https://pjmedia.com/ronradosh/2012/08/15/graduate-of-my-commie-high-school-goes-to-cuba/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 09:07:48 -0400<![CDATA[I recently finished reading Paul Kengor’s important new book The Communist: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mentor, Frank Marshall Davis, which I’m reviewing for a forthcoming issue of National Review. One of the points that Kengor raises is the question of how important a mentor is for any young person, especially when his relation to the individual he is mentoring takes place during the impressionable high school and early college years. Kengor argues that contrary to what mainstream journalists have claimed, Davis was a most influential figure in Obama’s life and a man who obviously led Obama to the very left-wing stance he took when he entered college.]]>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:32:57 -0400<![CDATA[Ron Radosh]]>https://pjmedia.com/ron-radosh/2012/08/15/graduate-of-my-commie-high-school-goes-to-cuba-n184182