Benjamin Shapiro was born in 1984 in Burbank, Calif. Brought up in the home of two Reagan Republicans, where intelligent conversation about politics and philosophy was encouraged, Ben Shapiro quickly developed into a reasoned political thinker and a powerful writer. Ben Shapiro entered UCLA at the age of 16. Never afraid to antagonize his political opposition, he was the only counter-protester at an Affirmative Action Rally that drew over 1,500 people on UCLA's campus, and he has repeatedly challenged liberal professors and faculty. As a staunch conservative on the modern politically correct campus, Ben Shapiro faces the political liberals head-on. From exposing the leftist tilt of the professoriate on college campuses to addressing the conflict in the Middle East, Shapiro's confrontational approach always draws a hailstorm of response. Ben Shapiro was hired at age 17 to become the youngest nationally syndicated columnist in the U.S. His columns are printed nationwide in major newspapers and websites, including Townhall.com, WorldNetDaily.com, Frontpagemag.com, the Riverside Press-Enterprise and the Conservative Chronicle. His columns have also appeared in the Orlando Sentinel, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, RealClearPolitics.com, Jewish World Review, and he has been quoted on the O'Reilly Factor, in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Press, and in The American Conservative magazine, among many others. Ben Shapiro is a regular guest on dozens of radio shows around the United States and Canada. He is also the author of the national bestseller, Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth (May 2004, Thomas Nelson Inc./WND Books). An Orthodox Jew, virtuosic violinist and hack golfer, Ben Shapiro graduated UCLA in June 2004 with a B.A. in Political Science. He is currently a student at Harvard Law School. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2009 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ President Obama says he is a fan of the free market. Back in September, Obama spoke to Wall Street. He stated, "I have always been a strong believer in the power of the free market." He then explained that he wanted... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2009/11/04/why_markets_fail 61d2d460-a406-4cd8-8ccd-f9c638b8952e Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT On Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2009, congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) appeared opposite Ralph Nader on "The Ed Schultz Show." When Nader questioned Frank's far-left bona fides, Frank quickly responded, "we are trying on every... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2009/10/28/what_happened_to_liberalism ffeabd19-d4bb-4137-8518-92e376f01d10 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT "An honest politician," Secretary of War Simon Cameron supposedly said, "is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought." By Cameron's definition, we have the most honest government in the history of the United States.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2009/10/21/follow_the_money c6fc0c8e-ae46-4d11-bd9f-6817dca85c7a Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT Rule No. 1 for Being Taken Seriously: Don't post pictures of yourself on the Internet that are not safe for work (NSFW). Rule No. 2 for Being Taken Seriously: Don't whine and cry when people criticize you for posting... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2009/10/18/meghan_mccains_big_bust a9c444b8-0540-43e8-a8dc-86ab7cc90f7a Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:01:00 GMT According to the left, I am now a member of a treasonous group. I cheered when President Obama and his newly made-over milquetoast wife made asses of themselves in Copenhagen while attempting to wheedle the Europeans... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2009/10/14/why_i_hate_obamas_america 2daee04f-34bb-4960-a9fc-4cff02bbf76a Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT On the weekend of Oct. 3, Taliban fighters in northern Afghanistan launched a mini-Tet Offensive against American troop bases. Over 300 terrorists and their allies stormed the bases in an attack that started in a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2009/10/07/obama_in_afghanistan_losing_a_war_to_reassure_his_re-election 245ce84b-7a0d-49e1-bc0d-38e30520ff8c Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT In March 1850, Karl Marx spoke to the Central Committee of the Communist League. In order to bring about true change, Marx stated, the world needed not a massive, singular upheaval, but a "permanent revolution." The... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2009/09/30/is_obama_breaking_the_law 19ea6d34-78b8-4a0b-89e4-109accd9c438 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:01:00 GMT On Sept. 16, ex-president Jimmy Carter excoriated opponents of President Barack Obama as racists. "I think people who [attack] Obama have been influenced to a major degree by a belief that he should not be president... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2009/09/23/barack_obama_the_black_jimmy_carter 8784b1d0-09c9-44a9-a2ab-5b67c02c2062 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:01:00 GMT On the Internet, there is a famous principle that has come to be known as Godwin's Law. Named after columnist Mike Godwin, the Godwin Law states that as Internet discussions grow longer, the probability of a comparison... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2009/09/16/shapiros_law_obama_supporters_must_cite_bush 5990f2ab-be13-4ea3-a858-0320a99b5271 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:01:00 GMT On Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, President Obama's hand-picked "green jobs czar," Van Jones, resigned. It was a week too late to prevent all the revelations about Jones: his admitted agreement with communist philosophy; his... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2009/09/09/what_van_jones_tells_us_about_president_obama d078303b-c24c-414d-88a9-6b97c164a88d Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:01:00 GMT Welcome to Mendota, Calif. Its population is 10,000. Most of its families work in farming; the town used to be called the "cantaloupe capital of the world." Today, unemployment hovers around 41 percent. The town is... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2009/09/02/obamas_failure_to_help_may_spring_from_racism 546a3671-d44e-4adb-9ae4-d8fcf0cc4b31 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:01:00 GMT Every insurgency has a long-term plan. That plan isn't military victory. It's tacit alliance with naysayers or sympathizers from the opposing force who are all too willing to undermine the war effort. Every... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2009/08/26/america_loses_its_own_hearts_and_minds b26c262c-a984-4fb5-814d-3a26e08847e6 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:01:00 GMT President Obama's "public option" health care plan has been temporarily shelved -- or, at least, that's what his spokespeople would have us believe. Kathleen Sibelius, secretary of health and human services, said on... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2009/08/19/the_fannie_mae_health_system 418639a7-674b-4e2f-b0d6-ff34bf4bea5b Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:01:00 GMT President Barack Obama thinks of himself as a master political manipulator. And why shouldn't he? Since 2004, Obama has catapulted himself from unknown Senate candidate to occupant of the White House. And he has done so... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2009/08/12/obama_loses_his_diversionary_touch e837ecd7-6119-4685-95ee-335c1691693f Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:01:00 GMT On July 22, 2009, President Obama held one of the most boring news conferences in the history of televised presidential events. For nearly 50 minutes, he blathered on about private and public health care plans, red... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2009/08/05/obama_threatens_freedom_of_the_press 7dd50b0a-0115-434e-869e-4f18c252ee6f Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:01:00 GMT