering: What do […]
By far the most terrifying aspect of the transgender phenomenon is the spectre of government intervening to force parents to allow their children to “transition.” As young people increasingly inhabit digital communities populated exclusively by their peers and impervious to adults, transgenderism is becoming a social phenomenon. I have spoken to many parents who have […]
In February of last year, The Babylon Bee published a satire story titled, “California Bill Prohibits Stores From Selling Toys That Don’t Actively Confuse Children’s Sexuality.” The Bee noted: “The law will ensure no more anti-science ‘boy aisles’ or ‘girl aisles’ like the ones used in deplorable states. Now shoppers can search the entire store before finding the gender nonconforming toy […]
For the last decade or so, those warning of civilizational collapse have been accused of being alarmist. I recently reviewed Rod Dreher’s latest book, Live Not By Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents, and noted that many still believe that a “silent majority” of Americans are opposed to the radicalism of the Left—that eventually, progressives will […]
In today’s episode of The Van Maren Show, I speak with Dr. Charles Murray about why America has fallen apart and what we need to do about it. Dr. Murray first became well known in 1984 with the publication of Losing Ground, a piece which is credited with being the intellectual foundation for the Welfare […]
Many of you have been following the ongoing campaign by Laila Mickelwait of Exodus Cry to shut down PornHub, the world largest porn monopoly (her petition has now garnered more than 2 million signatures.) Increasingly, former porn performers are coming forward to explain why Mickelwait’s accusations are correct, and that porn consumers are often actively […]
As the fallout from the revelations that Pornhub has regularly hosted videos of sex trafficking and rape continues, more evidence that pornography is fueling the victimization of minors is emerging. According to an extensive report in The Guardian—the U.K.’s left-wing standard-bearer—pornography has “become a gateway drug into child abuse.” The report cites the observations of counselor Michael Sheath, […]
Every so often, a headline catches me off guard. Like this one, from the Catholic News Agency earlier this month: “Only 18 babies with Down syndrome born in Denmark in 2019.” This isn’t at all shocking. I’ve written about the ongoing destruction of children with Down syndrome by abortion for years. Many pro-life activists have been shouting themselves […]
For a man who breathed his last at the young age of 46, Eric Arthur Blair — better known as George Orwell — had an almost unparalleled impact on the Anglosphere. The journalist, novelist, and diarist has been read by generations of schoolchildren, and his name is incessantly invoked by politicians from all sides of […]
Anne Applebaum is one of the world’s most distinguished historians. Gulag: A History is a seminal work, and Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine is an essential addition to our understanding of the Holodomor (I actually emailed back and forth with her a few times trying to secure an interview when it was released back in 2017.) Thus, I […]