Bret Stephens

Demanding abrupt and expensive changes in public policy raises fair questions about ideological intentions. ”

I almost never listen to radio or watch political talk shows, especially if I happen to be on them. ”

The American birthright belongs, potentially, to everyone. This is unprecedented. Other countries accept migrants on the basis of economic necessity or as a humanitarian gesture. Only in America is it the direct consequence of our foundational ideals. ”

Everything Republicans once claimed to advocate - entitlement reform, free trade, standing up to dictators, encouraging the march of freedom around the world - turns out to be negotiable and reversible, depending on Donald Trump's whims and the furies of his base. ”

I think Black Lives Matter has some really thuggish elements in it. Look - at the risk of being incredibly politically incorrect, but I guess that's my job - I think that all lives matter. Not least black lives. ”

Humanitarianism is commendable, but not when you're demanding that others share the burdens and expense. ”

It's easy to deprecate some of the puffery and jingoism that often go with affirmations of 'American greatness.' It's also easy to confuse greatness with perfection, as if evidence of our shortcomings is proof of our mediocrity. ”

I think there's always merit in getting out of our ideological silos and being exposed to points of view with which we don't always agree. ”

I don't see the point of belonging to a party on the increasingly dubious assumption that it's slightly less bad than the opposition. ”

Countries we love will inevitably do things we don't like or fail to understand. The same goes for people. ”