No. 93 in America · Week of November 9, 2026
New York Times columnist
David French is a New York Times columnist and a former attorney.
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Score breakdown
Nine parts, measured fresh each week. This is where David French's points came from, and the evidence behind each one.
Debate record
Defended classical liberalism on the right against Sohrab Ahmari in a debate that became a landmark of the post-Trump conservative argument.
French was senior editor of The Dispatch and a staff writer for National Review before joining The New York Times.
He is a visiting professor of public policy at Lipscomb University.
On the record
2019
September 5, 2019
Formal debate
Against Sohrab Ahmari · Catholic University of America
French argued that the First Amendment must protect every viewpoint equally, and pressed Ahmari to say clearly whether he disagreed.
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