Back to Normal

When normality is coded by the establishment as “far right,” then you are going to see more and more young people, who long for normality, embracing the “far right.” And normality, note well, includes normalizing traditional masculinity, including virtues associated with masculinity.

Rod Dreher is a contributing editor to Touchstone. He is a writer and blogger and the author of several books, including The Benedict Option (2017) and Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents (2020).

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