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He Can Shut Down a Campus    

Ben Shapiro

   Ben Shapiro doesn't do it, but protesters violently opposed to his conservative views can shut down a college campus where he speaks. UC Berkeley spent $600,000 to put its campus on lock-down.

   Welcome to "freedom of speech" America.

   A graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law, Shapiro, 33, has been speaking and writing since age 17. He takes on the loudest voices of the Left. He loves history; as a youngster he dressed as John Adams on Halloween.

   Conservatism appealed because of its emphasis on personal responsibility, also emphasized in Judaism. But he was an early Never Trumper, concerned that the man's remarks make it hard for Republicans to reach young Hispanics.

   While some siblings drifted from their faith, Ben says, "The best proof to the truth of my faith is how its moral rules contributed to the building of Western Civilization. (It) has championed the value of women, reason, freedom and individual worth." 

   The lack of unity in America worries him. "There's a God-shaped hole in our hearts, (but) we're all filled with anger against each other. We've got no common vision...or what human happiness looks like," he said in a WORLD magazine interview.

   "When Jefferson wrote 'pursuit of happiness,' he didn't mean 'whatever floats your boat.' John Adams said the Constitution will not work unless you have moral and religious people. We don't have a common purpose anymore," he laments. 

Tomorrow: Running on fumes

       Jimmy