By J.M. Glover: Imposing abortion globally Western countries, like Canada and the U.S., provide assistance to developing countries to help combat medical emergencies like HIV/AIDS, poverty and weather-related catastrophes. However, there is an important catch. The funding is often attached with strings that abortion must be promoted and performed. Leading African business, religious and political leaders have asked members of the U.S. [...]
Chileans reject pro-abortion constitution On Sept. 4, voters in Chile rejected a new constitution that would have legalized abortion-on-demand and strip away unborn babies’ right to life. In a national binding referendum, more than six in ten voters voted against a new “progressive” constitution (38 per cent in favour, 62 per cent against) that was part of socialist President Gabriel Boric’s sweeping [...]
Trudeau foreign aid praised by pro-abortion group The Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion research outfit formerly tied to Planned Parenthood, issued a report, “The Impact of Canadian International Assistance for Family Planning, 2020–2021,” which applauded Ottawa’s funding of “sexual and reproductive health and rights” (SRHR). The report said Ottawa’s foreign aid for abortion and birth control has had “profound and measurable benefits.” The [...]
Sexual abuse in Louden County public schools LOUDEN COUNTY, Virginia -- Early this spring, in Louden County, a 15-year-old female student was sexually attacked in the girls’ washroom in her school, by a biological boy in a skirt, who claimed to be “non-binary.” The school board tried to cover it up to the point of moving the boy to another school, where [...]
Millennials astray GLENDALE, Ariz -- An alarming study, “Millennials in America,” by researchers at the Arizona Christian University has found that among millennials (comprising about 78 million Americans between the ages of 18 and 37), 30 per cent identify as LGBTQ, including 39 per cent of those 18-24. Millennials comprise the largest population group in America. The study says that “the generation [...]
Sexual abuse in Louden County public schools LOUDEN COUNTY, Virginia -- Early this spring, in Louden County, a 15-year-old female student was sexually attacked in the girls’ washroom in her school, by a biological boy in a skirt, who claimed to be “non-binary.” The school board tried to cover it up to the point of moving the boy to another school, where he [...]
The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision by Erika Bachiochi (Notre Dame Press, $47.95, 422 pages) Emma Castellino Review Well into the twentieth century, the “founding mothers” of women’s rights were pro-marriage, pro-motherhood, and pro-life. The modern feminist movement, conversely, not only no longer subscribes to these views, but actively works against them pro forma. What happened? In The Rights of [...]
Emma Castellino Review: Before Austen Comes Aesop: The Children’s Great Books and How to Experience Them by Cheri Blomquist (Ignatius Press, $23.95, 272 pages) “Nobody else understands it, but I know that William Shakespeare was a black woman.” This quote, taken from an address Maya Angelou gave in 1977 (The Role of Art in Life), sums up the perfect vitality of the [...]
Paul Tuns Review: American Happiness and Discontents: The Unruly Torrent 2008-2020 by George F. Will (Hachette, $40, 505 pages) More than any person I do not know, the columnist George F. Will influenced me: he shaped my conservatism and sparked my interest in a career in writing. I look forward to each of his twice weekly columns but even more so his [...]
COVID harassment of churches continue Alberta Health Services asked the Court of Queen’s Bench that pastor Artur Pawlowski and his brother, Dawid, serve a 21-day jail sentence for “openly” flaunting COVID rules when they held worship services at their Adullam Church in Calgary. Alberta Health Services (AHS) argued the pair ignored provincial health orders that limited indoor gatherings. The Pawlowskis were arrested [...]
Biden Administration erases women WASHINGTON D.C. -- Gender neutral language takes over the U.S. government in President Joe Biden’s 2022 budget proposal in the replacement of traditionally female terms to be “more inclusive.” The public health sub-section titled Reduces Maternal Mortality Rate and Ends Race-Based Disparities in Maternal Mortality begins with gender-specific terms such as “women” and “maternal,” but continues on to [...]
Anne Hendershott (Crisis Publications, $19 USD, 291 pages) Anne Hendershott’s volume is a much-needed and overdue examination of the cultural and political implications of envy. A culture of covetousness is promoted by advertisers hocking goods and politicians seeking voters, and most of us do not understand that it is one of the deadly sins being evoked when these salesmen are operating. Envy [...]
Paul Tuns - Review Commerce and Manners in Edmund Burke’s Political Economy Gregory M. Collins (Cambridge, $56.95, 578 pages) Edmund Burke the statesman is best known for something he likely never said: “The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” There is no record of the Dublin-born statesman saying it, but it sounds like something he [...]
Paul Tuns - Review What it Means to be Human: The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics O. Carter Snead (Harvard, $51.95, 321 pages) The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to the Sexual Revolution Carl R. Trueman (Crossway, $46.99, 432 pages) There were a pair of books published recently that I was surprised were not reviewed [...]
Fighting for Life: Becoming a Force for Change in a Wounded World Lila Rose (Thomas Nelson, $33.50, 223 pages) Lila Rose started Live Action as a teenager and has since become one of the most influential pro-lifers in the United States. In her autobiography, Fighting for Life, she not only relates the dramatic stories that have propelled her to become one of [...]