Articles by Ben Shapiro

PoliticsCommentary

The Legacy Media’s Last Gasp?

Ben Shapiro | August 14, 2024

This week, alleged comedian Stephen Colbert had on CNN’s Kaitlan Collins to discuss the 2024 presidential election. In the middle of the interview, Colbert began… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

How Not to Pick a Jew for Vice President

Ben Shapiro | August 07, 2024

This week, Kamala Harris chose her vice presidential running mate. She could have picked the wildly popular, semi-moderate swing-state governor from Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro. Shapiro… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

Kamala Harris, Candidate of Myth

Ben Shapiro | July 31, 2024

So, Kamala Harris is the new Democratic candidate for president. And, we’ve been told, she is incredible. Not merely serviceable, a middle innings relief pitcher… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

The Real Reason Biden Dropped Out—and What Happens Now

Ben Shapiro | July 24, 2024

Joe Biden is no longer the Democratic presidential nominee. After weeks of heartburn from the Democratic political establishment—and the unique spectacle of the media finally… Read More

SecurityCommentary

God Didn’t Just Save Trump. He May Have Saved United States, Too.

Ben Shapiro | July 17, 2024

An inch. One inch, and President Donald J. Trump would be dead. One slight turn of the head. One slight turn of the head saved… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

Too Little Too Late: Democrats Stuck With Biden

Ben Shapiro | July 10, 2024

With the revelation over the past two weeks that President Joe Biden is mentally and physically diminished, Democrats have traveled through all five stages of… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

Joe Biden Just Destroyed Himself and the Media

Ben Shapiro | July 03, 2024

Last week, President Joe Biden gave the worst debate performance on the presidential stage in history. Looking ancient, gazing glassy-eyed and slack-jawed out of frame,… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

This Election Is Trump’s to Lose

Ben Shapiro | June 26, 2024

The 2024 election is Donald Trump’s to lose. Right now, he is running even with President Joe Biden in all the national polls. He’s running… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

The Democratic Subversion of Democracy

Ben Shapiro | June 20, 2024

We have heard repeatedly during this election cycle that Donald Trump is a deep and abiding threat to democracy. That threat supposedly springs from Trump’s… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

Of ‘Convicted Felons’ and Lying Frauds

Ben Shapiro | June 07, 2024

Last week, a New York City jury, prompted by the legal coordination between Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and Judge Juan Merchan—both partisan actors—convicted Donald… Read More

International Commentary

There Is No ‘International Law’

Ben Shapiro | May 22, 2024

One of the great qualities of the West is its belief in the directionality of history. Many ancient cultures believed that history was circular: Native… Read More

 PoliticsCommentary

If You Can’t Tell the Bad Guy in Israel Vs. Hamas, You’re the Problem

Ben Shapiro | May 10, 2024

The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza strip is the most morally clear conflict in modern history. It pits an actual terrorist group… Read More

EducationCommentary

Privileged Young Adults Always Seek Revolution

Ben Shapiro | May 03, 2024

America’s college campuses are in a state of complete meltdown—at least in blue states, where administrators cater to the whims of these America-hating dolts. But… Read More

International Commentary

Joe Biden Is Scared of His Own Shadow

Ben Shapiro | April 17, 2024

This week, the Islamic Republic of Iran—a radical Shariah theocracy hellbent on the destruction of Israel and Saudi Arabia, among others—fired some 300 drones and… Read More

International Commentary

Why Is America Stopping Israeli Victory?

Ben Shapiro | April 10, 2024

On Oct. 7, thousands of members of the terrorist group Hamas and its “civilian” friends broke through the barrier between the Gaza Strip and Israel… Read More

SocietyCommentary

The Cut Flowers Civilization

Ben Shapiro | April 03, 2024

This week, famed British atheist Richard Dawkins explained that he was a “cultural Christian.” Praising civilization in the United Kingdom, Dawkins stated: I do think… Read More

 SocietyCommentary

Jonathan Glazer’s Evil Oscars Display

Ben Shapiro | March 13, 2024

Sunday night at the Oscars, a director named Jonathan Glazer made international headlines. Glazer won an Academy Award for his film “Zone of Interest,” which… Read More

 SocietyCommentary

When Radicals Cheer Self-Immolation

Ben Shapiro | February 29, 2024

This week, a mentally disturbed anarchist and active-duty Air Force member named Aaron Bushnell lit himself on fire and proceeded to burn himself to death… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

Weakness Breeds Aggression

Ben Shapiro | January 31, 2024

This week, three American soldiers died at the hands of an Iranian proxy group that used a drone to strike an American base in Jordan…. Read More

 SocietyCommentary

Notes From Auschwitz

Ben Shapiro | January 24, 2024

This week, I visited Auschwitz. I never before had visited any of the death camps. The experience is absolutely chilling. Auschwitz, of course, was a… Read More

SocietyCommentary

The Lessons of 2023

Ben Shapiro | December 28, 2023

2023 was a rather bad year. Not as bad as 2024 is likely to be, or as 2020 was. But bad. Nonetheless, we ought to… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

Barring Trump From Ballots Is a Recipe for Violence

Ben Shapiro | December 21, 2023

On Tuesday evening, the Supreme Court of Colorado ruled that former President Donald Trump had to be removed from the state ballot, for both the… Read More

Education Commentary

What to Do About Our Antisemitic Universities

Ben Shapiro | December 07, 2023

I know a little bit about the kinds of speech that generally are welcomed on campus. I’ve been banned from a few campuses, including DePaul… Read More

InternationalCommentary

Why the Media Despise Javier Milei

Ben Shapiro | November 22, 2023

So, Javier Milei is extremely scary. That’s what the legacy media have decided: The newly elected libertarian conservative leader of Argentina is absolutely frightening. Axios… Read More

 SocietyCommentary

The Barbarians Aren’t at Gates. They’re Inside Because We Let Them In.

Ben Shapiro | November 16, 2023

Last weekend marked Armistice Day in Great Britain and Veterans Day in the United States. Both are somber days, typically marked by honor and respect… Read More

SocietyCommentary

The Islamophobia Lie

Ben Shapiro | November 14, 2023

This past month has seen the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust. It has also seen the worst global spike in antisemitism since the… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Understand Evil or Perish by Its Hand

Ben Shapiro | November 02, 2023

This week, the Metropolitan Police in London were videotaped removing posters with pictures of hostages taken by Hamas. The posters were being removed from Cullimore… Read More

InternationalCommentary

Look at Videos, Pictures of Hamas Terror in Israel. It’s What Evil Looks Like.

Ben Shapiro | October 11, 2023

I am a Jew. Those have been the words of the Jewish people for three millennia. Those were the words of the men, women, and… Read More

SocietyCommentary

YouTube’s Unfair Preemptive Strike on Russell Brand

Ben Shapiro | September 20, 2023

The Times of London and Britain’s Channel 4 issued a scathing expose about actor and comedian-turned-podcaster Russell Brand. Brand began his career as a comedian… Read More

SocietyCommentary

How Burning Man Became Uncool

Ben Shapiro | September 07, 2023

This week, the Burning Man festival—a convocation of large groups of men and women seeking sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll, and other forms of hedonistic… Read More