…and how raising a black daughter changed the way he sees America.
-David French returns to the Fifth Column
-SCOTUS drops of a few ruling
-Free speech wins 9-0 (First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Davenport)
-The Voting Rights Act gets another trim (Louisiana v. Callais)
-Racial gerrymanders vs. political gerrymanders
-Smart racists, dumb racists, and Louisiana maps
-Kmele has some questions about race-conscious law
-Preclearance, New York City, and old civil-rights math
-David Duke, Tim Scott, and Southern political memory
-Affirmative action, Harvard, and disparate impact
-Is David French still a conservative?
-Classical liberalism and the old conservative bargain
-What changed after adopting his daughter
-Matt’s foundational racism story
-The limits of legal remedies
-Why David endorsed Kamala Harris
-Brown shirts, red shirts, and horseshoe politics
-Political violence and partisan rumor mills
-The SPLC and Christian conservatives
-The Comey indictment (v2) and 86-gate
-”Black” hair, “black”beauty, and racial identity
-Life inside the Grey Lady
-Evangelicals, Trump, and the prophecy bubble
-David’s faith, doubt, and a story of healing
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