American - Journalist | November 21, 1973 -
Food insecurity is not remotely the same as hunger.
Bret Stephens
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The American tradition rests on pillars of self-questioning, self-actualization, and disagreement.
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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.
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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.
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I routinely interview college students, mostly from top schools, and I notice that their brains are like old maps, with lots of blank spaces for the uncharted terrain. It's not that they lack for motivation or IQ. It's that they can't connect the dots when they don't know where the dots are in the first place.
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Humanitarianism is commendable, but not when you're demanding that others share the burdens and expense.
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I grew up in Mexico City at a time when the country was a repressive one-party dictatorship almost wholly dependent on oil revenues.
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It's normal that elections make fierce partisans of many of us. It's normal that Mr. Trump would attract the usual right-wing buffoons to his banners. Normal, also, is that many voters may not be troubled by Mr. Trump's cruder statements when they hear him addressing their deepest economic and social anxieties.
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Movements that hector and punish rather than educate and reform have a way of inviting derision and reaction.
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All societies make necessary moral distinctions between high crimes and misdemeanors, mortal and lesser sins.
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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.
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I almost never listen to radio or watch political talk shows, especially if I happen to be on them.
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