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About Bret Stephens
American conservative columnist
Bret Louis Stephens is an American conservative columnist. He has been an opinion columnist for The New York Times and a senior contributor to NBC News since 2017. Since 2021, he has been the inaugural editor-in-chief of SAPIR: A Journal of Jewish Conversations. His work appears in opinion journalism and public commentary, with writing shaped by politics, current affairs, and Jewish conversation.
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