No. 33 in America · Week of November 9, 2026
U.S. editor, UnHerd; founding editor, Compact
Sohrab Ahmari is a journalist and editor, U.S. editor of UnHerd and a founding editor of Compact.
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Score breakdown
Nine parts, measured fresh each week. This is where Sohrab Ahmari's points came from, and the evidence behind each one.
Debate record
Started one of the defining arguments on the American right and took it to the stage against David French.
Ahmari was op-ed editor of the New York Post and an editor on The Wall Street Journal's opinion pages before co-founding Compact.
He is a contributing editor of The Catholic Herald and a columnist for First Things.
On the record
2024
April 11, 2024
Formal debate
Against Cenk Uygur and Nick Gillespie · The Free Press and FIRE, Majestic Theatre, Dallas
Ahmari and Ann Coulter argued for shutting the border against Uygur and Gillespie at The Free Press's first America Debates event.
2023
November 3, 2023
Formal debateWon the audience vote
Against George Will and Jacob Rees-Mogg · Munk Debates, Toronto
Sohrab Ahmari argued against the motion with Ash Sarkar. The con side won the audience vote, swinging 14 percent.
2019
September 5, 2019
Formal debate
Against David French · Catholic University of America
The debate grew out of Ahmari's essay Against David French-ism. Ross Douthat moderated; much of the commentary afterward judged French the winner.
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