Rod Dreher's Diary

A portal of spiritual darkness for many young men Well, hello from Chicago O’Hare. Had to catch a 4:45 am flight from Tel Aviv to Zurich, and then onward. That meant leaving for the airport at 1:30. I’m too old for this, but I’m really glad I came. Got to see old friends, make new ones, pray at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, and hear some good confere…

A Bombshell NatCon Panel Laid Bare The Fault Lines On The American Right First things first: today is the “cover reveal” of Weimar America, which will be published by Basic Liberty, a Hachette imprint overseen by the great Tom Spence, my editor. Out early next May, but I encourage you to pre-order now.

And: October 7, Nine Books; $ussex Chocolates; ‘Queers For Palestine’ Makes Sense That is the altar built over the top of the hill of Golgotha, where Jesus of Nazareth was crucified, and died. It’s inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, in the Old City of Jerusalem. I went there early this morning to pray. The church was largely empty, and calm. I could smell the sweet incense from the church perfuming the narrow alleys of the Old City even before I arrived.

Hello from Jerusalem! I’m here for NatCon Jerusalem, and delivered one of the opening speeches, on the topic of why the National Conservative philosophy is the only realistic and decent way forward for the Right. The video will be up soon; I’ll post it here. Starts like this: It is an honor to be here at the Natcon conference in Jerusalem, especially in a time when this country, Israel, is facing the contempt of much of the world, simply for defending itself against bloodthirsty barbarians.

This is Britain, 2026. Islamo-leftism on the march A quick note from the Frankfurt airport, in transit to Israel. I landed to the news that the US has abruptly evacuated its bombers from a RAF base in Gloucestershire — this, fearing an Iranian sabotage plot. Do you know what this means? Do you really? It means that the US can no longer trust its closest …

Chris Olah, the man who is building god, at the Vatican Good afternooon. It’s Sunday, but like I said, I’m catching a plane for Jerusalem late this afternoon, and will be traveling all day Monday — it’s a long way to the Holy City from north Alabama — so won’t be able to post. Today’s is your Monday post. Lots of people have been talking about this NYT …

And: The Cornell Rape Case Travesty; ‘Digital Necromancy’ & Zombie Tim Keller Look at them, this crowd of young people in France. They either set a firefighter on fire, or he caught on fire trying to extinguish a fire they set. And they just sit there filming, not trying to help him, nothing. Scenes like this are playing out all over France this week. Last week, with the pope in the country, the world saw a France that was beautiful, orderly, and filled with peace and light.

University of Chicago professor Robert Pape Robert Pape is a University of Chicago political scientist and expert on political violence and terrorism. In this excerpt from his new book, Pape makes these startling claims: Political violence has moved closer to the center of American political life, touching elected officials across parties and becoming a r… Continue reading this post for free, courtesy of Rod Dreher. Or purchase a paid subscription.

And: Terror In The Air; Real-Life In Black Schools; Hawks vs. Hawkeyes; Populism The other day a college professor friend phoned me to vent. Two (white) female undergraduates had complained to him that they didn’t want to study Aristotle because he was a “bigot” — by which they meant that the Greek philosopher of the 4th century BC had nothing worthwhile to say, because he did not share 21st century ideas about the place of women in society.

Brad the Arkansas Welfare King, according to Gov. Sanders Sorry I’m late with today’s newsletter. I had to make a quick overnight trip to Nashville, and just rolled back to Birmingham within the last two hours. Still, it’s touching that one reader e-mailed to see if I was okay. I beg you to watch this clip of Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announci…