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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.
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.
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.
Fear Of America

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

“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.” — SolzhenitsynIn 2019, when I went to Russia to researchLive Not By Lies, I took the advice of a friend who used to work at the US Embassy in Moscow: I took a cheap burner laptop, and left my smartphone at home (I couldn’t afford both a burner laptop and a burner phone). Why? Because, he said, the Russians are known to use sophisticated surveillance equipment to suck data from them at a distance.
Free Abrego Garcia

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

Woke up this morning to this overnight text from a Southern friend:Trump is refusing to obey the Supreme Court over the order to bring that dude back from El Salvador. He using the tactic of “you can’t make me.” He met with the president of El Salvador today who announced he would not be sending the dude back. So our President met with a foreign leader to collude on how to ignore a lawful order from the top of the a judicial branch.
As Goes Trust, So Goes Authority

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

I beg your indulgence today for this dog’s breakfast of an item. This newsletter is called Rod Dreher’s Diary for a reason: I sometimes put my unformed thoughts down, trying to work out firm positions on topics in real time. Today is one of those times.