The last post
[Rod Dreher  03/31 04:20 PM]

I’ll be busy with other projects for the rest of the afternoon, so this is going to be my last post on this blog. I want to thank Kathryn for suggesting it and hosting it. I want to thank Bruce, Caleb, Angelo, Frederica and all the others, including critics and readers of all opinions, who were kind enough to contribute to this project. It’s been a real pleasure to talk about these ideas and issues with all of you, and especially to learn from all the e-mails that there are a lot of crunchy cons in America, and that you found inspiration in the pages of my book. I should again thank all the NRO readers who wrote to me initially several years ago, and who showed up in the pages of “Crunchy Cons.” When people say that this idea is not real, you know from the facts of your own lives how false that is. Incidentally, sales of the book have been good – it’s just gone into its third printing – which tells me that there’s a real audience for these ideas. I’m especially gratified to hear from religious folks who say they’ve started to think in new ways about their faith and the way they live it out in community. I hope those of you who are excited about the neotraditionalism that we call “crunchy conservatism” will stay in touch; I’m going to be blogging regularly at Beliefnet.com starting in a few days, and we can continue the crunchy-con conversation over there.