David French
Co-founder
David, a graduate of Harvard Law School and David Lipscomb University, serves as Senior Counsel and director of the university litigation project for a large non-profit Christian legal organization. He is also a Captain in the United States Army Reserve and recently returned from a year-long deployment to Iraq with the 2d Squadron, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment, where he earned a Bronze Star.
The former president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, he also taught at Cornell Law School and served as a partner in a large law firm. He is the author of four books, including A Season for Justice: Defending the Rights of the Christian Home, Church, and School, and numerous op-eds. Regularly interviewed by both print and broadcast media, David has appeared onThe O'Reilly Factor, ABC World News Tonight, The Fox Report with Shepard Smith, Special Report with Brit Hume, and Your World with Neil Cavuto, among others. He has also been profiled in the Christian magazines Charisma and Prism and appears regularly on dozens of Christian radio programs. He is married to Nancy French.
David's Posts
My (Extended) Thoughts on the Ground Zero MosqueResponding to Nancy and Charles
Judicial Theologians
An Equation to Help You Understand the 2012 Race
Going to Africa
Not "Sounding Off"
Why Do Politicians Lie About Military Service?
Mitt Outraised Obama . . .
Huckabee Keeps Polling Well
I Was Wrong About Same-Sex Marriage
Flexing his Muscles?
Mitt to Endorse Rubio!
Who We Are and Why it Matters
Romney/Palin? Sarah Opens the Door
A New Orleans Coverage Roundup
We Won the SRLC Straw Poll!
A Great Story on EFM at the Conference
With "GOP Strategists" Like These . . .
Stop the Presses! You Mean EFM Paid for Some Registrations?
An Interesting Note
Just Saw Sarah Palin here at the SRLC . . .
We're Here at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference . . .
EFM Is Co-sponsoring the Southern Republican Leadership Conference
Two Sentences
Four Hugely Important Differences Between "RomneyCare" and "ObamaCare"
CHECK OUT . . .
SHOULD'VE STUCK TO THE ECONOMY?
IN HIS OWN WORDS
ON THAT MCCAIN ENDORSEMENT
RE: MODERATE MITT?
"FRIEND" ME
A STORY I'VE BEEN MEANING TO TELL
"BECAUSE OF THE EVANGELICALS"
SCOTT BROWN, MITT ROMNEY, AND THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT
SCOTT BROWN AND THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT
MITT'S NOT COMING TO THE SRLC: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR US?
POLITICAL OBSERVERS NOTICE OUR EFFORTS
NOT JUST "SOME" COMPETENCE . . . IS THERE ANY COMPETENCE AT ALL?
SOME COMPETENCE, PLEASE
A FEW QUESTIONS FOR 2010
DREADFULLY GULLIBLE
THE CLEMENCY ISSUE . . .
OH, AND CHARLES . . .
DAVID FRUM ON "ROMNEY'S EVANGELICAL PROBLEM"
I KNOW THIS IS ABOUT SARAH PALIN, BUT . . .
A NOTE ON VETERAN'S DAY
A NOTE ON HUCKABEE
LESSONS FROM LAST NIGHT?
ARE GRASSROOTS ACTIVISTS ALWAYS POLITICALLY SAVVY?
NANCY, HOW COULD YOU?
ENOUGH WITH THE MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH CARE MEME
OBAMA, ROMNEY, AND AFGHANISTAN
ON HUCKABEE'S STRAW POLL WIN
DID MITT MAX OUT IN 2008?
. . . AND I'M GLAD HE'S NOT INTERESTED
SLOWLY EMERGING FROM MY SICKBED
MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH CARE: WHAT IS THE REAL STORY?
TIED WITH "THE ONE"
QUIETLY FORGING AHEAD?
RE: MY CONFESSION
KRAUTHAMMER'S TAKE
A (MODEST) DISAGREEMENT WITH MICHAEL BARONE
A QUICK THOUGHT ON "BOY SCOUTS"
I WONDER . . .
THE FULL-SPECTRUM CONSERVATIVE
THE TROUBLE WITH SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES
EMPHASIZING REAL SUCCESS
RE: ON A MORE SERIOUS NOTE
RE: WITH PRESIDENTS LIKE THESE?
RE: AN EVANGELICAL'S RESPONSE
IT'S PEOPLE!
RELENTLESS LOGIC REDUX
RELENTLESS LOGIC
HEROES AND PIRATES
FIVE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE DIFFERENT ABOUT 2012
A THOUGHT ON CULTURE CLASHES
WE'RE BACK!
WOW. JUST WOW.
REMEMBERING THE GOOD TIMES
IT'S A TWO-MAN RACE, NOT A FIVE-MAN RACE
IT LOOKS LIKE I'M GOING TO IRAQ
CHARLES, MY FRIEND, YOU ARE SO RIGHT
BOB NOVAK IS WRONG
THANK YOU, CHARLES!
THIRD PARTY?
MITT ROMNEY: THE ANTI-WAR CANDIDATE?
INTERESTING OBSERVATION AND QUESTION
BELATED DEBATE THOUGHTS
CHECKING IN ON FRED
JUST TO BE PERFECTLY CLEAR . . .
INTEGRITY REALLY DOES MATTER
MARK DAVIS IS WRONG
ORTHODOXY AND DOUBLE STANDARDS
AMES: J-POD IS WRONG, HUGH IS RIGHT
THEIR LAST, BEST CHANCE
MORE ON "MITT UNPLUGGED"
AMAZING IRRESPONSIBILITY
MOVING ON (AND MOVING UP)
THE UN-BAN
APPARENTLY, I SHOULD BE DISBARRED
FRED THOMPSON: LOBBYIST FOR P*RN (AND ORGANIZED CRIME)!
MITT ROMNEY AND HIS ENEMIES
PRO-LIFE OR MERELY FEDERALIST?
THE DOUBLE STANDARDS ARE SIMPLY STAGGERING
A QUICK TAKE ON THE NUMBERS
MUST...RESIST...URGE...TO...PILE...ON...BROWNBACK
WHEN ACADEMICS OVERREACH
THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE THOMPSON CAMPAIGN
SKY STILL BLUE . . .
YOU MUST FOLLOW THIS LINK
THE CNN DEBATE: A QUICK EFM TAKE
McCAIN'S (FORMER) RELIGION OUTREACH COORDINATORS SPEAK OUT
LIBERAL RELIGIOUS BIGOTS
MARTHA ZOLLER ON MITT ROMNEY IN THE SOUTH
RE: GIVE 'EM HELL
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT IDEAS...
NEWT GINGRICH WHINES
IMMIGRATION
MORE ON DOBSON: HE'S IMPRESSED BY GOVERNOR ROMNEY
QUICK DEBATE TAKES
JUST A QUICK WORD ON INTELLIGENT DESIGN
I TOLD YOU WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER...
Mormons: An Appreciation
AS USUAL...
I HOPE EVANGELICALS REALIZE...
WHY WE NEED A BETTER COMMUNICATOR
THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR: THOMPSON WAS PRO-CHOICE AFTER ALL
PUBLICLY FUNDING CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS?
EMPIRICAL SUCCESS VS. CHATTERING CLASSES
ROMNEY'S BAD MONTHS?
NANCY, YOU'RE A GOOD PERSON...
RAMESH GETS IT RIGHT (TWICE)
THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR GETS IT COMPLETELY WRONG
MY LYING WIFE
TRUE CONSERVATIVE WATCH -- READERS RESPOND
WHAT IS A "TRUE CONSERVATIVE?"
CONSERVATIVE MESSIAH WATCH . . . STILL LOOKING
FROM THE LAND OF CONSERVATIVE DREAMS . . .
ROMNEY WINS CPAC STRAW POLL!
IT'S RUDY VS. ROMNEY?
ROMNEY SCORED
ROMNEY'S CPAC SPEECH: AN EARLY REVIEW
RANDOM THOUGHTS
NRO AND POWERLINE TALK SENSE
THE QUEST FOR CONSISTENCY LEADS TO...NONSENSE
JAMES BOPP JR. ON MITT ROMNEY
RE: ANN ROMNEY ON STEM CELLS
HUCKABEE: THE NEW MEDIA DARLING?
"TRUE CONSERVATIVE" WATCH, PART II
THOSE POWERFUL CONSERVATIVE ACTIVISTS
AIRING THE DIRTY LAUNDRY
EFM RELEASES TWO IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS
MORE FROM STEVE BALDWIN
A COMMENT FROM A ROMNEY OPPONENT (OR A "PRE-SUPPORTER?")
WHERE'S THE HISTORICAL EVIDENCE?
A HUGE WIN FOR MARRIAGE--AND FOR THE RULE OF LAW
MITT ROMNEY "CHOSE" GAY MARRIAGE?
ROMNEY ON THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP
JACOB WEISBERG'S TIRESOME CONDESCENSION
JOHN MCCAIN HAS CHANGED TOO
ANSWERING PAUL WEYRICH
DAVID FRUM VS. ANDREW SULLIVAN
THE 'GOTCHA' MOMENT?
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ACTIONS SPEAKING LOUDER THAN WORDS?
AND DON'T FORGET JUDGES
THE MEDIA OBSESSION
THE NEW REPUBLIC ON "EVANGELICALS VS. MORMONS"
MORE ON THE WITCH HUNT: THE KEM GARDNER "APOLOGY"
THE GLOBE'S NEW WITCH HUNT: WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON
THE CRUNCHY CON DISCOVERS EFM
THE GOVERNOR'S REMARKS AT LIBERTY SUNDAY
A READER ON RUDY V. ROMNEY
LAUNCH DAY
A QUICK TAKE ON FOLEY
MORE ON DR. DOBSON
RE: MR. CLEAN
A QUICK NOTE ON THE ABORTION ISSUE
THE MCCAIN CAMP SWINGS AND MISSES
JOHN FUND AND THE FRC SUMMIT
THE WELL-ROUNDED EVANGELICAL
RUDY V. ROMNEY: MY THOUGHTS
K-LO CROWS
REBUKING A TYRANT
HOTLINE RANKINGS
MORE RANDOM THOUGHTS
GARY GLENN RESPONDS
SHORT ANSWERS TO TOUGH QUESTIONS: VERSION 1.0
RANDOM THOUGHTS
ROOM FOR A FIXER?
KNOWING THE LEFT
WHEN DOES THEOLOGY MATTER?
GREAT INSIGHTS FROM THE MAILBAG
WE'RE ALL THE SAME TO THEM
JOHN FUND AND THE MORMON DOCUMENTARY
MESSAGE FROM ONE OF "THOSE PEOPLE"
REPUBLICAN FRONTRUNNERS
MASS. RADICALS: THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING
STILL MORE ON RUDY
THE 37% MYTH
DETAILS EMERGING ON "THAT L.A. TIMES POLL"
THAT L.A. TIMES POLL
OBAMA'S SWING AND MISS
A BETTER COMMUNICATOR