Rod Dreher
Righty journalist, Orthodox Christian, Southerner, Europhile, Ignatian (Team Reilly), eclecticist. Author of 'The Benedict Option'; new book drops Fall 2020
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Amazon will pay $0 in taxes on $11,200,000,000 in profit for 2018
Amazon avoids paying federal tax — for the second year in a row, according to a new report.
Teatery - Tea and Tapioca - Baton Rouge
Authentic bubble Tea; Tapioca; Smoothie and Desserts
Rod Dreher
A bubble tea joint recently opened in my city. It's called Teatery. That sounds like a strip club for Gilbert & Sullivan enthusiasts.
33h
The Controlling Power Of Big Data
'Small data points monitored continuously can be very predictive of behaviors'
A Newspaper, Or The Oberlin Faculty Senate?
Transcript of an internal New York Times staff meeting is a dispatch from the progressive propaganda factory
Rod Dreher
The transcript of that town hall meeting at the Times tells you more about that paper and its ideological pathologies. than a thousand conservative analyses
3d
Building The Fortifications
Theory: Christians are losing their faith not because they were badly taught, but poorly discipled
Muslim women 'sterilised' in China detention camps, say former detainees
‘It’s like we were just a piece of meat,’ says Gulbahar Jalilova
Did Jeffrey Epstein 'have portrait of Bill Clinton in blue dress?'
The painting was snapped inside convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's $56m New York mansion in 2012, seven years before his suicide in the wake of new charges of sex trafficking.
Alexa, time for class: How one university put an Echo Dot in every dorm room
Students at St. Louis University now use AI to get campus help with everything from library hours to bus schedules.
Mass Shootings: A Materialist Horror
What unites these killers? They're looking for meaning once provided by religion
Another Pop-Culture Christian Loses His Faith
Songwriter Marty Sampson explains in a statement that doesn’t ring true, except in light of increasing pressure to bend to secular norms.
Does this schnitzel define Vienna?
The Wiener schnitzel is as emblematic of Vienna as classical composers – but one family-run eatery serves a cutlet so classic that it embodies what a schnitzel should be.
Rod Dreher
I am temporarily obsessed with Figlmüller. Will see tomorrow if they take reservations one month in advance. If the Lord tarries, I’m going to eat that schnitzel.
6d
Amazon.com: Without God: Michel Houellebecq and Materialist Horror eBook: Louis Betty: Gateway
Amazon.com: Without God: Michel Houellebecq and Materialist Horror eBook: Louis Betty: Gateway
Rod Dreher
Re-reading this book tonight. If you are a fan of Michel Houllebecq's novels, I *strongly* recommend this to you
6d
Rod Dreher
"Social collapse in the Houellebecquian universe occurs in the transition from a theological to an economic understanding of the human being, not in the alternations between socialism and liberalism, however calamitous these may be." -- Louis Betty.
42h
Christian Cultural Cognitive Dissonance
Maybe the Benedict Option is a bad idea. So what else you got?
Rod Dreher
Hillsong's Marty Sampson left Christianity ... but what he said when he announced his departure suggests that he was badly catechized and badly formed. This is not just a pop Evangelicalism problem, but something all Christians today have to face. More
6d
'I took an internship at a monastery'
The Isle of Wight monastery offering internships to help young believers establish a 'lasting spiritual foundation'.
Rod Dreher
What a wonderful short film, and a wonderful idea. More monasteries should offer these "internships." They might lead to vocations, and/or a lifelong relationship between lay Christians and monasteries.
7d
Will the ABA Reject Due Process?
Activists push a resolution that would redefine sexual consent and convict innocent men of assault.
J.D. Vance Becomes Catholic
Exclusive interview with 'Hillbilly Elegy' author, who was baptized and confirmed today
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Rod Dreher
It was a joy to be present when @JDVance1 received baptism and confirmation as a Catholic today. I talked to him about it here.
7d
Belgium still haunted by paedophile scandal
Belgium's most hated man, convicted paedophile Marc Dutroux, has been locked up for the last six years without trial. Andrew Osborn wonders why it is taking so long for justice to be done.
Gere and Salvini clash over migrant ship
The Italian deputy PM called on the film star to take the 160 migrants to Hollywood on a private jet.
«Trump a ouvert une brèche pour un nouveau conservatisme intellectuel»
FIGAROVOX/GRAND ENTRETIEN - L’essayiste conservateur américain Rod Dreher est très critique à l’égard de Donald Trump. Pourtant, entre les démocrates et Trump, s’il faut à tout prix choisir, il choisira Trump et explique pourquoi. Rod Dreher analyse...
The Miracles of St Charbel Makhlouf
One of the great gifts I experienced when we returned from England to the USA was the great diversity in the American Catholic Church. I had never been a Catholic in the United States so I had to learn about the Catholic history. So I met the...