Bret Stephens

6 days ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Patrick Healy |Bret Stephens |Vishakha Darbha

Share On this First 100 Days episode of “The Opinions,” the deputy Opinion editor, Patrick Healy, and the columnist Bret Stephens discuss the nuance of being a conservative critical of President Trump.Below is a transcript of an episode of “The Opinions.” We recommend listening to it in its original form for the full effect.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Patrick Healy |Bret Stephens |Vishakha Darbha

Bret is a conservative who occupies this really interesting position: He's a Trump critic who thinks the administration is succeeding on some fronts, and he's an American who wants strong leadership in his country, but finds both political parties really lacking. So what's it like to agree with Trump on a bunch of issues, but also kind of hate him? I'm curious how Bret wrestles with that dichotomy and how he thinks Americans should see the next four years. Bret, thanks for joining me.

1 week ago | dtnext.in | Bret Stephens

WASHINGTON: Even by the ugly standards of this administration, the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia stands out. A Salvadoran migrant and metal worker in Maryland with no criminal record other than traffic violations and illegal entry into the country, he was arrested by immigration authorities in March and deported to one of the notorious prisons of his homeland, in contravention of a U.S. immigration judge’s order.

1 week ago | keysnews.com | Bret Stephens

The world should remember the name of Odai Al-Rubai. The 22-year-old Palestinian man joined protests in the Gaza Strip recently to demand an end to 18 years of Hamas’ violent misrule in the territory. Demonstrators could be heard shouting, “Out, out, Hamas get out,” and “Hamas are terrorists,” while displaying banners saying “Hamas does not represent us.” In retaliation, Al-Rubai’s family says, he was kidnapped, tortured and murdered by members of Hamas’ Qassam Brigades.

1 week ago | sanjuandailystar.com | Bret Stephens

By Bret StephensIt’s been nearly 12 years since Barack Obama made what was arguably the most consequential foreign policy decision of his presidency: Rather than order airstrikes on Syria after Bashar Assad killed hundreds of people with sarin gas, which the president had said would be a “red line,” Obama agreed to a Russian plan to arrange for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, or OPCW, to remove and dispose of those weapons.