George H. Nash on Rod Dreher and Crunchy Cons, in WSJ:

Fortunately, Mr. Dreher is not a dour sermonizer. He is a lively writer with a talent for quotable prose (“the point of life is not to become a more satisfied shopper”), and his sense of humor and self-deprecation help to temper his stem-winding style. He also recognizes that not everyone can afford to withdraw from the mainstream or follow the nearly monastic path that he keeps pointing to. Still, he hopes that his fellow crunchy cons and Birkenstocked Burkeans will have the courage, born of religious conviction, to resist the tides of modernity as much as they are able.
Because Mr. Dreher offers no detailed blueprint for cultural renewal, some may dismiss his book as just another lifestyle manifesto. This would be a mistake. Like it or not, Mr. Dreher raises concerns that will not go away. America today is more broadly free and prosperous than any society in human history. We are gloriously “free to choose.” But choose what?