David French

French is a senior editor at The Dispatch and a columnist for Time. His new book is Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation. He is a former major in the United States Army Reserve.

Keep the Filibuster, There Are Better Ways to Reform a Broken System

It took only days for Democratic jubilation to fade. After passing an immen...
It took only days for Democratic jubilation to fade. After passing an immense $1.9 trillion COVID aid package that was one of the most expensive and significant pieces of social legislation in a generation, the...

Trump’s Acquittal Exposed a Republic in Peril

When you read the Constitution and the Federalist Papers, you can see how c...
When you read the Constitution and the Federalist Papers, you can see how clearly the Founders understood a single moral maxim—power corrupts. Having just thrown off the yoke of a king they could not elect...

The Right’s Message to Silicon Valley: 'Free Speech for Me, But Not for Thee'

The story of last week’s social media crackdown – especially the most contr...
The story of last week’s social media crackdown – especially the most controversial elements, Twitter’s and Facebook’s decision to ban Donald Trump from its platform and Amazon Web Service’s (AWS) decision to terminate its relationship...

We Must Impeach Donald Trump Again

If there was any doubt at all, let’s end it today. Words have meaning. When...
If there was any doubt at all, let’s end it today. Words have meaning. When a president tells his followers that the fate of the nation is at stake in a presidential election, millions will...