We live in a world in which data convey authority. But authority has a way of descending to certitude, and certitude begets… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
For the anti-Semite, the problems of the world can invariably be ascribed to the Jews; for the Communist, to the capitalists. — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
The Arab world's problems are a problem of the Arab mind, and the name for that problem is anti-Semitism. — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
When those of us in the words-making world use the term 'overregulation,' we are mostly putting a name to a concept we… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Successful nations make a point of trying to learn from their neighbors. The Arab world has been taught over generations only to… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Since the end of World War II, U.S. presidents of both parties have recognized that foreign and domestic policy do not have… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Everything Republicans once claimed to advocate - entitlement reform, free trade, standing up to dictators, encouraging the march of freedom around the… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Listen carefully to the global warming alarmists, and the main theme that emerges is that what the developed world needs is a… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
It may be a truism that the country cannot be strong abroad unless it is strong at home, but it's also a… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Listen carefully to the global warming alarmists, and the main theme that emerges is that what the developed world needs is a large dose… — Bret Stephens Copy Share
'Democratic socialism' is awful as a slogan and catastrophic as a policy. And 'social democracy' - a term that better fits the belief of… — Bret Stephens Copy Share
When you work at 'The Wall Street Journal,' the coins of the realm are truth and trust - the latter flowing exclusively from the… — Bret Stephens Copy Share
No adviser to a president is going to get his way all of the time, but at a minimum, that adviser should be able… — Bret Stephens Copy Share
Every president inherits a mixed bag when he comes to office, and Obama's was hardly the worst. — Bret Stephens Copy Share
There was a time when the conservative movement was led by the likes of Bill Buckley and Irving Kristol and Bob Bartley, men of… — Bret Stephens Copy Share
We elected Donald J. Trump to keep us jittery and entertained. He's delivered. — Bret Stephens Copy Share
The United States survives so long as at least one of its major parties is politically and intellectually healthy. — Bret Stephens Copy Share
Censoriously asserting one's moral superiority and treating skeptics as imbeciles and deplorables wins few converts. — Bret Stephens Copy Share
What is absolutely clear is that if Trump is the nominee, Republicans cannot win. Maybe they can't win with Rubio or Cruz or Kasich.… — Bret Stephens Copy Share
Everything Republicans once claimed to advocate - entitlement reform, free trade, standing up to dictators, encouraging the march of freedom around the world -… — Bret Stephens Copy Share
The best scientific evidence suggests temperatures are rising, and the best scientific evidence suggests man-made anthropogenic carbon emissions have some substantial thing to do… — Bret Stephens Copy Share
The intelligent defense of free speech should not rest on the notion that we must tolerate every form of speech, no matter how offensive.… — Bret Stephens Copy Share
When George W. Bush decided to save the American position in Iraq by going against the advice of all of his wise men, of… — Bret Stephens Copy Share
