News Commentary

Commentary on various stories that come up from local, national, or international news sources.

Learning from History: An Interview with Brock Thoene

by Jonathon Van Maren

“People have often asked, and we’ve asked ourselves—how could Nazi Germany participate in the Holocaust? How can you take entire segments of your society, Jews as well as Gypsies as well as dissenting pastors, and round them up, and exterminate them in the millions?” Brock Thoene says, “Germany was widely regarded as the most advanced, the most civilized, most cultured nation in Europe of that era. It seems almost imponderable. How can you reconcile those things?”

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As a renowned author of historical fiction, Brock Thoene has spent his entire career searching for the answers to these questions—and presenting the public with answers in the form of historical fiction.

A Reckoning for Gosnell and a Warning for Canada

by Jonathon Van Maren

Note: Read CCBR's eyewitness coverage of the Gosnell Trial here and here.

Gosnell Murder Trial Snippets as My Mind Races

by Stephanie Gray

On a few occasions now I've had coffee with two abortionists.  On Monday, though, I had a very different encounter with an abortionist; this time, I watched Kermitt Gosnell stand trial for murder.

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Kermit's Carnage: A Day At "The Abortion Trial Of The Century"

by Jonathon Van Maren

My colleague Stephanie Gray and I arrived at the Philadelphia Criminal Justice Centre at 1:30 PM and headed through security and up three flights of stairs to Courtroom 304. Defence attorney Jack McMahon was just finishing his closing arguments, jabbing his finger towards a jury box full of moderately impassive and ordinary-looking people passing off as the peers of a serial killer. “Have the courage to say no to the press,” he said coaxingly. “Show courage, and show integrity.

Escalofriantes descripciones de los abortos de Kermit

by Jonathon Van Maren

Kermit's Cutthroats: Abortion on Trial

by Jonathon Van Maren

An Interview with Peter Hitchens

by Jonathon Van Maren

Harper's So-Con Problem

By Jonathon Van Maren

Against Stephen Harper: A Pro-Life Manifesto

by Jonathon Van Maren

Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Power Without Principle

by Gregg Cunningham

 
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