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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.

- Bret Stephens
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Down with politics and the art of the possible; up with pronouncements and the allure of the prophetic: It's the way of demagogues everywhere.

All societies make necessary moral distinctions between high crimes and misdemeanors, mortal and lesser sins.

Do I think police chiefs, many of which are African-American or Hispanic, wake up and say, 'Let's systemically oppress African-American communities?' No, I don't. Are there instances in which that happens? I'm sure there are.

I don't think it is impossible to make the case to sensible Americans that far greater restrictions on their so-called gun rights is imperative for public safety. It is an argument we can win.

The Arab world's problems are a problem of the Arab mind, and the name for that problem is anti-Semitism.

Institutionalized racism is an imaginary enemy.

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.

Of course ABC and its parent company Disney were right to cancel the sitcom 'Roseanne' after its eponymous star, Roseanne Barr, wrote a racist tweet.

No adviser to a president is going to get his way all of the time, but at a minimum, that adviser should be able to defend the tilt of an administration's policy as if it were his own. If not, he should make room for those who can.

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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.