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Ben Shapiro
the power issue
Oct. 21, 2024
Can the Media Survive?
Big tech, feckless owners, cord-cutters, restive staff, smaller audiences … and the return of print?
By
Charlotte Klein
the national interest
Aug. 12, 2021
Ben Shapiro’s Book Is a Glib Rationale for Right-Wing Authoritarianism
The “authoritarian moment” isn’t the president who tried to cancel the election?
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Apr. 2, 2021
Georgia’s Jim Crow Lite Vote Suppression Continues Trump’s War on Democracy
“Voter suppression is when you don’t get to vote,” says Ben Shapiro.
By
Jonathan Chait
barack obama
Nov. 19, 2019
The Left/Right Convergence on Dissing Obama
Obama cannot be both a corporate shill and an ironfisted socialist. Somebody — maybe everybody — is wrong.
By
Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Nov. 13, 2019
Ben Shapiro: Trump Is Too Dumb to Commit an Impeachable Offense
But smart enough to be president for a second term.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Oct. 24, 2019
Trump’s Allies Growing Desperate for Defenses of Ukraine Scandal
Let’s check in on Ben Shapiro, Hugh Hewitt, and the
Wall Street Journal
editorial page.
By
Jonathan Chait
conservatism
Aug. 15, 2019
Watch Ben Shapiro (Accidentally) Destroy the Myth of Meritocracy
America’s foremost conservative intellectual argues that our economy pays workers what they deserve, thereby proving that it pays him far too much.
By
Eric Levitz
racism
June 18, 2019
What Kyle Kashuv Gets Wrong About Harvard and Growth
Kashuv says that Harvard is betraying its commitment to growth by rescinding his admission. Maybe Harvard’s own growth requires it.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
fox news
Mar. 12, 2019
Tucker Carlson and the Folly of Debating Bigots on Their Terms
The racist, misogynist Fox News host wants his detractors to debate him on his TV show. It’s a page straight out of the modern conservative playbook.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
the national interest
Aug. 28, 2018
Ben Shapiro Proudly Declares Conservatism Nearly Kook-Free
Right-wing columnist proud that racists are marginalized on the right, apparently has not read any news in more than three years.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Apr. 18, 2018
Republican Conservatives Are Right to Support Trump. Moderates Aren’t.
Ben Shapiro should vote for Trump in 2020 and also work on his reading-comprehension skills.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Mar. 22, 2018
Stop Making Kids Moral Authorities, Argues Former Teen Columnist Ben Shapiro
And stay off his lawn.
By
Jonathan Chait
Feb. 22, 2018
Nearly 500 Days After the Election, CPAC Erupts in ‘Lock Her Up’ Chant
At CPAC, Hillary Clinton is still on everyone’s mind.
By
Adam K. Raymond
Jan. 12, 2018
Trump’s ‘Sh*thole Country’ Comment Is Right-wing Political Correctness Run Amok
The right doesn’t want to face the inconvenient truths of history. So it blames the poverty of ex-slave colonies on the character of their residents.
By
Eric Levitz
Sept. 22, 2017
Milo’s Big Wing-Nut Hootenanny in Berkeley Turning Out to Be a Sham
Yiannopoulos’s big conservative event in Berkeley is melting into disorganized chaos, not antifa-baiting provocation. It will probably be canceled.
By
Ed Kilgore
interesting times
Sept. 15, 2017
Yes, I’m Dependent on Weed
And perfectly happy to be so.
By
Andrew Sullivan
the national interest
June 9, 2016
Conservatives Have Never Understood What Obama Thinks About Racism
A telling specimen of white racial paranoia.
By
Jonathan Chait
alt-right
May 26, 2016
Explaining Ben Shapiro’s Messy, Ethnic-Slur-Laden Breakup With Breitbart
“If you insult the stubby fingers and Cheeto face of their orange god-king, then they lose their minds. They absolutely lose it.”
By
Jesse Singal
Mar. 14, 2016
Michelle Fields and Ben Shapiro Resign From Donald Trump Fan Site Breitbart.com
Fields (and several witnesses) allege that Trump’s campaign manager assaulted her. Fields’s former employer didn’t believe her.
By
Eric Levitz