Joel Stein

Joel Stein is the author of the books Man Made: A Stupid Quest for Masculinity and In Defense of Elitism: Why I’m Better Than You and You’re Better Than Someone Who Didn’t Buy This Book, and the Substack The End of My Career.

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The race for New York’s Twelfth District keeps getting more interesting.
Joel Stein
April 30, 2026
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