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, 16 Dec 2009 21:01:00 GMT Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ If you were president of the United States, would you hire an alleged former spy for Fidel Castro to be ambassador to El Salvador, a country teetering on the brink of hard-core socialism? President Obama just... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2009/12/16/paying_off_la_raza eafbaf17-8098-4689-a2d0-6c082b728e64 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:01:00 GMT According to allies of President Obama, all opposition to Obama's policies is driven by racism. "We think all of it is!" shouts Gwen Dawkins, a Democratic "activist" from Michigan. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas)... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2009/12/09/the_racism_of_the_black_community 721731da-d875-4ed4-b1aa-a699a099342f Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT Everyone is always ripping big business. They're cold, they're cruel, they're corporate. And much of the time, that's true. Yes, big business creates jobs, cheap products and innovative solutions. But in terms of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2009/12/04/the_kindness_of_big_business_a_story 6708215e-914b-4fee-8da6-1214a62cd2e8 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT My aunt was 42 when she died. She was a vivacious spirit, a brilliant scholar and a mother of five. She also never had a mammogram. She was diagnosed with cancer at age 41, on March 10, 1995. A little over a year... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2009/12/02/the_real_death_panels d38c1582-2c09-405b-b174-43af6574d356 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT There's a wonderful e-mail going around this time of year. It's like a lot of other e-mails -- it tells a warm and fuzzy story. But this one is different. It's actually true. It was... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2009/11/26/give_thanks_for_the_troops a238a22d-2d25-419a-8d04-2447fe6e15f8 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT Approximately once every four years, the media establishment and certain "moderates" in the Republican Party decide to destroy a conservative candidate. They sharpen their blades and their tongues and they go into... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2009/11/25/when_the_establishment_hates_a_right_wing_candidate 40a057e3-9a61-4891-b82a-d62738e20f33 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT President Obama has repeatedly stated that his stimulus package has "saved or created" hundreds of thousands of jobs. And hundreds of thousands of jobs have been created. In Unicornland. According to the Recovery.gov... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2009/11/18/thousands_of_jobs_scammed_or_created f2ab2d74-b80b-42e3-8adb-bc1187450220 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT On Dec. 4, 2009, the radical Hollywood left is poised to release its latest tribute to the men and women of the armed services, entitled "Brothers." The film stars Tobey Maguire as a military man serving in... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2009/11/14/celebrating_our_veterans eb1fd915-1e3a-43aa-be6f-9fab2eae41c9 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT There's nothing more offensive to the memory of those who die while serving our country than using them as props for a nonassociated political cause. Yet that is precisely what both the Army and our president have done... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2009/11/11/using_dead_soldiers_as_props dba40cd7-6f52-49f2-bbdc-0a5661f526a2 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT 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