Cleveland-area Crunchy Cons Unite!

Are you the only Republican at your La Leche League meeting? Are you a sling-wearing, extended-breastfeeding, cloth diapering, non-vaccinating mama who finds she votes more Right than Left? Do you believe that being a Conservative means conservation doesn’t stop at your own front door? Do you have subscriptions to both the National Review and Mother Earth News? Do you enjoy listening to Dennis Prager and NPR? Do you support the NRA and the Sierra Club?

If you've read the book "Crunchy Cons" by Rod Dreher, and feel like you finally have a label for yourself, you've come to the right place.

I've started this blog to post information on things that are important to those of us that live in the Cleveland area and consider ourselves to have similar "crunchy con" ideals. We have a Yahoo! mailing list that you can join, it's a very low-volume list that won't spam your in-box.

Hopefully this will enable Crunchy Cons in the Cleveland area to exchange ideas and information.

What is a Crunchy Conservative?

Straight from the horse's mouth, Rod Dreher's commentary on NPR's All Things Considered, March 10, 2006.

Click here to read.

Click here to listen.

Excerpt:

"Crunchy cons prefer old houses and mom-and-pop shops to McMansions and strip malls.... Many of us homeschool our kids, and cheerfully embrace nonconformity. I read Edmund Burke and wear Birkenstock sandals. Go figure."