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.
Faith and Patriotism in a Besieged Kyiv

Faith and Patriotism in a Besieged Kyiv

Animated by faith and patriotism and buoyed by an unkillable sense of humor, Ukrainians are thus far shocking the world by their steadfastness in the face of Russian aggression.

March 17, 2022
Christopher Hitchens: Disbelief—but Not as We Know It

Christopher Hitchens: Disbelief—but Not as We Know It

“Christopher was quite capable of respecting Christians. If you really believed it and were willing to defend the challenges thrown up against it, he respected that and he liked it.”

March 7, 2022
Winston Churchill: A Surprising Champion of Christian Heritage

Winston Churchill: A Surprising Champion of Christian Heritage

Churchill was remarkably clear-eyed about the dangers of the soulless and secular statism promoted by everyone from the Bloomsbury elites to the twin barbarisms of Bolshevism and Nazism.

March 2, 2022
An Untold Tragedy: Douglas Gresham and C.S. Lewis’s Final Years

An Untold Tragedy: Douglas Gresham and C.S. Lewis’s Final Years

Douglas Gresham vividly remembers the frosty December day he met his stepfather, the great Christian apologist C.S. Lewis, and later life.

February 13, 2022
Words as Weapons: Why We Must Stand Our Ground Over Pronouns

Words as Weapons: Why We Must Stand Our Ground Over Pronouns

Language is the first domino in the war over reality—and pronouns have nothing to do with politeness and everything to do with ideological submission.

February 7, 2022
The Courage of Her Convictions: An Interview with <b>Päivi Räsänen</b>

The Courage of Her Convictions: An Interview with <b>Päivi Räsänen</b>

“I never thought that citing the Bible and agreeing with it could be criminal.” — Päivi Räsänen

February 4, 2022
In Defense of Life and Family: An Interview with <b>Dr. Massimo Gandolfini</b>

In Defense of Life and Family: An Interview with <b>Dr. Massimo Gandolfini</b>

“My ‘North Star’ is certainly the Christian and Catholic culture, with the huge cultural output that it has produced.” — Dr. Massimo Gandolfini

February 1, 2022
Malcolm Muggeridge, Lifelong Seeker

Malcolm Muggeridge, Lifelong Seeker

Malcolm Muggeridge’s late discovery of Christianity is an example for today’s conservative intellectuals.

January 28, 2022
Transgender Backlash

Transgender Backlash

Trans activists wield an enormous amount of cultural power, and their ideology is far from discredited in the eyes of progressive politicians, delusional academics, and their media microphones. Yet, from the British Isles to the Continent to the Nordic nations, people are beginning to wake up.

January 22, 2022
How to Be a Counter-Revolutionary

How to Be a Counter-Revolutionary

The future does not belong to the champions of sterile sex and dumpsters filled with dead babies. Rather, it belongs to those who will fight for love, self-sacrifice, and the children of the next generation.

January 17, 2022
Men of Flesh, Blood, and Bone: An Interview with <b>Edoardo Albert</b>

Men of Flesh, Blood, and Bone: An Interview with <b>Edoardo Albert</b>

Edoardo Albert has done a magnificent job of giving us men of flesh, blood, and bone. The Northumbrian Thrones trilogy is a historical and literary achievement.

January 11, 2022
Roe’s Reckoning: America’s Abortion Laws Face Judgement

Roe’s Reckoning: America’s Abortion Laws Face Judgement

With the case ‘Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization,’ pro-life activists are holding their breath and daring to hope that a post-Roe America may be within reach.

January 3, 2022