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Adam Rubenstein
Adam Rubenstein is a contributing editor at The Free Press. He was previously a Robert L. Bartley fellow at The Wall Street Journal, an assistant opinion editor at The Weekly Standard, the executive editor of Jewish Insider, and an editor at The New York Times. His writing has also appeared in Commentary magazine and The Atlantic.
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In Defense of Karen Attiah. Sort Of.
She helped cancel me back in the summer of 2020. She just lost her job over false and inappropriate Charlie Kirk posts.
September 16, 2025
Adam Rubenstein

The Charlie Kirk I Knew
The conservative star was murdered under one of those tents where he defended freedom—his, and all of ours.
September 10, 2025
Adam Rubenstein

Yes, Trump Is a Demagogue. But So Were Many of His Forebears.
America has seen rabble-rousers before—and not all of them were bad.
January 19, 2025
Adam Rubenstein

John Bolton: Why America Needs Greenland
Trump’s former national security adviser thinks the U.S. can come to an agreement with Denmark. But to do so, Trump needs to ‘close his mouth.’
January 3, 2025
Adam Rubenstein

The Fall of Assad and What Comes Next in Syria
The dictator’s overthrow is “a pivotal event in the history of the modern Middle East.” But could what follows be worse? I asked foreign correspondent…
December 8, 2024
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