David French

Opinion | The Grace That Gives Us Hope

@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social and I would likely disagree on many points of theology (I'm a mainline Protestant, he's an Evangelical); I agree with him fully that we've seen some remarkable displays of genuine Christlike behavior in the last couple of weeks.

Opinion | There’s a Path Out of This Divide

“Last Sunday, the shadow came for the men, women and children of a church in Michigan. But there is still light and high beauty, and last week the light that flooded America came from people of faith who were determined to demonstrate the character of the Savior they love.”

Opinion | How Can You Cheer Love and Hate at the Same Time?

Countless Americans are enduring Trump’s vengeance. Far too few experience Christian kindness. It is a great tragedy of our time that so many Christians see Trump’s malice as an instrument of God’s divine plan. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...

Opinion | Crony Capitalism Has Reached a New Low

If our laws depend on Trump’s voluntary compliance — and Congress won’t lift a finger to defend the laws it has passed — then the president is unleashed. We are left to the whims of a man who cares about only himself, a man who is willing to discard any law or standard to satisfy his lust for power.

Opinion | Charlie Kirk, Jimmy Kimmel and the Future of Free Speech in America

If you want to read the piece, here's a gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/o...

This doesn't happen every day.

Free speech isn't and shouldn't be a matter of left v. right. It's among the most fundamental of American values.

Opinion | The Dangers of the Charlie Kirk Aftermath

We've never seen a comprehensive attack on free speech like this in our lifetimes.

The assassin's attack on Charlie Kirk was also an attack on free speech.

Thea administration's crackdown on speech is egregious.

And more people support political violence. It's all so bad.

Opinion | There Are Monsters in Your Midst, Too

If we accurately understand that America has an immense problem with violent extremism on both sides of the ideological aisle, then the answer lies in reconciliation, not domination. In fact, it’s the will to dominate that magnifies the crisis and radicalizes our opponents.

Thank you, Jeff.

Opinion | If We Keep This Up, Charlie Kirk Will Not Be the Last to Die

"What starts as a political difference becomes a blood feud the instant someone is hurt or killed. And so each act of political violence has a double consequence. It shatters families, and — over time — it breaks nations." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...

Political violence is evil. I don't care how angry you are at your opponents. We have a ballot box. We have courts. We have free speech. I'm sick with grief for Charlie and his family. I'm sick with concern for this country.

Opinion | It Doesn’t Seem Wise to Let Trump Decide What War Is

Every person who pumped his fist at Trump’s news conference should pause and think very hard about letting him — or any president — expand the definition of war until due process dies, blotted out by the flame and smoke of a missile strike. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

Guilty! My friends from Michigan couldn't understand my experience. In snowy winters, we'd miss weeks at a time!

Opinion | How Did the Latchkey Kids of Gen X Become the Helicopter Parents of Gen Z?

There's lots of nostalgia for Gen X childhoods. I share it!

But there's a disconnect. If our childhoods were that wonderful, why didn’t Generation X replicate our own experiences for our children? Why did so many millions of free-range kids grow up to become helicopter parents?

Opinion | The Corporate Logo That Broke the Internet

"Constant outrage is energizing, at least for a while, for partisans and activists. It’s exhausting for everyone else. The more that MAGA tries to bully America, the more resentment it will build. Bullies only win for a while, and when the backlash comes, MAGA will have only itself to blame."

Opinion | Trump Raises the Stakes

We are watching Donald Trump break the Department of Justice right before our eyes. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/o...

Opinion | What It Really Means to Choose Life

"A decent society should do all it reasonably can to reduce human suffering. It should not, however, do so by extinguishing the lives of those who suffer or the lives of those whom we believe might suffer in the future."

Why we should choose life: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...

Yet another damaging and dangerous blurring of the line and the law to give this kind of political derision in the presence of troops. Secretary of Defense should be preventing it, instead is encouraging it.

Opinion | One Sentence in the Constitution Is Causing America Huge Problems

Executive power is out of control. Trump is turning our constitutional order upside down -- empowered by a "vague and inexplicit" sentence in the Constitution that is the source of much mischief.

Should it be changed? I think so: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...

"If the president uses the military against his domestic foes, he risks fracturing its bond with the American public and diminishing its ability to recruit young Americans from all of our political factions.” Exactly right, @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social

Opinion | Trump’s Domestic Deployments Are Dangerous. For the Military.

Donald Trump "isn’t just deploying America’s military into the streets; he’s deploying it into the American culture war." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/o...

Opinion | This Is No Way to Run a Country

“We’re creating a generation of public servants who can’t feel completely secure when they’re out in public, who wonder if they’re safe in their own homes and who fret constantly about their siblings, spouses and children.”

Opinion | The Boy Who Cried Hoax

For many years, @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social has countered the spin of Trumpers — and, even more, “anti-anti-Trumpers” — concerning Trump, Russia, and 2016. Whether he makes a dent, I don’t know. People seem immovable. But I appreciate him a great deal. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/o...

Opinion | Israel Must Open Its Eyes

"So, yes, I consider myself a friend of Israel. But now its friends need to stage an intervention. The Israeli government has gone too far. It has engineered a staggering humanitarian crisis, and that crisis is both a moral atrocity and a long-term threat to Israel itself."

Opinion | The Boy Who Cried Hoax

@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social explores the ins and outs of the true "Russia hoax"--the lies of Trump and his minions designed to distract from "Epstein, Epstein, Epstein".

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/o...

Opinion | The Boy Who Cried Hoax

"President Trump isn’t just trying to change the subject; he’s also trying to rewrite history — or maybe I should say reality." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/o...

Opinion | The Raw Power of Repentance

Great essay on regret vs repentence via "The Bear" @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social
Regret is the sorrow we feel for the pain we cause or the consequences we experience. Repentance is active. It happens when we turn away from the behaviors that caused our regret.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...

Heresy!

Opinion | The Raw Power of Repentance

At a time of extraordinary fury, we all live in a degree of pain. We all live with regrets. But hope can come from unexpected places — and perhaps a show that features scallops, pastries and Chicago beef can also teach us that only repentance can heal our broken hearts.

Wow. Thank you Bryce.