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 four books, The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, Crunchy Cons, How Dante Can Save Your Life, and The Benedict Option.
Woke Teachers Who Hate Literature
A view from the front lines of a public charter school
Devils Of Manhattan
I visited two friends in Manhattan. We weren’t the only ones in the room
All Hail The Morning Light
Robbie Robertson and friends around the world play ‘The Weight’
Trashing Unwoke Books
An English teacher celebrates filling bins with oldthink tomes
Murti-Bing Conservatism
Analyzing the French-Ahmari debate through Czeslaw Milosz’s concept
A Checklist Of Hate
Therapeutic totalitarianism in an Oregon public agency’s workplace propaganda poster
Woke Doctors
Your future physician will also be a Social Justice Warrior
View From Your Table
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
That Helpful Kavanaugh Reminder
If you’ve forgotten how far liberals will go to smear conservatives, The New York Times is here to help
View From Your Table
Two from France: Reims and Paris
The Exorcist As Family Allegory
William Peter Blatty’s blockbuster early ’70s novel is really about the chaos and torment of family breakdown
Brexit For Americans
The US media haven’t explained adequately why Brexit passed in the first place. This is not unusual
The Annoying Part Of The First Amendment
Religious liberty is not important to defend, according to a First Amendment charity
The Progressive Dystopia Of NYC Schools
Liberal journalist wanted to be civic-minded with his kids’ education. That did not go well
Adventures In Christian Grift
What’s going on with both Jerry Falwell Jr. and Bishop Michael Bransfield?
Penguins For Penguins’ Sake
The Gentoo chick is a condensed symbol of the sexual radicalization of children
Pope Francis Says The S-Word
Pontiff tells reporters he’s not afraid of schism
The Flag & The Forgetting
9/11 and the fabric of America
Vienna Postcard
Half a day sightseeing and eating in the Austrian capital
Caldwell Explains Orban
How to make sense of the Hungarian leader
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