Ben Shapiro

Happy talk is dangerous.   It’s dangerous because it gets people killed. It leads people to believe foolish things. Out of idiotic hopes and fatuous dreams, leaders tend to believe what they want to believe. That […]

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 Holocaust. According to Reuters, “In countries where figures are available […]

Last week, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis launched a 98-page missile directly into the heart of American politics. That missile was a 41-count indictment charging former President Donald Trump and 18 alleged co-conspirators with […]

Institutional trust is built over the course of years. Decades. Centuries.  Dishonesty takes just a moment to destroy institutional trust.  Last week, Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and professor […]

This week, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and President Joe Biden cut a deal to raise the debt limit. The breakthrough came after three months of Biden pledging not to even negotiate over […]

Last week, a 16-year-old boy named Ralph Yarl — black — accidentally rang the doorbell of an 84-year-old white man, Andrew Lester. According to reports, Lester then shot Yarl twice through the door, wounding him […]

Last week, President Joe Biden formally launched his 2024 reelection campaign. He did so with a three-minute video in which he did not appear on camera speaking for more than two seconds at a time; […]

We are in a looming financial crisis, even if we don’t want to see it. Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was, according to Moody’s, worthy of an investment-grade rating as of March 8, 2023. S&P Global […]

Our government seeks more and more control. Our government is not competent. These two statements are both true, and together amount to a nightmare for institutional credibility. A government that seeks more control must at […]