Ben Stein

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

Huff TV | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics


Huff TV

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 ...

Arianna Discusses Afghan War And Huge Wall Street Profits On CNN

Huff TV | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media


Huff TV

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...

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

Huff TV | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics


Huff TV

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...

Ben Stein and the Art Of Hyperbole

Norman Horowitz | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics


Norman Horowitz

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

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

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics


Ali A. Rizvi

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?

Think Again: Media Ethics "So Last Century"

Eric Alterman | Posted 09.16.2009 | Media


Eric Alterman

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...

John Hughes Mourned At Private Lake Forest Funeral (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 09.11.2009 | Chicago


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

The Difference Between Criticism and Hate Speech

Larry Gellman | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics


Larry Gellman

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.

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

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media


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...

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

treehugger.com | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green


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

Writing Off Fido and Fluffy

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics


Michael Markarian

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

400 Dogs in Wire Cages

Michael Markarian | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics


Michael Markarian

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

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

Huff TV | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business


Huff TV

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

The Evil of Banality

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

It could be that our institutions are so corrupt, our political discourse so banal and polluted, that they are incapable of lifting us up from our national malaise.

Caption This Photo

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 03.12.2009 | Comedy


Ben Stein of "Ferris Bueller" and Nixon-White-House fame, is considering doing some commercials for the company "Instant Oxygen" which offers portable...

Jason Linkins

Ben Stein Dropped As University of Vermont Commencement Speaker

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.06.2009 | Media


According to the Burlington Free Press, bit-actor and intelligent design enthusiast Ben Stein will no longer be serving as this year's University of V...

One Last Look Back: The 10 Most Ridiculous, Shameful, or Generally Unfortunate People and Events of 2008

Chez Pazienza | Posted 03.06.2009 | Entertainment


Chez Pazienza

Well, it could've been worse. As 2008 mercifully ends, we're left to ponder a year in which the real and the surreal were pretty much indistinguishable, where insanity actually became tedium.

Jason Linkins

Neil Cavuto, Ben Stein Shout Their Way Through Discussion of Bailout

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.25.2008 | Media


The pain that the financial crisis is causing ordinary Americans was greatly exacerbated on Fox News this past Saturday, as Neil Cavuto and Ben Stein ...

In No Particular Order....

Peter Mehlman | Posted 12.01.2008 | Media


Peter Mehlman

Following the campaign coverage is a zero sum game. Or maybe a once-in- three-weeks sum game. That's about the frequency of actual news amid campaign stops, polls, and tortuous man-on-the-street interviews.

Abe the Accountant

Bruce Tenenbaum | Posted 11.16.2008 | Business


Bruce Tenenbaum

Since neither candidate this year is suggesting the complete elimination of taxes, the best we can hope for is that they tax us equitably.

Ben Stein "Confused And Disturbed" By Palin

CNN | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics


Palin? Palin? Ben Stein of "Ferris Bueller" fame is beside himself over Sen. John McCain's choice for vice president. "I'm confused and disturbed by...

Arianna v. Ben Stein: Apocalypse Soon?

Chip Collis | Posted 05.09.2008 | Home


Chip Collis

Once you subjugate science to religion, you end up fighting for the survival of the species with a National Day of Prayer, asking Him to deflect the killer asteroid with His Noodly Appendage.

He Blinded Me Without Science

Chez Pazienza | Posted 04.25.2008 | Entertainment


Chez Pazienza

Ben Stein can rage against the scientific machine all he wants. It won't make a spurious assertion -- that intelligent design deserves a seat at the lab station -- any more sound.

Ben Stein: Yoko Ono On Line One (And The Killers Are On Hold)

James Boyce | Posted 04.25.2008 | Entertainment


James Boyce

Ben Stein works in Hollywood. Ben Stein knows the rules. I would like to ask him how he feels about using John Lennon's song without permission.

Dust-Up Round 3! Ben Stein's Expelled

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics


Greg Lukianoff

If Ben Stein cares so much about free speech and academic freedom, where has he been all these years?