Rod Dreher (@roddreher) is a columnist for The European Conservative and author of a daily newsletter, Rod Dreher’s Diary.
Trump’s Tough Love for Europe

Trump’s Tough Love for Europe

Contrary to what globalists are saying, the Trump administration does not “hate Europe.” It hates what Europe has become under decades of failed leadership.

December 9, 2025
Hungary: Scapegoat for Western European Failure

Hungary: Scapegoat for Western European Failure

When ‘liberal democracy’ becomes a suicide pact for one’s nation, you should not be surprised when people living in that nation prefer something different.

December 7, 2025
Zohran Mamdani, Nick Fuentes, and Weimar America

Zohran Mamdani, Nick Fuentes, and Weimar America

What is emerging in the United States today is the collapse of the center under pressure from the extremes of both Left and Right.

November 5, 2025
Muslim and Migrant Fatigue

Muslim and Migrant Fatigue

What has become clear is that liberal democracy may not depend on shared ethnicity, but it absolutely depends on a shared culture.

October 23, 2025
Budapest Peace Summit: Diplomatic Triumph for Viktor Orbán

Budapest Peace Summit: Diplomatic Triumph for Viktor Orbán

The liberals bark, but history’s caravan moves on.

October 17, 2025
British Jews: The Canary in Europe’s Coal Mine

British Jews: The Canary in Europe’s Coal Mine

If you had ever wondered how you would have behaved as the Nazis began persecuting Jews after they came to power in 1934, now is your chance to find out.

October 7, 2025
Charlie Kirk Shows the West the Way Home

Charlie Kirk Shows the West the Way Home

Do we have the courage to turn away from this culture of death that European and American elites tried to build without God?

September 23, 2025
Charlie Kirk, Viktor Orbán, and the Lies of Gender Ideology

Charlie Kirk, Viktor Orbán, and the Lies of Gender Ideology

A system based on lies cannot survive if enough people refuse to be intimidated by the liars in power.

September 17, 2025
Civil War Approaches

Civil War Approaches

One of the key conditions that King’s College professor David Betz says leads to civil war: an elite radically disconnected from the masses.

September 15, 2025
Lawlessness Has a Limit—And the West Is Reaching It

Lawlessness Has a Limit—And the West Is Reaching It

At some point, ordinary, law-abiding people are going to get sick of the disorder protected and excused by their degenerate liberal governing elites.

September 11, 2025
AfD: Appointed for Death?

AfD: Appointed for Death?

Six candidates of hated party die just before local elections In German state. Coincidence?

September 2, 2025
We Have To Talk About the Trans Murderers

We Have To Talk About the Trans Murderers

Not all trans people are potential mass killers. The connection, if there is one, has to do with two things: mental instability and a sense of violent grievance.

August 30, 2025