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.
Jussie Smollett’s Hate Hoax
CNN: Chicago police now believe that the actor made up the racist, homophobic MAGA attack
Mr. McCarrick, That Dirty Old Man
Francis give a capo in the lavender mafia gets the clerical death penalty. Next job: exposing the network that protected him
Why Join A Fraternity?
Nine DKEs at LSU arrested and charged with hazing. Why would anybody want to join these thugs?
Trump’s Fake Emergency
Trump’s declaration of a “national emergency” to fund the wall is preposterous …
GOP Donors Vs. GOP Voters
J.D. Vance on the disconnect within the Republican Party
Socialism & 2020
It’s going to be a central issue in the presidential race — and it should be
Sohrab Ahmari’s Conversion
From a childhood in Tehran to the gates of Rome, a remarkable American pilgrimage
View From Your Table
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Is ‘Cultural Socialism’ A Thing?
The phenomenon is real — but is ‘socialism’ the best way to describe it?
What Does It Mean To Love America?
Reflections on patriotism in a time of alienation and decline
First World Oppression
Yeah, Yemen’s a hellhole, but think of the poor rich transgenders in London
Cultural Socialism In The Law
A progressive Canadian lawyer called it social injustice. He had to shut down his firm
Social Justice = Cultural Socialism
What do you call the cultural politics of radical egalitarianism?
Trump The Katechon
Radically flawed though he is, Trump is the only restraining force against the left-wing deluge
Walker Percy Weekend 2019
David Brooks, J.D. Vance, Walter Isaacson, and more. Tickets available now
Today’s Progressive Race Hate Moment
The Covington Catholic boys are so last month. The Woke Mob is now going after Esquire’s cover boy
Socialism In Three Acts
An American who grew up under communism tries to disillusion his neighbor
‘Cultural Totalitarianism’
How Trump can weaponize ‘socialism’
Stasi Doping Made This Girl A Man
In US, mom, dad, doctors doing same to children who cannot meaningfully consent
How Capitalism Sovietized America
In 1974, the Soviet day care model was a vision of America’s 21st century future
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