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Praise for Ben Shapiro...


"Ben Shapiro writes columns from the university that tell basic truths with verve."
Daniel Pipes


"Benjamin Shapiro... future president of
the United States."
Larry Elder


"Ben Shapiro's columns are smart, informative and incisive. He is wise beyond his years without losing the refreshing fearlessness of youth."
Ann Coulter


"If you haven't yet partaken of Ben Shapiro's writings you are missing out. His columns are crisp, witty and topical. More than that, they are provocative, controversial and courageous."
David Limbaugh


"After battling in the trenches of liberal college student press, Ben Shapiro has emerged as a forceful and unequivocal writer to bring views that are underrepresented in mass media."
Ward Conerlly


"That invigorating breeze from the west is Benjamin Shapiro, whose crisp commentary proves that wisdom sometimes comes with youth, too."
Jeff Jacoby


"Wise beyond his years . . ."
WorldNetDaily


"A columnist who sees the world as it really is and knows how it could be."
Al Rantel, KABC LA

 
Oy, gevalt!

It's been a month since I last blogged. Wow. Well, I hope that this sporadic blogging won't continue; I'm looking forward to blogging at a more regular pace. In the month since I last blogged, war in Iraq has begun (good), Saddam Hussein has shot American POWs (the bad), and Michael Moore has made an idiot of himself, as usual (the ugly).

I was in NY last week, and I've got to say that I'm not a huge fan. The city is too crowded for me, I guess. Perhaps it also has to do with the fact that I stayed at a horrifically bad hotel (the Manhattan Broadway Hotel -- if you go there, make sure to take clean sheets and shampoo -- they're not provided).

I also visited the WTC site and said some Tehillim. If you've never been there, you have no idea how gigantic the structures were, especially in terms of breadth. I think that some of the emotion of the site must have been lost now that it looks like a gigantic construction site. It was difficult for me to make the mental connect between the events on television on 9/11 and the humongous hole that stood before me, where the remains of my countrymen and their murderers lay. May God bless those who were lost, and may he grant us the strength to eradicate those who wish to duplicate the atrocities of September 11.
posted by Ben at 6:22 PM