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The Arab world's problems are a problem of the Arab mind, and the name for that problem is anti-Semitism. Bret Stephens
Problem World Problems Mind Anti-Semitism Arab Name
Nearly everyone I know seems to have a well-developed theory as to why this country is past redemption, or almost, and every theory seems almost right. Bret Stephens
Country Past Every Everyone Seems Almost Know Redemption Theory Why Nearly Right
The people we need to hear from most are the ones who make themselves heard least - except, of course, on Election Day. Bret Stephens
Day People Election Except Most Make Course Least Hear Heard Themselves Election Day Who Need
People want leaders. Not ideologues. Not people whose life experiences have been so narrow that they've been able to maintain the purity of their youthful ideals. Not people whose principal contact with political life comes in the form of speeches and sound bites rather than decisions and responsibilities. Bret Stephens
Life People Political Bites Responsibilities Able Life Experiences Rather Purity Contact Leaders Maintain Ideals Principal Ideologues Narrow Sound Sound Bites Been Political Life Than Want Experiences Form Decisions Youthful Whose Speeches
I wear two hats at the 'Wall Street Journal': one as a columnist, the other as the editor responsible for our editorial pages in Asia and Europe. Bret Stephens
Other Our Responsible Wear Hats Columnist Journal Editor Editorial Wall Wall Street Wall Street Journal Asia Pages Europe Street Street Journal Two
I almost never listen to radio or watch political talk shows, especially if I happen to be on them. Bret Stephens
Political Never Almost Talk Talk Shows Listen Happen Them Radio Shows Watch
I am not sorry the CIA went to the edge of the law in the aftermath of 9/11 to prevent further mass-casualty attacks on the U.S. Bret Stephens
CIA Law Edge Sorry Further Prevent Attacks Am Aftermath
I am sorry that Mr. Cheney, and every other supporter of enhanced interrogation techniques, has to defend the practices as if they were torture. They are not. Bret Stephens
Sorry Every Other Torture Supporter Practices Am Cheney Were Enhanced Techniques Interrogation Defend
Demanding abrupt and expensive changes in public policy raises fair questions about ideological intentions. Bret Stephens
Demanding Changes About Abrupt Fair Ideological Policy Questions Expensive Intentions Public Public Policy Raises
The United States can only lead a world that's prepared to follow. Bret Stephens
World States Follow Only Lead Prepared United United States
The supposedly petty sexual harassment that so many women have to endure, from Hollywood studios to the factory floor at Ford, is a national outrage that needs to end. Period. Bret Stephens
Needs Women National Petty Sexual Outrage Factory Studios Supposedly Period Ford End Endure Hollywood Harassment Many Floor
Movements that hector and punish rather than educate and reform have a way of inviting derision and reaction. Bret Stephens
Way Punish Rather Inviting Reaction Educate Than Reform Movements Derision
This is the standard line of the Trump side of the party, that us who oppose him are just a bunch of elites who live in the Acela corridor in this bubble of unimaginable wealth. I wish I had been born into an extremely wealthy New York real estate family and been given multimillion dollar loans to get my start in life. Bret Stephens
Life Family Wealth Real Estate Wish Party Oppose Live Side Extremely Corridor Wealthy Born Given Bubble Had New Him Real Line Dollar Been Trump Bunch Get York Just New York Estate Us Unimaginable Standard Who Start Elites Loans
Please spare us the self-pity about how tough it is to look for a job while living with your parents. Bret Stephens
Job Parents Tough Living Please About Look How Self-Pity While Spare Us Your
What too many of Mr. Trump's supporters want is an American strongman, a president who will make the proverbial trains run on time. Bret Stephens
Time Will Too President Run Supporters Make Proverbial Trump Trains American Want Who Many
For the anti-Semite, the problems of the world can invariably be ascribed to the Jews; for the Communist, to the capitalists. Bret Stephens
World Problems Jews Invariably Capitalists Communist
Food insecurity is not remotely the same as hunger. Bret Stephens
Food Insecurity Hunger Remotely Same
The more afraid we are of the shadow of racism, the more conscious we might become of our own unsuspected biases. Bret Stephens
Racism Become Own Our Shadow More Biases Afraid Might Conscious
Barack Obama is probably the coolest president this country will ever have. Bret Stephens
Will Country President Obama Barack Barack Obama Coolest Ever
Of course ABC and its parent company Disney were right to cancel the sitcom 'Roseanne' after its eponymous star, Roseanne Barr, wrote a racist tweet. Bret Stephens
ABC Parent Wrote Course Were Sitcom Cancel After Disney Tweet Company Star Right
The intelligent defense of free speech should not rest on the notion that we must tolerate every form of speech, no matter how offensive. It's that we should lean toward greater tolerance for speech we dislike, and reserve our harshest penalties only for the worst offenders. Bret Stephens
Matter Rest Free Free Speech Tolerance Every Defense Our Penalties Worst Must Only Toward Lean Greater How Offenders Intelligent Offensive Form Dislike Should Notion Tolerate Reserve Speech
Every president inherits a mixed bag when he comes to office, and Obama's was hardly the worst. Bret Stephens
Every President Worst Obama He Bag Mixed Office Hardly
Yes, Obama took over two wars from Bush - just as President Richard Nixon inherited Vietnam from President Lyndon Johnson and President Dwight Eisenhower inherited Korea from President Harry Truman. But at least the war in Iraq was all but won by 2009, thanks largely to the very surge Obama had opposed as a senator. Bret Stephens
War Thanks Richard Nixon Lyndon President Lyndon Johnson Took Harry Nixon Obama Johnson Had Over Korea Least Surge Opposed Truman Iraq Yes Won Very Senator Just Dwight Eisenhower Bush Richard Vietnam Inherited Wars Largely Two
Since the end of World War II, U.S. presidents of both parties have recognized that foreign and domestic policy do not have to be pursued at the expense of each other. Bret Stephens
War World Other Presidents Recognized Both Both Parties Pursued Since Parties Policy Foreign Domestic Domestic Policy End Expense Each World War World War II
I will never vote for Donald Trump. Bret Stephens
Vote Will Never Trump Donald Donald Trump
Successful nations make a point of trying to learn from their neighbors. The Arab world has been taught over generations only to hate theirs. Bret Stephens
Hate World Neighbors Arab Arab World Has-Been Only Point Generations Over Make Learn Been Trying Taught Nations Successful
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