--- description: 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. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # David French  ## David French Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close 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_](https://bookshop.org/a/4973/9781250201973). He is a former major in the United States Army Reserve.  ## David French Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Aug 16, 2021 ### [American Leaders Made Defeat in Afghanistan Inevitable](https://time.com/6090758/why-america-lost-afghanistan/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 29, 2021 ### [Why Republicans Are Blind to the Truth of January 6th](https://time.com/6085604/january-6th-republicans-truth/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 2, 2021 ### [Loving Your Country Means Teaching Its History Honestly](https://time.com/6077605/american-history-patriotism/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 8, 2021 ### [How Can We Escape the COVID-19 Vaccine Culture Wars?](https://time.com/6071909/covid-19-vaccine-culture-war/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 6, 2021 ### [Facebook Oversight Board’s Trump Decision Goes Way Beyond Him](https://time.com/6046530/facebook-oversight-board-decision-more-important-trump/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 9, 2021 ### [Clarence Thomas' Tech Opinion May Signal a Free Speech Shift](https://time.com/5953715/clarence-thomas-tech-free-speech/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 23, 2021 ### [Keep the Filibuster, There Are Better Ways to Reform a Broken System](https://time.com/5949042/preserve-the-filibuster-better-ways-to-reform/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 16, 2021 ### [Trump’s Acquittal Exposed a Republic in Peril](https://time.com/5939806/donald-trump-impeachment-acquittal-democracy/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 10, 2021 ### [The Impeachment Trial Is the Ultimate Test](https://time.com/5937908/impeachment-trial-strength-trumps-support/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 16, 2021 ### [Big Tech Made the Right Call About Trump](https://time.com/5930281/right-wing-silicon-valley-free-speech/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 6, 2021 ### [We Must Impeach Donald Trump Again](https://time.com/5927034/impeach-donald-trump-again/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 24, 2020 ### [A Christmas Hymn for Our Troubled Time](https://time.com/5924628/christmas-hymn-for-troubled-times/) Times of great suffering are also times that can reveal deep truths [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 14, 2020 ### [How the Conservative Legal Movement Stopped Trump](https://time.com/5921196/conservative-legal-election-blocked-trump/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 13, 2020 ### [Only Right-Wing Media Can Save America From Trump](https://time.com/5911619/right-wing-media-trumps-conspiracies/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 4, 2020 ### [On Election Day, Polarization Prevailed](https://time.com/5907318/polarization-2020-election/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/david-french/","name":"David French"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/david-french/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/david-french/"},"name":"David French","jobTitle":null,"description":"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.","image":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt010c780ccfbcee40/698a1603096a94300f6a900f/David-French-headshot.jpg?branch=production","url":"https://time.com/author/david-french/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```