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8.11.09 @ 6:01AM

Ben Stein has many friends and admirers. The New York Times does not. A special Reader Mail.

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Please lose no sleep over the Times; I will read you wherever I can find your essays. I just subscribed to TAS for your weekly columns. You so mind-melded into my consciousness with your piece on Get a Dog; Ferris Bueller's Day Off is one of my favorites; I am not embarrassed to say that I am a 56-y/o male physician. Thanks for your work and presence.
-- John VanderWoude, MD, FACS

Ben Stein is simply right and thank you for giving him a forum. I have read nothing of the NY Times in years with the exception of him and so now, I need not even open one for that. And the Times wonders why it is hemorrhaging readership? Maybe it's because they do nothing and provide nothing whatsoever of value to the nation anymore. The day they file Chapter 11 will be a great day for the free media. I truly hope for all its pathetic liberal editors that day comes soon! Then, maybe they'll see what government care is really all about, unemployment lines, welfare lines, foreclosure lines.... Yes, a good dose of reality for the Times and its publisher is coming. Meanwhile, those of us that admire and respect Ben Stein will still be watching for him in other places!
-- Louis Deaux

Too bad the NYT is so biased and extremest. They just got rid of a truly entertaining and independent thinker. Just one more reason to no longer read their paper. Mr. Stein will continue on and thrive and I will enjoy his writings and musings in other venues. As for the NYT continuing......who knows!!!
-- Michaeleen Toler

Welcome to the ever-expanding list of those who dare publicly oppose the anointed one. The control freak in charge of this country will do anything to quell dissent, including his snitch website. Do you think the union representing the Times, along with the ownership of the Times didn't have anything to do with your release? Please, neither of us is so naïve as to believe that. Political dissent is a right afforded only to the left. We are seeing an interesting reawakening across America as an informed public is starting to wake up to the stench of Cap and Trade and Obamacare. It really is about control after all. "Community organizers" are actively suppressing open debate, town hall meetings are organized to exclude opposition points of view, and American citizens who dare exercise their First Amendment rights are labeled "traitors" by the Speaker. Be happy you just lost a small gig, I expect in the future it will be far more egregious than this. Welcome back to the fold, Ben, we missed you.
-- Greg Mercurio
Vacaville, California

I love Ben Stein and so do my friends. I will read anything he writes anywhere, anytime, anyhow. I'm glad I can read him on your website. Thanks.

Gosh, I wish a rich conservative would just buy the NYT and end all the misery.
-- Nancy Cohen

You know from previous letters I love you and your sometimes somewhat overly sensitive nature. I tend to identify with you in so many ways although I am not Jewish and decidedly not an intellectual or genius as you definitely are. But Ben, have you forgotten the old saying when you lie down with pigs you are going to get mud all over you. Your exit from the fabled but alas now decadent NYT was predestined as soon as you joined it. Your kind cannot long be countenanced at the "Old Grey Lady"as William Kristol found out more quickly than you did. Years ago when I worked for the old GM (the good GM) we were provided with the NYT and the WSJ daily with the rationale that one could not be informed or educated if one did not read these publications. Still true for the WSJ despite the inevitable changes, but the NYT is now nothing more than a propaganda sheet for all liberal causes no matter how questionable -- and worse -- it is usually dishonest.
-- Jack Wheatley
Royal Oak, Michigan

I've always enjoyed reading Ben Stein and have had much admiration for his principled stand on many topics. But he seems to have lost track of his principles when he let the Times kill his article critical of Obama. He should have left then and there. He obviously didn't stay for economic reasons. Apparently the adulation of the Times was too intoxicating to leave. Not firing the Times when it dictated what he could write was Mr. Stein's real conflict of interest, and he only has himself to blame for this debacle. The other "Steyn" (Mark Steyn) dropped the Times like a bad habit when that paper altered one of his articles. I still enjoy Mr. Stein immensely. But let's hope that now that he has left the dark side he's got his senses back.
-- Robert G. Dailey

I have enjoyed and respected Ben Stein's endeavors from Ferris Bueller to Win Ben Stein's Money to his columns.

And I believe his account of his shabby treatment at the hands of the NYT after having the chutzpah to write critical words about Obama from a mildly right of center perspective (what a shocker that Pinch's minions would have reacted to him like that--who'd a thunk it, huh?).

BUT... if one wants to be taken seriously as a columnist, then one shouldn't do commercials for cheesy "free" credit report outfits, sorry "free credit score" outfits. It certainly is Ben Stein's right to make money legally however he wishes. But this isn't the same as doing silly commercials that leverage the Ferris Bueller persona: it was a mistake. Not a legal or ethical mistake, but a mistake in judgment nonetheless. I hope Mr. Stein does some introspection on this so he can return to the land of columnists who deserve to be taken seriously since he long ago earned that right.
-- Anthony C. Deutsch

I always thought the main problem with Intelligent Design was the notion of an Intelligent Designer.

As for the New York Times…I can't remember if I said it here before, but I know I said it somewhere: If they go out of business tomorrow, I'll just do somebody else's crossword puzzle.
-- Robert Nowall
Cape Coral, Florida

Please tell Ben Stein that he is fantastic and we love him!!

He is a great American!
-- Greg Allison
Jackson, Tennessee

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Letter to the Editor View all comments (21) | Leave a comment

frost| 8.11.09 @ 7:56AM

Uh, sorry if this semi-private message is gumming up the topics of the day, but, if you’ll pardon a note to Mr. Kessel of Rochester, please – the very same gentleman who alluded to Robert Heinlein the other day.
Having been under the mistaken impression that I’d read ‘most everything he’d written, guess I missed one - perhaps more. Good ol’ IM cited the book “Job” and I am now indebted for the semi-suggestion; I value his opinions, hence it became “a given” that I should investigate further.
Now, if I might possibly return the favor, Lawrence Sanders’ “The Tomorrow File,” a lesser known twist of the “1984” type. An amazing author, Sanders writes silly, fun, escapist stuff, and some real, thought provoking things as well.
Anyway, thank you, sir. Picked up "Job" last night; he just boarded the different cruise ship...

IMKessel| 8.11.09 @ 11:56AM

Frost,

I have to hit the library to return some books (Robert P. Parkers three latest -- great contemporary minimalist/moralist writer.) While there, I will pick up or order up Lawrence Sanders' The Tomorrow File. (Thank you for the suggestion and the kind words.) When the stars are properly aligned, we shall share water. Or so goes the plan.

Ben Stein is a great man and a loyal patriot. Wonderful to see so much love for the little mench.

If one is walking through the forest and finds a watch, one can postulate that it was formed from random but natural patterns or that a watch maker exists. Occam Razor dictates that the simpler choice is the correct one. The universe has been intelligently designed. Who wrote the blue print?

Alan Brooks| 8.11.09 @ 1:31PM

mensch, not mench. c'mon, you're a teacher :)

Alan Brooks| 8.11.09 @ 1:33PM

...even though you're a publik skool guy, you're a real teacher, not a teechur.

Mike McCants| 8.11.09 @ 1:36PM

Ben Stein has always been an ignorant fool. And "Expelled" is what he deserves.

David Govett| 8.11.09 @ 2:09PM

NYT still published? Who knew?

Donald S| 8.11.09 @ 4:47PM

Ben Stein is my hero. The world needs more people like him. He doesn't get it right all of the time, but nobody does. For the most part, he says it like it is. NY Times, you lost another subsciber.

bill allen| 8.11.09 @ 5:13PM

i have read and admired the writing of ben stein for many years and it seems logical that he is no longer associated with the nytimes which i cancelled out last year.it is one thing to have a liberal leaning but another to be dishonest which they certainly are.i read last week that their obituary on walter cronkite contained 7 gross errors which were missed by several editors and printed.and this was an obit on a man who was lauded for always getting his facts straight.the fact that they have insisted on altering columns on an opinion page is disgusting.as is the fact that their left wing opinions pervade the news pages.we will be happy to see them gone.

Solo| 8.11.09 @ 7:20PM

I can't figure out why any intellectually curious person would even read The New York Times--much less write for it.

Welcome back into the sunlight, Ben.

Alan Brooks| 8.11.09 @ 7:30PM

right, and why read Buchanan's AmCon rag either? I think I detest Buchanan more than David Duke-- at least Duke admits he's a neo national socialist.

Counterfeiting US FED| 8.12.09 @ 9:27PM

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From: "Roy Roger"
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:03:16 GMT
Local: Wed, Nov 28 2007 8:03 am
Subject: OVERVIEW OF THE JEWISH-OWNED FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
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OVERVIEW OF THE JEWISH-OWNED FEDERAL RESERVE BANK

THERE IS NOTHING "Federal" about the Federal Reserve Bank. In other words,
the Federal Reserve is not "federal" and it does not have any "reserves."
The Jewish Bankers, who are masters of deception, own the Federal Reserve
Bank, print money with interest but without any backing, and would like to
keep their "federal" banking cartel a secret.

But the House of Rothschild which owns 57% of the stock of the
privately-held Federal Reserve Bank, is alive and well in North America.
Recently, Reuters News Agency published an article announcing two new
appointees of the Rothschilds' banking interests in North America @
Rothschild Bank Names New North America Heads. And be certain that the
Rothschilds have charged their appointees to act as liaisons with their
fellow Jewish bankers who own the Federal Reserve Bank.

It was Jacob Rothschild II who in a letter to his US agents in 1863 with
regard to establishing a Central Bank in America said: "The few who
understand the system will either be so interested from its profits or so
dependant on its favors that there will be no opposition from that class.
The other class will simply have no comprehension or concern about American
monetary policy."

Here is an historical overview of the makings of the Jewish-owned Federal
Reserve Bank:

* 1791-1811: Rothschilds' First Bank of the United States
* 1816-1836: Rothschilds' Second Bank of the United States
* 1837-1862: Free Banking Era -no formal Central Bank through the efforts of
President Andrew Jackson
* 1862-1913: System of National Banks through the efforts of President
Andrew Jackson
* 1914-Current: Federal Reserve Act effects a consortium of 7 privately held
Jewish banks called the Federal Reserve Bank. The largest share holders of
the bank are the Rothschild's of London holding 57% of the stock which is
not available for public trading.

THE JEW Paul Warburg (1868-1932), came to the United States from Germany in
1902, buying into the partnership of the Jewish owned bank Kuhn, Loeb and
Co. with the financial backing of the Rothschilds.

Paul Warburg was a man with a mission, sent here by the Alfred Rothschild to
lobby for the passing of a Central Banking Law in Congress. On January 6,
1907, the New York Times published an article by Warburg, called "Defects
and Needs of Our Banking System."

In 1908, Sen. Nelson W. Aldrich, (father-in-law of John D. Rockefeller Jr),
and a Rothschild agent, proposed a bill recommending a Central Bank. A
member of Congress for 40 years, Aldrich was the most powerful man in
Congress and was the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.

Without going into the labyrinth of the contrivances of the Jewish Bankers
and the Jewish propaganda machine, on October 25, 1914, the formal
establishment of the Federal Reserve System was announced by Congress with
Paul Warburg and the Rothschild ally, J.P. Morgan, at its head