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Surprising Hope In The Streets Of Paris

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

Pilgrims kneeling in prayer in the street outside St. Sulpice on Saturday morningI told you all that I would write Monday’s newsletter at the end of Monday, Paris time, after I had been out in Chartres for the end of the pilgrimage. Well, I lied. There’s just too much going on, and I want to write about it. I’m going to be strictly limited in what I say …
A Little Note From Paris

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

I promised I wouldn’t write again, but just a little postcard from Paris before bedtime. I passed that equestrian statue of Joan of Arc today, and thought how much better she looks not being molested by migrants, as she recently was by migrant types in a soccer riot:I’m not even French, but looking at that beautiful statue of the saint who is a national icon, I burned with anger at those barbarians who defiled her. But it was a great day, walking around Paris.
Soft Totalitarianism In Europe's Capital

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

Hello all, I am writing this on Thursday night. I’m leaving very early on Friday morning for Paris, where I will be writing a magazine story about the annual Paris-to-Chartres walking pilgrimage, which concludes on Monday (Pentecost) with mass at the cathedral. Monday’s post will come to you late, because I want to share with you what I saw that day.
The Fall Of America? A View From France

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

Emmanuel Todd is one of France’s top intellectuals. He is a historian and anthropologist who describes himself as left-liberal in American terms. He first cme to my attention over a year ago, when he published a book called The Defeat Of The West. It is not yet in English translation. Here, in English, is an interview he did about his thesis at the time.
Blasphemy Law & Britain's Islamization

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

Hamit Coskun, convicted (de facto) of blasphemy in the UKDid you see that Great Britain, motherland of ordered liberty, now has a blasphemy law, de facto? It’s true:Officially, blasphemy was abolished by New Labour in the 2008 Criminal Justice Act. But today, with the conviction of Hamit Coskun, blasphemy laws now exist in England. This law has been crea…
Second Thoughts On 'Woke Right'

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

We live in news and information silos. Until yesterday, when The Free Press published my essay they titled “The Woke Right Is Coming For Your Sons,” I had no idea that James Lindsay, who appears to be the originator of the term, and his allies use it to attack the National Conservatism movement, of which I am a supporter. If I had, I would not have used the term, or allowed it to be used in the headline. That’s on me.
More On The Coming Civil Wars

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

On Friday, I participated in a private meeting with some politicians from Germany’s leading political party, Alternative For Germany (AfD), who were in Budapest attending CPAC Hungary. It was held under Chatham House rules, so I can’t quote anybody. I can tell you, though, that they spoke of the things the German state, as well as private institutions and people, do to punish and marginalize them for wrongthink on migration. As bad as you think it is, it’s much worse.
The Hermit Of Grottomare

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

After church today, I was feeling melancholic, thinking of my disappointments, my failures, and the things I am powerless to change. I came home, went back to bed, and slummed interiorly, as I often do, in the fantasy of selling all my things and going to live somewhere quiet, to withdraw from the world, which is too much with me. Lying in the darkness of my bedroom, I ran through all the places I have been that might suit me in an isolated life, with just my books, my icons, and a dog.
Deneen Is A Bone In David Brooks's Throat

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

I’m sending out a second newsletter today because … well, you’ll see. David Brooks wrote an odd but clearly heartfelt piece condemning J.D. Vance and Patrick Deneen. (I’ve unlocked it for non-NYT subscribers). Headline: “I’m Normally A Mild Guy. Here’s What Pushed Me Over The Edge”. Excerpts:Last Monday afternoon, I was communing with my phone when I came across a Memorial Day essay that the Notre Dame political scientist Patrick Deneen wrote back in 2009.
Whose Society Is It Anyway?

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

Last night I was part of a group of guests that appeared on Dave Rubin’s show, taped at the Danube Institute in Budapest. One of the guests was my pal Peter Boghossian, the Red Baron of the Culture War. Peter is a liberal and an atheist who, along with James Lindsay and Helen Pluckrose, humiliated the academy in the brilliant “Grievance Studies Hoax.” This, from the Wikipedia entry on the affair, explains it:Through their series of hoax articles, James A.