Rod Dreher

American journalist · United States · On the map · Journalists · Born 1967 · age 59

Ray Oliver Dreher Jr., known as Rod Dreher, is an American conservative writer and editor living in Hungary. He was a columnist with The American Conservative for 12 years, ending in March 2023, and remains an editor-at-large there.

Rod Dreher is read about 206 times a day, in 9 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 21 June 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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2022“Day 6 of Covid. Now my wife and kids have it too. All of us vaxxed; wife and I both boosted not long ago. Everybody we know who has omicron was vaxxed; most also boosted.”In their words16 January 2022Twitter, 7:45 AM · 16 January 2022Read the whole statement

2021“Don’t get me wrong: I believe that people who circumcise for religious reasons should have the right to do so.”In their wordsOctober 2021"Gary Shteyngart’s ‘Gentile Region’" (October 2021), The American ConservativeRead the whole statement

“Bizarrely, as blacks and other minorities are growing in power, wealth, and influence, the Left acts as if America is little better than apartheid South Africa.”In their wordsJanuary 2021"To the Judean Hills" (January 2021), The American ConservativeRead the whole statement

2020“How do you know that such a silent majority exists? I know a lot of people are planning to vote for Trump as their contribution to the fight against this madness.”In their words3 August 2020"American Totalitarianism" (3 August 2020), The American ConservativeRead the whole statement

“I utterly despise this shallow, mendacious, destructive habit of mind we have of demonizing people in the past who don’t live up to our supposedly perfect standards.”In their words20 July 2020"Heroes, Villains, And America's Fate" (20 July 2020), The American ConservativeRead the whole statement

“Claims of systemic racism in particular institutions are now accepted and repeated as fact, and that it is practically impossible to criticize or reject those claims in any way.”In their words13 July 2020"'Systemic Racism': An Uncontestable Axiom" (13 July 2020), The American ConservativeRead the whole statement

1967Born14 February 1967

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Behind the Scenes of Cultural War - panel with Gladden Pappin, James Jay Carafano, Boris Kálnoky

The Post-Liberal Turn and the Future of British Conservatism - Budapest

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Rod Dreher

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Here’s what Viktor Orban knows: that “liberalism” has produced a society and a culture that despises itself, and is committing suicide. It hates the traditional family.
June 2022 · "American Orbanism" (June 2022), The American Conservative, Own words
Circles have been contaminated by hatred and paranoia. Refuse and reject that right now.
January 2021 · "Information and the Cultural Revolution" (January 2021), The American Conservative, Own words
Notice that none of this has to do with the government. If you think totalitarianism is only something that the state can impose, you’re wrong.
3 August 2020 · Emphasis in original., Own words

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About this person

He is also author of several books, including How Dante Can Save Your Life, The Benedict Option, and Live Not by Lies. He has written about religion, politics, film, and culture in National Review and National Review Online, The Weekly Standard, The Wall Street Journal, and other publications.

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