In the book, the producers of Happy Days and M*A*S*H say they pursued a pro-pacifist, anti-Vietnam-War agenda in those series. In 2011, HarperCollins published Shapiro's fourth book, Primetime Propaganda: The True Hollywood Story of How the Left Took Over Your TV, in which Shapiro argues that Hollywood has a left-wing agenda that it actively promotes through prime-time entertainment programming. In his first book Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth (2004), Shapiro argues that the American Left has ideological dominance over universities, and professors do not tolerate non-left opinions. He started a nationally syndicated column when he was 17 and had written two books by age 21. Shapiro became interested in politics at a young age.
Career This article is part of a series on As of March 2012, he ran an independent legal consultancy firm, Benjamin Shapiro Legal Consulting, in Los Angeles. He then worked at the law offices of Goodwin Procter. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2004 summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, at age 20, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science, and then from Harvard Law School in 2007 cum laude. Skipping two grades (third and ninth), Shapiro went from Walter Reed Middle School in The Valley to Yeshiva University High School of Los Angeles in Westside, Los Angeles, where he graduated in 2000 at age 16.
His mother was an executive of a TV company, and his father worked as a composer. He started playing violin at a young age, and performed at the Israel Bonds Banquet in 1996 at twelve years of age. When he was 9 years old, his family transitioned to Orthodox Judaism.
In an Instagram post, Jeff Klein held up his vaccination card and noted he was given a shot as a volunteer at a mass vaccination hub.Shapiro was born in Los Angeles, California, to a Conservative Jewish family of Russian-Jewish and Lithuanian-Jewish ancestry. It’s why some feel obligated to explain why they were able to get the vaccine.
Hospital board members, trustees and donors have also gotten shots early on, raising complaints about unfair access. In New York, a Soul Cycle instructor got vaccinated after teachers became eligible in January, the Daily Beast reported, and later apologized for her “terrible error in judgement.” In Florida, two women wore bonnets and glasses to disguise themselves as elderly in hopes of scoring shots. The suspicions are being fueled by reports of line jumpers or those stretching the definitions for eligibility. He also noted there’s no way to confirm that people are smokers, leaving the door open for cheating. “It didn’t seem like there was medical rationale for it,” says Lyncheski, who isn’t yet eligible for the vaccines.
In New Jersey, 58-year-old software developer Mike Lyncheski was surprised when he learned in January that smokers of any age were eligible, since he knew older people at the time who were still waiting for shots. Faced with a patchwork of confusing scheduling systems, many who aren’t as technically savvy or socially connected have been left waiting even as new swaths of people become eligible. But as distribution widens in the U.S., varying eligibility rules and unequal access to the coveted doses are also breeding guilt, envy and judgement among those who’ve had their doses - particularly the seemingly young and healthy - and the millions still anxiously awaiting their turn.Īdding to the second-guessing about who should be getting shots is the scattershot feel of the rollout, and the sense that some might be gaming the system. is offering hope that the pandemic that has upended life around the world will finally draw to an end. The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. A friend who disclosed the same reason on social media was greeted with hateful comments, and Juneja wanted to avoid that. “The first draft of the tweet had an explanation,” says Juneja, a 30-year-old lawyer in New York City.Īfter some thought, she decided to leave out that her body mass index is considered obese, putting her at higher risk of serious illness if infected.
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