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Bret Stephens

Bret Stephens

Bret Stephens is an opinion columnist for The New York Times, writing mainly about US foreign policy.

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s TV show was briefly suspended over Kimmel’s comments on the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.

After years of celebrating censorship, the left now cares about free speech again

Those on the left who have expressed horror at the suspension of talk show host Jimmy Kimmel are often the same people who have previously called for the silencing of speech they don’t agree with.

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The business community has mixed views about Donald Trump’s radical policy reset.

Trump’s assault on capitalism has a surprising new victim

America was once a country in which the government stayed out of the business of running businesses. Not any more.

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Egads, Trump hasn’t fallen on his face. His presidency might even be a … success

It’s part luck that his bad policies didn’t turn out much worse. But Trump has also made good decisions and changed his mind when he needs to.

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Iran launches ballistic missiles at Israel.

What if one of Iran’s missiles carried a nuclear warhead? That possibility isn’t far off

The United States needs to escalate its actions against Iran – because bully regimes respond to a stick.

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