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David French

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I Believe in Miracles. Just Not All of Them.

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By David French Opinion Columnist I want to begin with a wonderful and mysterious story. It begins badly....

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The Curling Theory of Campaigns Proves Itself Again

Advertisement Supported by David French By David French Opinion Columnist Sarah Isgur, a longtime Republican campaign operative — and my friend...

10.11.2024 40

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We Don’t Have Time to Waste Time in Despair

What should Trump’s opponents do next?

07.11.2024 30

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‘If We Care About Justice in America, There’s Going to Be a Lot of Work to Do’

Advertisement Supported by By Patrick Healy and David French Donald Trump’s enduring hold over the Republican Party may send him back to the...

06.11.2024 40

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There Will Always Be a Trump. That’s Only Part of the Problem.

Advertisement Supported by David French By David French Opinion Columnist Because we forget history, we forget that the American experiment cannot...

03.11.2024 10

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The Harris-Cheney Partnership Is Not Just a Marriage of Convenience

Advertisement Supported by david french By David French Opinion Columnist One of the great joys of my life is my decades-long friendships with...

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Four Lessons From Nine Years of Being ‘Never Trump’

Advertisement Supported by David French By David French Opinion Columnist I’ve been wrong about many things, but here are two of the bigger...

27.10.2024 200

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Trump’s Election Reversal Dreams Are Dead

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By David French Opinion Columnist As we approach Election Day, I’m cautiously optimistic — not so much...

25.10.2024 70

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I Don’t Want to Live in a Monoculture, and Neither Do You

Advertisement Supported by David French By David French Opinion Columnist Few things can change your perspective for the better more than being...

20.10.2024 50

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Let’s Take the Republican Policy Challenge

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By David French Opinion Columnist If you live in Red America, as I do, you’re familiar with two...

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November’s Second-Most-Important Election Is in Florida

The fate of Amendment 4 will tell us what the future of the pro-life movement holds.

13.10.2024 10

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Supreme Court Reform Is in the Air

Say no to court packing — and yes to term limits.

10.10.2024 50

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JD Vance and the Prophets of Trumpism

Opinion David French Credit... Jenn Ackerman for The New York Times Supported by By David French Opinion Columnist On Sept. 28, JD Vance...

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This Is Why MAGA Loves JD Vance

Trump’s running mate is no Mike Pence.

02.10.2024 70

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Iran Is Losing. That May Matter More Than Israel’s Mistakes.

Military success rarely brings true peace, but it can preserve societies.

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MAGA Wants Transgression. Mark Robinson Is the Result.

If you favor more of this, vote for Trump.

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Why Trump Won’t Say He Wants Ukraine to Win

The country lies at the heart of overlapping conspiracy theories important to the former president.

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MAGA Will Fall for Anything

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By David French Opinion Columnist It was the strangest thing I’ve ever seen during a presidential...

12.09.2024 6

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MAGA Is Nothing Without Trump

Advertisement Supported by David French By David French Opinion Columnist I spent the Labor Day weekend in Chicago, America’s greatest summer...

08.09.2024 60

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The Loneliness Epidemic Has a Cure

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01.09.2024 70

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Joy Can Do More Than Beat Trump

It can push MAGA back to the periphery of American life.

29.08.2024 30

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The Christian Persecution Narrative Rings Hollow

Advertisement Supported by David French By David French Opinion Columnist This June, I was invited on a friend’s podcast to answer a question...

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Ukraine Is Poking the Russian Bear

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By David French Opinion Columnist Here’s one way to think through the importance of the news stories...

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To Save Conservatism From Itself, I Am Voting for Harris

Advertisement Supported by David French By David French Opinion Columnist I believe life begins at conception. If I lived in Florida, I would...

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Mockery Won’t Increase Fertility

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By David French Opinion Columnist I am an enthusiastic natalist. By that I mean that I want our nation to...

09.08.2024 40

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‘I Just Have Some Questions’: An Interview With Justice Gorsuch

Opinion David French Credit... Matt Eich for The New York Times Supported by By David French Opinion Columnist On July 31, I met with...

04.08.2024 30

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Being Good Is as Important as Being Right

Theology is meaningless in the absence of character.

31.07.2024 40

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Hulk Hogan Is Not the Only Way to Be a Man

Advertisement Supported by David French By David French Opinion Columnist The Democratic Party must join the battle for the hearts and minds of...

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One of the Republican Convention’s Weirdest Lies

Advertisement Supported by David French By David French Opinion Columnist I watched hour upon hour of the Republican National Convention,...

21.07.2024 10

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The Republican Party Has a Split-Personality Problem

Advertisement Supported by David French By David French Opinion Columnist There is a paradox at the heart of Donald Trump’s campaign, a...

20.07.2024 5

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Criticize Trump, but Don’t Demonize Him

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By David French Opinion Columnist When I saw Donald Trump walk into the Republican National Convention...

19.07.2024 30

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What Happened to the Originalism of the Originalists?

Advertisement Supported by David French By David French Opinion Columnist When I read the majority opinion on Monday in Trump v. United States,...

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The Supreme Court Puts the Pro-Life Movement to the Test

Advertisement Supported by David French By David French Opinion Columnist Rarely has a Supreme Court case had less legal meaning and greater...

30.06.2024 30

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MAGA Is Not Getting Everything It Wants From the Supreme Court

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By David French Opinion Columnist If you really want to understand the conservative-dominated Supreme...

28.06.2024 30

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Clarence Thomas and John Roberts Are at a Fork in the Road

Advertisement Supported by David French By David French Opinion Columnist Two years ago, when the Supreme Court decided New York State Rifle and...

23.06.2024 10

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Is Missouri About to Execute an Innocent Man?

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By David French Opinion Columnist On June 4, the Missouri Supreme Court set a September execution date...

21.06.2024 10

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The Day My Old Church Canceled Me Was a Very Sad Day

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MAGA Turns Against the Constitution

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By David French Opinion Columnist You may not know this, but the United States is in the grips of...

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Civil Liberties Make for Strange Bedfellows

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02.06.2024 30

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‘Ukraine Has Gone Through a Terrible Period’: A Q. and A. With Frederick and Kimberly Kagan

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By David French Opinion Columnist We’re at a crucial moment in the Ukraine war. After Congress’s...

31.05.2024 50

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‘Contact. I.E.D.’

Advertisement Supported by David French By David French Opinion Columnist “Contact. I.E.D.” When I served in Iraq, I’d hear those words on...

26.05.2024 40

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I Was a Republican Partisan. It Altered the Way I Saw the World.

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By David French I’m having the strongest sense of déjà vu. In 2012, I was a Republican partisan. This...

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‘Dad, I Don’t Think I’m Old Enough to Handle This’

Advertisement Supported by David French By David French Opinion Columnist “Dad, I don’t think I’m old enough to handle this.” Those words were...

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Paging Senator Schumer …

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By David French What is antisemitism? It’s easy to think of a colloquial definition — hatred and...

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Not as Powerful as She Thinks She Is

Advertisement Supported by David French By David French Opinion Columnist In an interview last week, NewsNation’s Blake Burman asked Speaker...

05.05.2024 30

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Colleges Have Gone Off the Deep End. There Is a Way Out.

Advertisement Supported by David French By David French Opinion Columnist I had my head in a law book when I heard the drums. That was the sound...

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The Line Between Good and Evil Cuts Through Evangelical America

Advertisement Supported by David French By David French Opinion Columnist I’m afraid that an exit poll question has confused America. Every...

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The Atmosphere of the ‘Manosphere’ Is Toxic

Advertisement Supported by David French By David French Opinion Columnist To understand the state of men in this country, it’s necessary to...

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The Great Hypocrisy of the Pro-Life Movement

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By David French Opinion Columnist To understand the remarkable moral, political and intellectual...

12.04.2024 40

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Trump Is No Savior

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