Ben Stein

They Can't All Be Idiots!

Peter D. Rosenstein | Posted 11.19.2011

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What has been lost in public discourse is the use of hard facts to make the point we want to get across. Reporting is too often simply the restating of what someone else says without checking the facts.

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This Week In Crazy

Posted 07.20.2011

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Every week, our Psychometer engineers carefully pinpoint the most absurd headline-makers in the news to let you know who simply has a screw loose and ...

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WATCH: Jon Stewart Debunks Ben Stein's Defense Of Strauss-Kahn

The Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn | Posted 07.20.2011

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On Thursday night's "Daily Show," Jon Stewart continued his coverage of one of many sex scandals in the news this week, Dominique Strauss-Kahn alleged...

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Penning A Rape Apology: A Guide For Important Men

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.18.2011

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Who would have thought there would ever be an issue in our modern lives that could possibly bring together the abundant talents of Bernard-Henri Levy and Ben Stein?

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WATCH: Ben Stein Wants You To Sleep

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.17.2011

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Ben Stein, the lawyer-turned-writer-turned-actor who is perhaps most famous for his snooze-inducing monotone, wants you to sleep. "Many -- maybe mo...

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Ben Stein Calls Joe Miller A 'Stupid' Thug In Paper Whose Editor Was Handcuffed By Candidate's Security

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Conservative thinker and comedic actor Ben Stein took to the pages of the Alaska Dispatch on Sunday to slam the state's Tea Party candidate Joe Miller...

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How Badly Is Bank Reform Needed? Even Ben Stein Agrees With Obama's Plan

Rich Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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If Ben Stein calls out the gamblers of Wall Street as the cause of our not-so-Great Depression and proclaims Obama's reform as the right thing to do, we're obviously in serious times indeed.

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Ben Stein Is Back: Writing For Bloomberg After Being Fired By NYT

Business Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 05.25.2011

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(After getting canned by the New York Times for an undisclosed conflict of interest, Stein appears to have been hired by Bloomberg, which is where his...

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Ben Stein: 'It Is Time For Mr. Steele To Go'

CBS News | Posted 05.25.2011

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Every single day, including Saturdays and Sundays, the phone rings at the Ben Stein household. On the line is a man or woman raising money for the Rep...

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A Sneak Peek at Generation Zero

Mark Joseph | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dave Bossie, Citizens United's founder and president, came to Hollywood last night to give us a sneak peak at his latest film,>Generation Zero.

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How To Reel In Your Dream, Even If You Didn't Go To A Prestigious College, Or Any At All

Riva Greenberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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You may still wonder if going to the "right school" would have made you more successful. Of course one can never say for sure, but for most people it's not very likely.

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Social Darwinism: A Bad Idea With a Worse Name

Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

If there's no connection to evolution, then why is it called social Darwinism? It shouldn't be -- and it's time we changed the name to stop the confusion.

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Arianna Discusses Afghan War And Huge Wall Street Profits On CNN

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

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Arianna appeared on CNN's The Situation Room Monday, along with Gloria Borger, Joe Johns and Ben Stein. She discussed the Afghan War, huge Wall Street...

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Arianna Discusses Health Reform, Why Biden Should Resign On Larry King (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

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Arianna was a guest on Larry King Live tonight, along with Ben Stein, to discuss her recent blog in which she advises Vice President Joe Biden to resi...

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Arianna, Jesse Ventura And Ben Stein Discuss Afghanistan On Larry King Live (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

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Larry King sighed when he came back from a commercial break on Monday. "I wish we had more time." Arianna joined a packed panel including Jesse ...

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Ben Stein and the Art Of Hyperbole

Norman Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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A message for Ben Stein. Ben, hyperbole means "obvious and intentional exaggeration, an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be ...

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Are Evolution-Deniers any Different from Holocaust-Deniers, Birthers, or Truthers?

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 05.25.2011

Would Ben Stein hear out Ahmadinejad on the Holocaust the way Glenn Beck heard Stein out on his anti-evolution film? Fair and balanced, anyone?

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Think Again: Media Ethics "So Last Century"

Eric Alterman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pity poor Ben Stein, fired by The New York Times for an egregious conflict of interest. Although he was trusted by Times readers to offer unbiased eco...

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John Hughes Mourned At Private Lake Forest Funeral (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Filmmaker John Hughes is being remembered by family and friends who gathered in a Chicago suburb for a private funeral. The...

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The Difference Between Criticism and Hate Speech

Larry Gellman | Posted 05.25.2011

They are whack jobs or hard-wired haters, but their influence and numbers are growing among what's left of the Republican party, the news media, and the former Confederacy.

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Ben Stein Hints: I Was Fired From New York Times For Criticizing Obama

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ben Stein, who was fired last week as a New York Times columnist over the appearance of conflict of interest arising from his role as a spokesperson f...

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Ben Stein: "Global Warming is By No Means Proved"

treehugger.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Courtesy of Media Matters, actor and global warming denier Ben Stein told Fox NewsScryve Corporate Social Responsibility Rating that "global warming i...

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Writing Off Fido and Fluffy

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011

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AB 233 presents an opportunity to increase revenue to offset these significant annual local expenditures -- saving tax dollars and saving animal lives.

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400 Dogs in Wire Cages

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011

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At puppy mills, breeding dogs are often stacked in filthy, wire cages for years on end, to produce litter after litter.

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Arianna Discusses Outrage Over AIG Bonuses, Obama Administration's Response On "Larry King"

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

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Arianna appeared on "Larry King Live" tonight to discuss the national outrage over the bonuses distributed by AIG and the Obama administration's handl...

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