What is Ramesh Ponnuru?
{{BLP unsourced|date=November 2022}} '''Ramesh Ponnuru''' is an American [[conservative]] [[journalist]] and political commentator. He works as an [[editor]] for ''[[National Review]]''. He also writes about [[politics]] for [[Bloomberg News]] and writes for [[Yuval Levin]]’s [[magazine]] ''[[National Affairs]]''. In 2015, [[Politico]] said that Ponnuru was one of their top 50 [[people]] in the [[politics]] of the [[United States of America]]. ==Early life== Ramesh Ponnuru was born in 1974 in [[Kansas]]. His [[father]] was [[Hindu]]. His [[mother]] was [[Lutheran]]. Ponnuru graduated [[high school]] in 1990 when he was 16 years old. He studied [[history]] at [[Princeton University]] where he graduated ''[[summa cum laude]]'' in 1995 when he was 21 years old. Ponnuru wrote a [[thesis]] on [[abortion]] in the 19th century [[United States]]. Ponnuru [[convert]]ed to [[Roman Catholicism]]. He married a [[woman]] named April. ==Journalism== In 1999, Ponnuru, at the time 25 years old, started to work as a [[journalist]] for ''[[National Review]]''. He was known for [[writing]] about [[constitutionalism]] and [[fiscal policy]]. In 2006, Ponnuru wrote a [[book]] called ''[[The Party of Death]]'' criticizing the [[Democratic Party of the United States]] for being [[pro-choice]]. In the same book, Ponnuru argued against [[euthanasia]] being legal. In 2014, Ponnuru and [[Yuval Levin]] wrote a book called ''Room to Grow'' about the [[future]] of American conservatism. ==Opinions== Ponnuru is [[pro-life]], opposes [[euthanasia]], opposes [[capital punishment]], and supports smaller [[government]]. In 2016, Ponnuru started supporting the [[conservative]] [[Never Trump Movement]]. In 2019, Ponnuru wrote an article for ''[[National Review]]'' arguing that [[Ben Shapiro]] was wrong to oppose [[impeach]]ing [[Donald Trump]]. In 2020, Ponnuru wrote an article for ''[[National Review]]'' saying that [[conservative]]s who didn’t [[vote]] for [[Donald Trump]] in 2016 shouldn't support him in 2020 either. {{US-bio-stub}}