Jonathon Van Maren

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.
America at 250: Heat, Hype, and Heroes

America at 250: Heat, Hype, and Heroes

Washington’s America250 festivities unfolded under crushing heat, tight security, and unmistakable Trump branding before ending with a moving celebration of the veterans and ideals that have shaped the United States.

Islam’s European Slave Trade

Islam’s European Slave Trade

The pirates don’t raid European towns now; they live there.

Labour MP Puts Assisted Suicide Bill Back on Life Support

Labour MP Puts Assisted Suicide Bill Back on Life Support

Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill returns via procedural backdoor as public concerns grow, medical groups oppose it, and Burnham’s likely premiership dims its prospects.

June 23, 2026
Europe’s Christians: Increasingly Squeezed Between Islamists and the Left

Europe’s Christians: Increasingly Squeezed Between Islamists and the Left

As demographic shifts accelerate and anti-Christian hostility mounts from both radical Islam and the secular left, the faith that is Europe’s soul faces an uncertain and darkening future.

June 17, 2026
Sorry, Charles: Even Dickens Wasn’t Woke Enough

Sorry, Charles: Even Dickens Wasn’t Woke Enough

Rochester’s Guildhall Museum has fallen prey to what C.S. Lewis called “chronological snobbery.”

Activists Supply Unsafe Abortion Pills in Violation of Malta Law

Activists Supply Unsafe Abortion Pills in Violation of Malta Law

A Dutch NGO placed lockboxes containing abortion pills at undisclosed locations across Malta, openly defying the law as part of a coordinated campaign.

Magyar’s Test: Sell Hungarian Children to Brussels’ Gender Cult for Cash?

Magyar’s Test: Sell Hungarian Children to Brussels’ Gender Cult for Cash?

The EU assumes the truth of an ideology that most Hungarians—and millions of other Europeans—reject.

Spain’s ‘Angel of Death’ Transferred to Women’s Prison Under Self-ID Law

Spain’s ‘Angel of Death’ Transferred to Women’s Prison Under Self-ID Law

For LGBT activists, the nursing home serial killer is more vulnerable than the female inmates now locked in the same cell block—simply because he identifies as a woman.

81 Years After V-E Day: Defend the Great Victors—but Don’t Let Their Triumph Become Our Replacement Religion

81 Years After V-E Day: Defend the Great Victors—but Don’t Let Their Triumph Become Our Replacement Religion

We must honor the heroes who defeated Hitler without letting their victory harden into a secular myth turning ‘Nazi’ into the catch-all for evil.

Iran’s Underground Church in Wartime

Iran’s Underground Church in Wartime

Amid harsh persecution and an internet blackout, Iran’s house-church movement continues to grow as believers preach, serve their communities, and face intensified state crackdowns.

The Hypocrisy of Progressive Europe

The Hypocrisy of Progressive Europe

For progressives, ‘liberalism’ now means ‘the compelled acceptance and legal implementation of LGBT ideology.’ To oppose it, conversely, is thus ‘illiberalism.’

April 22, 2026
Abortion Is a Luxury Europe Cannot Afford

Abortion Is a Luxury Europe Cannot Afford

A civilization without children does not have a future. A civilization that kills its own children does not deserve one.

April 16, 2026