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.
Refusing An American Childhood
Mom says leaving US to raise boys was the best parenting decision she and her husband ever made
How Then Should We Live Today?
The Benedict Option as a version of Francis Schaeffer’s influential 1976 book — but for a post-Christian world
Philando Castile Aftermath
Is there a cultural connection between America’s endless wars and the Castile verdict?
About Venice
The unbought grace of life in an impossible city
View From Your Table
Venice, Italy; Munich, Germany; Lake Lauerz, Switzerland, and Huanchacho, Peru
Alas, All Societies Have Closets
On LGBTs, orthodox Christians, and the practical impossibility of mutual social tolerance
Benedictine Hospitality In Germany
Capping off a lovely three-day visit with Ben Op Christians in Munich
Tim Farron: Christian Canary In The Coalmine
Secular fundamentalists drive believer out of liberal politics
Note From A Bisexual
Slightly bisexual by nature, man says he would have acted on it if nurtured
Views From Your Table
Munich, Germany
View From Your Table
Munich, Germany
Tradition And Traditions
Modernity and tradition in Russia, Europe, and the United States
Deeper Into Afghanistan Mire
Remember when Trump was the candidate who did not favor such things?
View From Your Table
Trento, Italy
View From Your Russian
Trento conference ends with grappa
A Death In Berlin
In the prime of a young man’s life, tragedy
Out In Trento
Gallivanting around a beautiful small city in the Italian Alps
‘Born That Way’? Really?
If homosexuality and transgenderism are hardwired, why the sharp rise in LGBT numbers?
View From Your Table
Mount Athos, Greece
Next Year In The New Jerusalem
GOP victories will redeem Washington: the false Religious Right promise that will never die
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