Jonathon Van Maren is a writer for europeanconservative.com based in Canada. He has written for First Things, National Review, The American Conservative, and his latest book is Prairie Lion: The Life & Times of Ted Byfield.
Pronoun Priority Over Safety: Trans Ideology’s Role in Canada Shooting

Pronoun Priority Over Safety: Trans Ideology’s Role in Canada Shooting

Were eight people murdered by a mentally ill teenage boy suffering from fundamental delusions? Or was the killer a young woman? Just a few years ago, the question would have struck Canadians as absurd.

February 12, 2026
A Hamas Hostage Speaks: “He who has a <em>why</em> can bear any <em>how” </em>

A Hamas Hostage Speaks: “He who has a <em>why</em> can bear any <em>how” </em>

Eli Sharabi spent 491 days as a hostage of Hamas in Gaza, not knowing what had happened to his family. Now, he tells his story.

February 10, 2026
UK Assisted Suicide Bill Halted by Last Stand in the Lords

UK Assisted Suicide Bill Halted by Last Stand in the Lords

A furious Lord Falconer has threatened to override the Upper Chamber using the Parliament Act, which would likely trigger a constitutional crisis.

February 5, 2026
March for Life: Vance, the White House, and a Divided Pro-Life Movement

March for Life: Vance, the White House, and a Divided Pro-Life Movement

Pro-life leaders welcomed the VP’s remarks but continue to press for more concrete policy action.

January 26, 2026
Prosecuted for Praying: Abortion Battle Lines in Northern Ireland

Prosecuted for Praying: Abortion Battle Lines in Northern Ireland

“If we are not free to express prayer against abortion outside of a clinic without being criminalized, then none of us are free.”

January 21, 2026
<strong>Tommy Robinson</strong>: “I’ve always known there’s a far greater power than me. I’ve always searched for it.”

<strong>Tommy Robinson</strong>: “I’ve always known there’s a far greater power than me. I’ve always searched for it.”

“I’m a Christian. I believe in Jesus. But I’d love to be a better Christian.”

January 13, 2026
<em>The Betrayal of Britain</em>: Dark Visions of Doom and the Remedies Needed to Survive

<em>The Betrayal of Britain</em>: Dark Visions of Doom and the Remedies Needed to Survive

The solutions proposed are dramatic, but not compared to possible alternatives: social collapse, ethnic strife, or, if Professor David Betz’s warnings prove true, civil war.

January 3, 2026
A European Christmas Carol

A European Christmas Carol

The carols, the Nativity displays, the special services—all of it is a reminder of the Story that still has the power to transform.

December 23, 2025
Foreign interference: Swedish and UK Governments Behind Zimbabwe Abortion Bill

Foreign interference: Swedish and UK Governments Behind Zimbabwe Abortion Bill

Critics raise concerns about cultural colonialism, foreign interference, and violation of sovereignty.

December 16, 2025
How Slovenian Campaigners Beat Euthanasia

How Slovenian Campaigners Beat Euthanasia

Behind the “miracle” was a broad coalition with a joint strategy, revealing the lies and cynicism of the proponents of the law.

December 10, 2025
Virtue and Defiance Can Stir Even the Darkest Ideologues

Virtue and Defiance Can Stir Even the Darkest Ideologues

The martyred young risked and ultimately accepted death to defend a culture that they believed was worth the sacrifice.

December 6, 2025
The LGBT Movement Thinks It Owns Europe

The LGBT Movement Thinks It Owns Europe

The EU elites ludicrously claim that any opposition to the LGBT agenda constitutes alignment with Moscow, as if the universal, millennia-old belief in natural marriage is somehow Russian.

December 3, 2025