Rod Dreher

Budapest, Dallas

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Conservative, Orthodox Christian. ‘Benedict Option', 'Live Not By Lies', 'Living In Wonder.' Danube Institute, Euro Conservative, https://t.co/LCIoqQvjhH

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'Live Not By Lies' In New York City

1 day ago | roddreher.substack.com | Rod Dreher

Filmmaker and now-seminarian Timo Križka, in Episode Four of ‘Live Not By Lies’Good morning from New York City. Tonight The Free Press is hosting a private screening of Live Not By Lies, which as you know you can screen privately via Angel.com (you gotta pay for at least one month of access, but now all four episodes are available, plus the rest of thei…
After Francis

2 days ago | roddreher.substack.com | Rod Dreher

Good morning from Miami. So much to write about today! Unfortunately, I have to head to the airport before long. We had to cancel our screening here at the last minute because Ben Shapiro, who was to host it, went away suddenly to Kyiv to interview Zelensky … as one does. So, on to New York, a day early, to start interviews ahead of schedule.
Camus Against the Machine

2 days ago | europeanconservative.com | Rod Dreher

Thanks to the British government, Renaud Camus is having a moment. The gentle octogenarian French intellectual was banned from entering the United Kingdom, which claims that his presence in Britain is “not considered to be conducive to the public good”. So much for Keir Starmer’s boast in the White House that free speech is alive and well in Great Britain. Camus is best known as the author of the “Great Replacement” theory.
Could the Pope's Death Mean the Demise of Liberal Catholicism?

3 days ago | europeanconservative.com | Rod Dreher

The last dignitary Pope Francis met in his mortal life was JD Vance, the U.S. vice president, Catholic convert, and critic of the pontiff’s liberal views on mass migration. There is something powerfully symbolic about that. The scene of the two men, separated by 48 years and scarcely more than a meter, stands for the passing of one kind of Catholicism, and the rise of another.
Francis Is Dead

3 days ago | roddreher.substack.com | Rod Dreher

On the flight to Heathrow this morning, I wrote the following newsletter. Well, I just landed on my way to the US, and learned that Pope Francis has died. I don’t have time before my connecting flight to write properly about this — I had to write a piece for The European Conservative first — but I did want …
Easter 1934 In Esztergom

4 days ago | roddreher.substack.com | Rod Dreher

Happy Easter! Christos anesthi! Alithos anesthi! Christ has risen! He has truly risen! I bring you a memorable blast from the past, Mr. Panos, on Greek Easter. Poor Spiro!More seriously, in today’s Free Press, I reflect on a magical Easter night passed by Patrick Leigh Fermor in Esztergom, in 1934. From the piece:Patrick Leigh Fermor, born in 1915 in London, was a war hero, polyglot, and bon vivant—and arguably the greatest travel writer in the English language.
One Easter Night in Europe

4 days ago | thefp.com | Rod Dreher

Things Worth Remembering: One Easter Night in EuropeYes, God is everywhere—no farther from us in a Walmart than He is in Vienna’s Stephansdom. But we are creatures of flesh, and a little grandeur helps us sense the divine presence. Welcome to Things Worth Remembering, in which writers recall wisdom from the past that we should commit to heart. Last week, Benjamin Carlson revealed the central, chilling lesson of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s masterpiece, Demons.
Hope For 'Lost Americans' -- And Us All

5 days ago | roddreher.substack.com | Rod Dreher

I did not intend to write again this weekend, but I simply must put in front of you this new Paul Kingsnorth essay about the life and example of Father Seraphim Rose (1934-1982), a lost and wandering gay American intellectual who became an Orthodox monk, and who many believe is a saint. Here’s how it begins:Last year I was invited to give a talk about Christianity and nature at Canisius University in Buffalo, New York. After the talk, I took some questions from the audience.
Good Friday Musings

6 days ago | roddreher.substack.com | Rod Dreher

From Mel Gibson’s ‘The Passion Of The Christ’. You and I did this to HimBehold, the Savior of the world. Isaiah 53:5:But He was wounded for our transgressions,He was bruised for our iniquities;The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,And by His stripes we are healed. Never, ever forget that through suffering can truth be established, vindicated, and …
Elon Musk's Vitality

1 week ago | roddreher.substack.com | Rod Dreher

Elon Musk is not a Christian, nor a social conservative. I admire his accomplishments in industry and technology, and am grateful for (most of) his DOGE work. But the Wall Street Journal’s reporting on his baby-mama thing is as weird as hell, and dark. Excerpts:Musk has had at least 14 children with four women, including the pop …Keep reading with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to Rod Dreher's Diary to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.