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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Is Nothing Sacred? Nope

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

What did you think of that? My first thought: it’s funny, and shows that Trump has a sense of humor about himself. My second thought: Should a US president have that kind of a sense of humor about himself?
Germany Cracks Down On Democracy

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

Alice Weidel, leader of Germany’s AfD partyGood day from London. Breaking news here: The German intelligence service has just designated the right-wing party Alternative for Germany (AfD) as “extremist”. From the Guardian:Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the country’s domestic intelligence agency, has just issued an updat…
East Toward Home

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

Fröccs last summer in Budapest with friend and colleague Loretta TothBoy, am I glad I made that bonus post earlier this week. I was wo’ slap out on the flight back to Europe, and slept on the plane the whole way. Drank coffee at Heathrow to try to wake up, and when I eventually made it back home to Budapest, hit the sack like a truckload of turnips roll…
We Have To Be Truthful About This Mess

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

I have a short period of time to write an addendum to today’s earlier post. In that previous diary entry (subscriber-only), I led with an angry complaint about Donald Trump’s role in saving Canada’s odious Liberals from the political abyss, through his taunting and trolling of Canadians.
Trump Saves Canada Liberals From Abyss

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

I’m writing this late Monday night because I’ll be flying back to Europe all day on Tuesday. I’ll post Tuesday morning then go to the airport. I’m sick to my stomach over the Canadian vote. Donald Trump resurrected Trudeau’s once-hated Liberal party from the abyss.
Christian Smith & Orthodoxy's Resilience

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

Father Philip Begley, pastor of St. Ignatius Antiochian Orthodox ChurchOn Sunday I went to the Divine Liturgy at St. Ignatius Antiochian Orthodox Church in Franklin, Tennessee. That’s exurban Nashville. It’s hard to say enough good things about the experience. It was such a blessing to be able to experience Orthodox worship in my own language, and woul…
Religious Angle On Trump, 'Man Of Destiny'

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

This newsletter has added a batch of new subscribers since my Free Press piece ran. One of them said, “Um, are these dispatches always so long?” Yeah, they are. This is called “Rod Dreher’s Diary,” and it’s a daily compendium of things I’m thinking about today, and find interesting.
Trump Flailing Puts Important Work At Risk

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

Ya know, sometimes it seems like President Trump doesn’t know what he’s doing with the economy. Yesterday I walked around SoHo with a conservative business woman friend. She’s a Trump supporter, but said the president’s wacky tariffs scheme makes no sense, and is really screwing things up. She explained in some detail, including clarifyi…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.
‘Cry More, Libs’ Is Not a Strategy

2 weeks ago | thefp.com | Rod Dreher

Earlier this month in Washington, the Heritage Foundation hosted a screening of the first episode of the Angel Studios documentary series Live Not By Lies, based on my 2020 bestseller of the same name. It’s a film, and a book, about the perils of “soft totalitarianism” and it features the warnings anti-communist dissidents from the Soviet bloc have for the West today. I invited some good friends from all over to come to D.C. for the event.
'Live Not By Lies' In New York City

3 weeks 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…

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14 May 25

RT @declanganley: Great credit to @NasareanO on the very hands on, grassroots and practical difference that they make; dignity, one person…

Rod Dreher @roddreher

14 May 25

Thrilled by what Leo XIV said today about need for Western Church to learn from the mystical spirituality & practices of Eastern Christianity This is EXACTLY the message of my book LIVING IN WONDER -- meant for all Western Christians. Order: https://t.co/txBFrhdW0Z Here's Leo: https://t.co/1uZXSEsJrt

Rod Dreher @roddreher

14 May 25

I can hardly believe I'm hearing a US president talk like this. Thank you, Donald Trump! It's been a long time coming.

Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand

I rarely praise Trump but this is a genuinely incredible speech https://t.co/1SgAtVBu3v I've been arguing for close to a decade that the single biggest reason for the growing divide between the West and "the rest" was the West's inability to accept diversity (the genuine kind,