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) 2012 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Wed, 16 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Wed, 16 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ According to President Obama, he's a historic figure. That's no figure of speech. This week, journalist Seth Mandel discovered that President Obama had authorized his staff to add his name to the biographies... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2012/05/16/president_diva 0140ede5-f897-4c98-9b7f-a4e3af9d783b Wed, 16 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT This week, Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan essentially endorsed same-sex marriage. The Obama campaign, however, wary of minority and blue-collar voters, promptly announced that President... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2012/05/09/obama_evolves_politics_devolves 964c4938-c45d-45d3-b6a3-8739a3a55475 Wed, 09 May 2012 21:41:00 GMT President Barack Obama hates bullying.That's why he took time out in the middle of a Congressional election cycle -- in peak season, actually -- to cut a video for a little-known group called the It Gets Better Project.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2012/05/02/ben_shapiro b035ab7a-dbad-4cdb-aae0-98c3bd4f913a Wed, 02 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT "Government," says Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., "is simply the name we give to the things we choose to do together." This, of course, is eminently untrue -- we do plenty of things together that don't involve the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2012/04/25/why_im_adopting_sandra_fluke faceca57-5e76-4967-abb0-10b00177d70e Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT America is a land of class mobility. That's what makes America a magnet destination for people all over the world: Come to America and make something of yourself. If you want great welfare benefits, try to bust... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2012/04/18/america_wont_get_rich_by_relying_on_the_permanent_poor 624859a5-2c3e-446c-a0d0-a4cb09384931 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT For months, we've heard the chattering class tell us that Mitt Romney was the only acceptable Republican nominee. He was the only candidate who could beat Barack Obama; he was the only one smart enough, savvy... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2012/04/11/can_mitt_romney_win eec69c01-5f41-44f6-9a2c-90d71464cdc5 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT America's constitutional structure is built on checks and balances. The idea behind these checks and balances is simple: We want interest counteracting interest, ego counteracting ego. We don't want any one person to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2012/04/04/his_royal_imperial_highness_barack_obama_ii 58d517ea-6239-4dc9-ba5a-534bf73af20d Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT The facts of the Trayvon Martin case are still unclear. But that hasn't stopped the all-knowing, all-seeing President Obama from voicing his opinion of the situation. "You know," said Obama, "if I had a son, he'd look... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2012/03/28/obamas_big_trayvon_lie 7c02fc6a-c7aa-49fa-934f-4180df1eb361 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 04:01:00 GMT With President Obama's approval rating hovering at 49 percent according to the latest Rasmussen tracking poll, it is becoming increasingly clear that he is a formidable threat for re-election. Gas prices are through the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2012/03/22/how_to_beat_obama f0c0977d-6f06-4e8f-b4d7-e4f41a092097 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 04:01:00 GMT With President Obama's approval rating hovering at 49 percent according to the latest Rasmussen tracking poll, it is becoming increasingly clear that he is a formidable threat for re-election. Gas prices are through the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2012/03/21/how_to_beat_obama bf29652c-aade-4c10-9786-faa36caf9b61 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:27:00 GMT The verdict is in: The mainstream media believes that Derrick Bell is not a story. They believe it so deeply that they've had members of the Breitbart.com team on national television repeatedly; they've spent thousands... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2012/03/14/why_the_bellobama_connection_matters 9ab8fdd1-e2d0-4051-8047-734e83e68f07 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:01:00 GMT I recently became editor-at-large of Andrew Breitbart's empire, but I first met Andrew when he was still the unnamed other half of Matt Drudge's monster website. The year was 2001. I'd just entered college at UCLA, and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2012/03/08/my_friend_andrew_breitbart 28eeb0a2-7659-4c18-9d1f-ec0e06f39492 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:01:00 GMT