David French is a New York Times columnist, who has called himself a “Reagan conservative,” a “pro-life classical liberal”, and an independent. In 2020, David published Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation. For The Times, David often writes about “friendship, marriage, parenting” and “the evangelical church". 

In 2024, the fundamentalist wing of the Presbyterian Church, where David and his family had worshipped for 15 years, cancelled him from appearing on a panel at the Church’s General Assembly to discuss “how to be supportive of your pastor and church leaders in a polarized political year.”