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Rod Dreher

The mind of J.D. Vance

John Fea   |  July 19, 2024

Ian Ward unpacks the intellectual influences that shape the mind of J.D. Vance, Trump’s vice-president pick. They are Notre Dame professor Patrick Deneen, venture capitalist Peter Thiel, blogger Curtis Yarvin, deceased philosopher René Girard, writer Sohrab Ahmari, the group of […]

Rod Dreher’s funder pulls the plug

John Fea   |  March 10, 2023

Howard Ahmanson Jr,. the sole benefactor of Rod Dreher’s blog at The American Conservative, just pulled the plug on the conservative commentator. Here is Caleb Ecarma at Vanity Fair: …But one particular reader, upon reading the last of said posts, […]

Rod Dreher in Hungary: “blogging and backtracking”

John Fea   |  February 3, 2023

Here is Hungarian writer Balázs Gulyás on the mess the conservative blogger is making in Hungary: Last week, Rod Dreher, the American author now living in Hungary, caused a diplomatic scandal that has gone largely unnoticed in his home country. […]

More responses to the death of Michael Gerson

John Fea   |  November 20, 2022

I commented on the death of the former Bush speechwriter and Washington Post columnist here. We also linked to the PBS Newshour tribute. A few more responses: Daniel Silliman reporting at Christianity Today: He gave Bush’s speeches about compassionate conservatism […]

Rod Dreher says that America has “few champions” like Viktor Orban, but Florida governor Ron DeSantis gives him “hope”

John Fea   |  April 5, 2022

We covered this yesterday, but Dreher continues to drool all over of the pro-Putin/anti-Zelensky Hungarian president. Here is a taste of his post: “Viktor Organ or Joe Biden?: We cultural conservatives in America have very few champions like Orban. Maybe […]

Viktor Orban wins another term in Hungary. Calls Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky one of the “opponents” he had to overcome

John Fea   |  April 4, 2022

Here is CNN: Hungary’s authoritarian leader and longtime Russian ally, Viktor Orban, has declared victory in the country’s parliamentary elections, clinching a fourth consecutive term in power. Orban’s Fidesz party had a commanding lead with 71% of the votes counted, Hungary’s national elections […]

Why are some conservatives going to Hungary?

John Fea   |  August 4, 2021

Tucker Carlson is broadcasting this week from Budapest. Why? Damon Linker explains at The Week. Here is a taste: Fans of Carlson’s top-rated prime time show on Fox News learned Monday that he would be broadcasting all week from Budapest, where he would […]