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Ramesh Ponnuru (born August 16, 1974) is a Washington, D.C.-based Indian American columnist and a...

Ramesh Ponnuru (born August 16, 1974) is a Washington, D.C.-based Indian American columnist and a senior editor for National Review magazine. He is also a contributor to TIME magazine and WashingtonPost.com. He has written for several other newspapers and publications, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Newsday, the New York Post, The Weekly Standard, Policy Review, The New Republic, and First Things. Ponnuru was raised in Prairie Village, Kansas. He attended Briarwood Elementary School and Mission Valley Middle School in Johnson County, Kansas. After graduating from Shawnee Mission East High School at the age of 15, he went to Princeton University, where he earned an B.A. in history and graduated summa cum laude. He is of Asian Indian descent and has converted to Roman Catholicism. He is married to April Ponnuru. A conservative pundit, Ponnuru has appeared in many public affairs and news interview programs. He is perhaps best known for his 2006 book, The Party of Death: The Democrats, the Media, the Courts, and the Disregard for Human Life, published by Regnery Publishing. In response to questions about and criticism of the