Dinesh D'Souza

Dinesh D'Souza (Konkani: दिनेश डिसूज़ा; born April 25, 1961) is an Indian American conservative political commentator, and author who was formerly the President of The King's College in New York City. Prior to his presidency at King's he was Robert and Karen Rishwain Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. D'Souza is a prominent voice in American politics and has been affiliated with a number of conservative organizations and publications, including the American Enterprise Institute, Heritage Foundation, Hoover Institution, and Policy Review. He also served as a policy advisor to President Ronald Reagan. D'Souza is the author of numerous New York Times best-selling books. He has also written on Christian apologetics, most notably in What's So Great About Christianity and Life After Death: The Evidence; D'Souza is also a notable critic of New Atheism.

In 2012, D'Souza released 2016: Obama's America, a film based on his 2010 book The Roots of Obama's Rage, both of which posit that Barack Obama's attitude toward America derives from his father's anti-colonialism and from a psychological desire to fulfill his father's dream of diminishing the power of Western imperial states. Critics have said the film contains conspiracy, speculation, and projection. The film has, so far, been the highest grossing conservative political film produced in the United States.