Rod Dreher
| Rod Dreher | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 14, 1967 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana |
| Residence | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Louisiana State University (BA) |
| Occupation | Columnist, writer |
| Website | The American Conservative: Rod Dreher |
Rod Dreher (born February 14, 1967) is an American writer and editor. He is a senior editor and blogger at The American Conservative and author of several books, including How Dante Can Save Your Life.
He has written about religion, politics, film and culture in National Review and National Review Online, The Weekly Standard, The Wall Street Journal, Touchstone, Men's Health, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications. He was a film reviewer for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and chief film critic for The New York Post. His commentaries have been broadcast on National Public Radio's All Things Considered, and he has appeared on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, Court TV and other television networks.
Rod Dreher was born on February 14, 1967 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was raised in the small town of St. Francisville. He graduated wth a BA in journalism from Louisiana State University.
In 2002, Dreher wrote an essay in National Review that explored a subcategory of American conservatism he defined as "granola conservatism", whose adherents he described as "crunchy cons." He defined these individuals as traditionalist conservatives who believed in environmental conservation, frugal living, and the preservation of traditional family values. They also express skepticism about aspects of free market capitalism and they are usually religious (typically traditionalist Roman Catholics or conservative Protestants). Four years later, Dreher published a book that expanded upon the themes of this manifesto, Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, Gun-Loving Organic Gardeners, Evangelical Free-Range Farmers, Hip Homeschooling Mamas, Right-Wing Nature Lovers, and Their Diverse Tribe of Countercultural Conservatives Plan to Save America (or At Least the Republican Party). He later wrote a blog at beliefnet.com with an emphasis on cultural rather than political topics.
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