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Like this columnist? Would you like to see him in your local newspaper? Call your local editor. Ben Shapiro is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School. In "Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth," Ben shows how students are duped into becoming socialists, atheists, race-baiters and narcissists. His latest book is "Project President: Bad Hair and Botox on the Road to the White House."
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An open letter to college students

by Benjamin Shapiro -- Dear College Students, I know you've been enthusiastic about the Obama candidacy this campaign season. I know it because the media says so. I know it because the more…

Obama: Quasi-fascist on free speech

by Benjamin Shapiro -- Barack Obama poses as a champion of true American values. He sees himself as "a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions." In reality, more…

Some Jews ain't so smart

by Benjamin Shapiro -- Jews, according to both anti-Semites and philo-Semites, are smart folks. Anti-Semites claim that Jews are highly intelligent – and therefore threaten the world via conspiratorial monetary and political more…

MTV: Where virgins go to die

by Benjamin Shapiro -- Virginity is hilarious, according to MTV Video Music Awards host Russell Brand. After Brand was done encouraging Americans to vote for Barack Obama because George W. Bush is more…

The hypocritical, woman-hating left

by Benjamin Shapiro -- "There is a special place in hell for women who do not help other women," former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright once remarked. Where, then, are the liberal more…

Obama's a victim of his own success

by Benjamin Shapiro -- Campaigns usually collapse because of gaffes – off-the-cuff actions that accidentally reveal the true nature of candidates. And the Barack Obama campaign has had more than its share more…

Government: 1 big traffic jam

by Benjamin Shapiro -- Late Sunday night, my wife and I drove from Sacramento, Calif., to Los Angeles. We figured that it would be wise to leave Sacramento in the early evening more…

McCain's boots defeat Obama's suits

by Benjamin Shapiro -- A man, they say, can be judged by his friends. If that's the case, then Barack Obama can surely be judged by George Clooney. The UK Daily Mail more…

Obama's predicament: War wasn't about oil

by Benjamin Shapiro -- This 2008 presidential election cycle has been jam-packed with irony. John McCain has been forced to rely on the 527 groups he so despises; Barack Obama has been more…