Original upload date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Sat, 04 Dec 2021 05:59:55 GMT
Bret Stephens, a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the NY Times and before that the Wall St Journal, talks about his upbringing in Mexico, his family background in Europe, and becoming a journalist
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. Bret and Tom Gross discuss America’s place in the world, the ongoing ‘culture wars’ in the US, the pitfalls of Donald Trump’s presidency (but whether it is dangerous for some to suggest he’s a ‘fascist’ or ‘Nazi’), what Trump has got wrong but what he may have got right regarding China, the Mideast and the Balkans, and Bret’s own role at the New York Times, and the Times’ role in the world.
* There is a shorter clip of Bret discussing the role and political direction of the NY Times here: https://youtu.be/QWzF6IXfBD8
* Other videos in Tom Gross’s “Conversations with friends” series can be viewed here:
https://tomgross100.wixsite.com/chatswithtom
Tom Gross talks with friends around the world about their lives. They include world-renowned pianists, leading historians, newspaper columnists, retired intelligence officers, Palestinian academics and Oscar-nominated screenwriters.
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