Author Archives: Rod Dreher

About Rod Dreher

Rod Dreher is a senior editor at The American Conservative. He has written and edited for the New York Post, The Dallas Morning News, National Review, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the Washington Times, and the Baton Rouge Advocate. Rod’s commentary has been published in The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, the Weekly Standard, Beliefnet, and Real Simple, among other publications, and he has appeared on NPR, ABC News, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and the BBC. He lives in St. Francisville, Louisiana, with his wife Julie and their three children. He has also written two books, The Little Way of Ruthie Leming and Crunchy Cons.

Punishing The Victim

Erin Manning passes along this story about a teacher at a Catholic …

Black Flight

A few months ago on this blog, we had a long comments …

Clementine Hunter

Jennifer Moses writes a beautiful travel piece for The New York Times, …

Military Sexual Assaults & Pornography

Two officers say that if the US military wants to curb sexual …

Section 5 Voting Rights Follies

The US Supreme Court this morning did not announce its ruling on …

What I Learned On Father’s Day

That there is NOTHING like a dame! Mom has been at a …

Um, Maybe This Explains A Lot

A high school friend contacted me on Facebook the other day asking …

Advice From World’s Worst Father

An excerpt of Drew Magary’s new memoir about modern fatherhood.  It’s profane, …

Happy Father’s Day, Deadbeat Daddy

Sam M. passes along this Hanna Rosin review of a new book …

View From Your Table

Said the reader: After all your talk about boulevard brewing company, I …

Do The Orthodox Believe In Purgatory?

No, but after a few more days in our Orthodox Christian mission …

Ruthie Leming: Not A Plaster Saint

From my interview with Adam DeVille about The Little Way Of Ruthie …

This Is The Market

So, I had an illuminating and unsentimental conversation with a film and …

80-Acre: The Best Beer Of Summer

Hey! It’s Friday afternoon, and it’s hotter than hell here in south …

‘Only A God Can Save Us’

So said Martin Heidegger, in an interview with Spiegel near the end …

Southern Episcopalians

  I got back a short time ago from the funeral of …

His Sister Rachel

John Podhoretz’s sister Rachel died of cancer earlier this month. His essay …

Victory For Liberal Hawks

Andrew Sullivan says Obama is weak, crazy, and feckless for intervening in …

Louisiana’s Most Exciting New Politician

My poor friend The Mighty Favog is tortured by his home state …

Sass In Boots

  That’s my girl Nora, on her way to fish frogs out …

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