Ben Shapiro is host of "The Ben Shapiro Show" and editor emeritus of The Daily Wire. A graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, he is a New York Times bestselling author whose latest book is "The Authoritarian Moment: How the Left Weaponized America's Institutions Against Dissent."
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Thousands of Cuban dissidents marched Sunday against the repressive communist tyranny that has subjugated the Cuban people for three generations. They chanted “Libertad!” and called… Read More
EducationCommentary
This Independence Day, a poll from Issues & Insights revealed that only 36% of adults aged 18-24 said they were “proud to be American,” compared… Read More
SocietyCommentary
This week, heretofore nearly anonymous hammer thrower Gwen Berry made international headlines when, during the podium ceremony for winning bronze in an Olympic trial, she… Read More
SocietyCommentary
According to the establishment media, critical race theory is a distraction. It is a right-wing smear. It is a conservative attempt to quash the dark… Read More
LawCommentary
This week, a video from a San Francisco Walgreens went viral on Twitter. The video depicted a man standing next to his bicycle, loading up… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Last Sunday marked the 77th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy. On that day, Operation Overlord began, launching the Allied invasion of Europe that… Read More
SocietyCommentary
This week, a clip of America’s most prominent racial grifter, Ibram X. Kendi, began making the rounds on Twitter. Kendi, the author of “How to… Read More
InternationalCommentary
This week, The Wall Street Journal reported that three researchers from the Chinese Wuhan Institute of Virology were hospitalized in November 2019 with “symptoms consistent… Read More
InternationalCommentary
For the past two weeks, rockets have been fired into civilian areas of Israel by the terrorist group Hamas. Hamas’ charter openly calls for the… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Joe Biden is the luckiest man to ever assume the presidency. He succeeded an unpopular figure. He was inaugurated just two weeks after the dramatic… Read More
LawCommentary
It has been two weeks since the conviction of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin for the second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter of George Floyd…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
Last week, ex-police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. The evidence on the murder charges was weak; the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Editor’s note: This column was filed before former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in George… Read More
SocietyCommentary
America has been wrecked on the shoals of identity. Identity politics has been characterized casually as a form of tribalism: Americans grouping themselves according to… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
This week, on the basis of whole-cloth lies, major corporations went to political war with the state of Georgia. The lies at issue revolved around… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
A white man last week shot to death eight people in Atlanta-area spas, six of them Asian American. According to Atlanta police, the man said… Read More
SecurityCommentary
President Joe Biden’s military last week declared its first war … on Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Carlson had committed the great sin of pointing… Read More
SocietyCommentary
This week, Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced it would stop the sale and distribution of six classic volumes from the great children’s author. Those volumes, said… Read More
SocietyCommentary
This week, The New York Times ran a long piece re-reporting a supposed race scandal from Smith College. The scandal, originally reported in midsummer 2018,… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
This week, Reps. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., and Jerry McNerney, D-Calif., sent out a series of letters to America’s largest communications corporations: AT&T, Alphabet Inc., Cox… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Actress Gina Carano made headlines last week when Disney+ and Lucasfilm decided to cancel her from their hit series “The Mandalorian” over controversial social media… Read More
SocietyCommentary
This week, Virginia Heffernan, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, unleashed the most perverse column in recent memory. The title: “What can you do… Read More
SocietyCommentary
President Joe Biden took office pledging a return to unity and decency. A new era of good feelings is at hand, we were informed by… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
For four years, we were informed by our establishment media that President Donald Trump’s behavior was “not normal.” The abnormality of Trump’s behavior became a… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
On Sunday, Jan. 17, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris sat down with Jane Pauley of CBS News “Sunday Morning.” Pauley treated Harris to a full-on journalistic… Read More
LawCommentary
Last week, the Capitol was breached by a group of fringe Trump supporters who had bought into a series of lies: the lie that President… Read More
Health CareCommentary
America’s scientists are essentially miracle workers. Within mere months, they have developed highly effective vaccines for COVID-19. By year’s end, millions of Americans will have… Read More
SocietyCommentary
For four years, we heard that President Donald Trump is a threat to freedom of the press. The Washington Post signaled its own faux bravery… Read More
Health CareCommentary
This week, as Los Angeles County announced it would lock down all outdoor dining, a video went viral. That video featured restaurant owner Angela Marsden,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
On Nov. 22, 2020, New York Times columnist Charles Blow unleashed one of the most bizarre tweets in recent memory. “Stop doing gender reveals,” he… Read More
