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any changes in how conserva-
tives and Republicans in Congress
manage their relationship with
Trump and whether many will
rediscover those principles?
Stephens: I can only hope so. The
best hope for a conservative future
is to espouse policies that reward
aspiration, opportunity and inclu-
sion. That’s the aspiration of poor
people wanting to start their own
businesses, striving immigrants
chasing the American Dream, high-
tech entrepreneurs opening new
markets overseas or scientists fight-
ing regulation to produce life-saving
medicines.
The Republican party should
stand for those people and not for
a cramped vision of America as a
country of closed borders, fearful
of newcomers and wary of interna-
tional competition.
How does the media regain
public trust and what can you do
as a columnist to elevate its role
and responsibilities?
Stephens: I think the first thing
that we should do, speaking only for
the Wall Street Journal, is to consis-
tently offer readers information that
is completely factual, exhaustibly
reported, unbiased and smart, and
to distinguish ourselves from other
media sources that are at best par-
tially factual and rarely unbiased.
I would add that it also requires
readers and citizens who under-
stand the difference between real
news and rumors, between straight
facts and alternative ones to be will-
ing to pay some money to support
the former.
Anti-Semitism is on the rise
throughout the Middle East and
Europe and now the U.S. What
should the American Jewish com-
munity do about it? What should
the Trump administration do? Is
there anything the Israeli govern-
ment can do?
Stephens: We should remember
that anti-Semitism is a mutating
virus that changes forms to suit the
times. The hatred of Jews based on
religious reasons became anti-Semi-
tism based on racial reasons, which
in our day has become anti-Zionism
based on national reasons. But each
of them are expressions of the same
hatred.
And we should also remember

that anti-Semitism isn’t simply a
hatred of Jews; it is also a conspiracy
theory about Jews that blames all of
the world’s ills on their supposedly
nefarious doings. So purveyors of
conspiracy theories about “globalist”
control of the media, for example,
may not have the Jews in mind, but
they are creating a mindset in which
anti-Semitism can flourish.
For starters, the president should
stop indulging in conspiracy theo-
ries of any kind and his adminis-
tration should, as it has, redouble
its efforts to fight the vilification
of Israel in places like the United
Nations. That is something that it’s
doing that I approve of.
The Israeli government should
expose it and denounce it, but the
best thing the Israeli government
can do is to continue to make Israel
a light unto the nations, irrespective
of the haters.
Is Russian meddling in the
recent presidential campaign
credible or fake news? Do you see
a way to come to accurate conclu-
sions? If true, what response to
Russia’s actions would you rec-
ommend America take?
Stephens: I have no doubt that
Russia sought to meddle in the U.S.
elections just as it has meddled in
the internal politics of other free
countries. The American public
deserves a comprehensive and
impartial investigation that can
both settle every question about
past Russian interference and also
prevent such interference from
occurring again.
That is going to require more
than just congressional hearings;
we need a blue-ribbon commission
with broad investigative powers on
the model of the Robb-Silberman
Report of 2005 into the Iraqi weap-
ons of mass destruction.
If a price isn’t extracted from the
Russia regime, then they will simply
continue to meddle. One place to
begin is to continue to expose the
ill-gotten wealth of Russia’s lead-
ers and, if necessary, seize assets,
impose travel bans and make it
unpleasant to be at the helm of
Russian government. •

The April 26 JNF event at 7 p.m. at
Temple Israel is free. RSVP by April 14 to
(248) 324-3080.

