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Ben Stein's Diary

A New Birth

By on 7.8.11 @ 6:07AM

The future is exciting but scary.

July 3, 2011
What a restless night I had last night. Alex and I are in Idaho at our usual place in Sandpoint. Our pals Ray and Jeannie Lucia and Joe and Susan Lucia are visiting us. We went up to Priest Lake yesterday afternoon and, with the guidance of our pal, Tim Farmin, made our way up a very choppy Lower Priest Lake to the top, where there is a “Thoroughfare” that winds twistily  (not a word) through complete wilderness to Upper Priest Lake. I mean, this place is truly uncharted territory. Immense fallen trees, waterfowl, forest so dense you cannot see into it more than a few feet. This is wilderness.

I had only been up there once before, with Craig Hill. On that trip, there was only one other person at Upper Priest, a windsurfer who had hiked in. There are no roads in or even well trodden paths.

However, yesterday there were about a dozen little boats and kayaks and maybe a dozen people to be seen making camp on the edge of the forest. Imagine that most of this nation was once forest like that. Pave paradise, put up a parking lot.

No, let me be honest. I find the forest frightening. I like parking lots. Especially if there are Chik-Fil-A shops nearby.

Anyway, we sped around the upper lake and then headed back to Hill’s Resort, where my boat is docked for the summer. There were hundreds of college age boys and girls calling my name and then shouting “Clear Eyes” and “Bueller, Bueller.”

A pretty girl with an amazing tan and tattoos on her side just below her bikini top came up to me and whispered urgently, “I think you are sooo sexy. Can we hang out later tonight?”

“You’re kidding,” I said. “I’m a fat old man.”

“No. I think you’re really sexy,” she hissed and hugged me while someone took a photo of her and me. “Can we hang out?”

“Not really,” I said. “I’m having dinner with these people,” and pointed at the Lucias and Tim. She winked and walked away. Then she came back and asked if she could text me. Then she walked away.

Still, I do love Hill’s.

Then, back to Sandpoint. I stopped at the Dairy Depot to pick up a huckleberry milkshake for my wife, whose throat is bothering her. After the counterman made my shake and took my tip, he asked, “Would you prefer I call you ‘Ben’ or ‘Mr. Stiller?’.”

“‘Mr. Stiller’ is fine,” I said.

Back to where my ailing wife was lying in bed waiting for the milkshake. Some nice chatter with the Lucias and then to bed. Strange, premonitory dreams of war. Of civil war.

When I awakened this morning, my wife was already on the phone.

Big, big news. Our son and his wife, the staggeringly beautiful Kitty, have had their baby. She is a spectacularly lovely 7 pound girl whom we are to call “Coco,” which is short for her real name, Alexis Cora Stein.

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Ben Stein is a writer, actor, economist, and lawyer living in Beverly Hills and Malibu. He writes “Ben Stein’s Diary” for every issue of The American Spectator.

Letter to the Editor View all comments (68) |

Melvin| 7.8.11 @ 7:22AM

I could get purposely get lost in a forest and never come out. The forest is an amazing or terrifying place as my wife would put it.
Visiting Oregon the forest that began at the edge of our backyard where I grew up went back forever.
Growing up there as a kid, when I entered the forest I entered another world. It was big, beautiful, green and full of life, if one stopped for a moment to notice.
My wife would walk about six feet into the forest and stop and go no further while she could still see the house and the open backyard.
I attempted to show her where I used to play with my five dogs and the old trails I created but she would have none of it. She would look around and hold arms close to her, and shake her head no. She would later tell me the forest was to overwhelming for her.
There used to be a lake, called Lost Lake, just below Mount Saint Helen's before it erupted that was the most beautiful spot on God's Green Earth.
Douglas Fir Trees as big and tall, you had to crane your neck just to see the tops. The water was crystal clear and cold as the glacier that created it.
At night was the best, There wasn't that many people that went to camp there, but ringing the lake small camp fires would dance and twinkle like fire flies, and the Loons would start calling each other.
If God has ever created a place called Heaven, Lost Lake was surely the place. But then after Mt. Saint Helen's erupted, it filled my sanctuary in.
I wish that when it is time for all of my friends here at American Spectator to take our celestial dirt naps. It would be nice for our spirits to meet at Lost Lake as it was when I was a young man, gather around a campfire in the cold night air, and listen to the symphony of the forest as the creatures come alive.
This is one of those nostalgic moments and if any of you grew up near or in a forest, you know what I am talking about. And I haven't even talked about the terrific trout fishing there yet.

masly | 7.11.11 @ 2:12AM

CONGRATULATIONS, GRAND-DAD and, of course, GRAND-MAMA!
Congratulations, also, to your son and daughter-in-law (who did all the work)!
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Appleby| 7.8.11 @ 7:25AM

The golf links lie so near the Mill That almost every day, The laboring children can look out, And watch the men at play"
Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn quotes (American Writer, 1876-1959)

Bob K.| 7.8.11 @ 8:44AM

Not much has changed. What is left of our wilderness, where it is both beautiful and accessible, has become a playground and an investment opportunity for our wealthy. Liberals and Conservatives alike. But it also creates many service jobs for the grandchildren of the laboring children and that, if nothing else, is an improvement on the Mills.

tom beebe| 7.8.11 @ 1:34PM

Interesting comment on this in the Gateway Pundit blog which notes that we need the dirty, noisy jobs in small businesses to get people started in the job market. Noy exactly an endorsement for child labor, but a refutation of the call for "better" and "green" jobs. Author suggests that the dirty, low-paying jobs are what we really need, as the first steps up the ladder, and that government programs which help these higher-priced jobs do nothing for the neediest except condemn them to a life on welfare.

Bob K.| 7.8.11 @ 9:39PM

I used to read Gateway Pundit when it was in "First Things" site but haven't seen it for a while. I think I'll start checking on it now and then . Always liked it.

Wilderness like this is prime investment around the world. Even Patagonia. Look at the names of the investors in this article:

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/F.....4Aa01.html

The limosine liberal author should know. His bio says he travels between Sao Paulo, Paris and Bankok; all prime fleshpots.

Merlin| 7.9.11 @ 10:50AM

Or hot, tedious jobs in the orchards and fields. Have not heard of a non-hispanic applying in more than twenty years. Will Obama's depression change that?

Pecos Pete| 7.8.11 @ 8:15AM

Mr. Stein, congratulations on your new grandchild. I pray that "Coco" will enjoy her future as much as I have enjoyed my life.

Stan Redmond| 7.8.11 @ 8:44AM

Maybe I will bump in to you at Mick-Duffs Brewpub. I'm there frequently

Bill| 7.8.11 @ 9:03AM

So, when she asked you if she could text you, what did you say?

AgentRose| 7.8.11 @ 9:38AM

THE QUESTION OF IDAHO.

It sounds like an ideal state. Red state. Republicans who cherish their freedom. Wilderness.

But did you know?

http://www.commentsonnationala.....ing-idaho/
These stories were reported in Boise newspapers and Idaho Statesman.

http://voices.idahostatesman.c.....ders_guide

So, do we move there or not?

A SERIOUS QUESTION THAT NEEDS TO BE PURSUED

DANSHANTEAL| 7.8.11 @ 12:41PM

WHY SPOIL A PERFECTLY GOOD SUMMER OUTING?

Peter McGrath| 7.8.11 @ 9:51AM

God Bless you, Ben, and congratulations, Grandpa!

Nice column, you had me right up to Mr. Nixon ... But, hey, it's Friday. Have a good'n.

mike w| 7.8.11 @ 1:28PM

Remembering that Stein is a liberal, he didn't have me until the reference to Nixon in the end. Of course Nixon was liberal in many ways himself.

Stormzeye| 7.8.11 @ 10:25PM

Though Nixon was far from a conservative in many ways I do miss his sophistication in matters of state given these incompetent babies in the White House.

Kilgore Trout| 7.9.11 @ 9:27AM

incompetent baboons!

Merlin| 7.9.11 @ 10:53AM

incompetent AND irresponsible. Is there anything more irresponsible than spending money you do not have, if you are president or a member of congress?

mejamom| 7.8.11 @ 10:13AM

Congratulations on your granddaughter. Last month our 2 oldest daughters each had a daughter 2 weeks apart.
And I know how you feel. But America (hey, the world) has always had something going on to give grandparents cause to worry about the future of their progeny. I'll bet our own did and we turned out okay. Yes, turning to God...the best.

Grzmlyk| 7.8.11 @ 10:49AM

Ben Stein has gone native.

He is a liberal.

Ben, since you believe higher taxes are a panacea, can you just cut out the middle man and send me, say, $250,000?

Thanks, old man.

Bob From District 9| 7.8.11 @ 4:51PM

Calling Ben Stein a liberal is an indicator that partisanship has been replaced by fanaticism.

David T| 7.8.11 @ 11:07AM

Mr. Stiller

I'm somewhat sympathetic with you where Nixon is concerned, but do you really think he had a clue about economics?

JP| 7.8.11 @ 2:26PM

Ben is just loyal to his father, the late Herbert Stein. Both Ben and his father served under Nixon. Ben's father was an economist and a rather outspoken critic of Supplyside Economics. Can't blame a son being loyal to the memory of his father.

MarkR| 7.8.11 @ 4:13PM

Okay. But its funny isnt it how some can GROW up and separate from their parents and early influences and realize what works and what doesnt. Reagan was one who converted as the democrat of FDR became the Hayek-Friedman supply sider. Ben has always come across more as a guilty rich man which of course feeds into leftist economic theory.

Bob From District 9| 7.8.11 @ 4:53PM

"Reagan was one who converted as the democrat of FDR became the Hayek-Friedman supply sider."

Reagan abandoned any sort of conservatism early in his reign and went to pure Keynsian economics. Notice all his recovery was after he raised taxes and ran the national debt up in ways that hadn't been seen since WWII.

Supply side never worked, never will.

David T| 7.8.11 @ 5:22PM

You need a fact checker. Reagan cut marginal tax rates and revenue shot up. You can see the same effect under the Coolidge, Kennedy, and Bush 43 tax cuts. Supply side works. Deficits are a function of government overspending.

MarkR| 7.8.11 @ 12:23PM

What an article. I myself just had a grandchild- my first in April. I am visiting that child for the first time in a week as he lives out of state. My thoughts were similar to Ben's with the exception: Where is Ronald Reagan to show this generation how to run a nation? Where are the long term tax cuts and stability in the economy so that business would be able to thrive? Will my grandson be taught Judeo-Christian values or only the virtues of transgender and gay and lesbian lifestyles? Will he be allowed in a place of worship that allows for free expression of Christian values and places God's Word in its unaltered expression or will he be told that he's a racist-sexist individual who needs to express his allegiance to the state? ---So many questions- so few answers. One thing though that never came up: Wage and price controls-Curious hey?

MERLIN| 7.8.11 @ 12:25PM

I was so disgusted with your ignorant and rude diatribe at Laua Ingraham the other night that I have decided to stop reading the AS.

Merlin| 7.9.11 @ 10:57AM

Not me and I don't know what he is talking about.

IMKessel| 7.8.11 @ 12:30PM

Mozel Tov, Ben.

As for Nixon, may God rest him -- at least in heaven, he won't cause mischief.

JoAnn Dolberg| 7.8.11 @ 12:31PM

Best wishes for the whole family, and may you always be aware of the LORD's ever-watchful eye as He guides you in His Word.

DANSHANTEAL| 7.8.11 @ 12:33PM

TERRIFIC. TAKES ME BACK TO THOUGHTS OF RED FISH LAKE WHEN WE LIVED IN POCATELLO.

Baltotrav| 7.8.11 @ 12:47PM

Gosh...makes me think of Assateague Island when I was a kid and we spent our teachers conferences week (MD thing) in Oct. on the island. Parents, 4 kids sharing the whole island with wild ponies and tiny sika deer. Surf fishing, crabbing, clamming and wondering around, the kids I mean, marsh mucking. Now with 3 teenage boys who have never and will never know the feeling of an island to themselves. I fear for them, haven't even gotten to grandchildren....and I pine a bit for Mr. Nixon as well. Then I remind myself...God never changes and never leaves.

Jorge| 7.8.11 @ 12:58PM

Ben, With your recent endorsement of higher taxes as an answer to our countries woes I think it would be prudent to start contributing to your granddaughters future in a "Tax Account". With your proposed higher taxes she won't need an education or even a future!

MAH| 7.8.11 @ 1:04PM

Congratulation Ben, on your new role is Grandpa to Coco. As for that young lady and the college boys, we actually ran into you on an AA flight from DC to LAX about 9 years ago. My husband simply said that FBDO (though no initials were used) was our son's favorite movie and how nice it was to meet you. You replied that it was your favorite as well. Pre-texting, who knows what we would have asked now. Probably the conversation we had then would be exactly the same. Have a wonderful summer!

tom beebe| 7.8.11 @ 1:26PM

Congrats, Gpa. Is this your first?

David T| 7.8.11 @ 2:25PM

Don't take it out on AS. Besides, Laura pretty much put Ben in his place with her point about too much gov't spending being the problem--not low taxes.

Ben has never been a supply sider, probably because of the influence of his father, Herb Stein the eminent economist under Nixon.

David T| 7.8.11 @ 2:27PM

Meant for MERLIN above

Bob From District 9| 7.8.11 @ 4:58PM

"Laura pretty much put Ben in his place with her point about too much gov't spending being the problem--not low taxes."

Except for the fact that she has no idea what she is talking about. Note that 100% of the post WWII increase in debt burden, debt as a percent of GDP, from 1946 till 2009, came under three anti-tax republicans. Include your saint Reagan in that. All other such increases came in war or major recession. The last such recession was the Great Depression. This time we are in a near depression, that could still go South and become a full scale depression, and will if republicans keep insisting on cuts instead of revenue increases.

Remember also, the problem in Greece is not spending, but tax avoidance. Time to close the loopholes.

Lee| 7.8.11 @ 4:21PM

> To be grateful for this, our America, the best place in the universe.

I personally don’t feel this way. I’ve had limited dealings with the Fed’s…IRS, TSA but I travel a lot and deal with governments all over the world. If there’s any place that can feel like living under the Gestapo it’s here (U.S.)

I was just at Auschwitz/Birkenau. This was not about the Jews. The Jews were just a group that perceivably got in the way…like the Gypsies, prisoners and others. It was about an out of control and unrestrained government and military. The Jews were just a symptom of a more systemic problem in Germany. That’s why the Founders set up the controls and feedback mechanisms they did. We are destroying them starting with Lincoln, Wilson, FDR, LBJ and Bush II being the biggest culprits. The more I learn about history and government the more the founders impress me.

-USMC/USN Hue City, Vietnam, 1967-68

BackToBasics| 7.10.11 @ 2:03AM

I've spoken with people who have lived in Eastern Europe under the Soviets and thos from the former USSR. Every one of them has said that after living here for awhile, they've copme to realize that America is not so free after all. They say that there is more poltical freedom than there was in the communist states but the regulations here that affect how we live daily are much more burdensome than in the Soviet states and satellites. Ithis way, they say we have much less freedom than they used to have. Some are moving back to their former countries the last few years.

PCC| 7.10.11 @ 8:28AM

There is much less government intrusion in one's personal and business life in China than there is in the United States.

Yes, there is less political freedom, but it is a vibrant, optimistic country bursting with employment and entrepreneurial opportunities.

BackToBasics| 7.11.11 @ 1:25AM

And the saddest part of it all is that we could also be such a vibrant and optomistic country. If the Dems and RINOs were not purposefully weakening our country in order to promote globalism and more governemnt control on the national level. China could not care less about globalism, global warming, or human rights let alone equal rights.

BackToBasics| 7.11.11 @ 1:27AM

typo - country, if ...

Fam Barbieri| 7.8.11 @ 4:36PM

Ben, I had no idea you were so close. Come down to Dalton Gardens for a visit. Love to have you.

Jay

Bob From District 9| 7.8.11 @ 5:01PM

Mr Stein,

You pine for Richard Nixon? As a democrat as long as I have been eligible to vote, which was age 21 when I reached that point, I still am able to recognize that Nixon could have been a near great, or even great president. His failing was dishonesty.

And you wish for more dishonesty in government? We have way too many liars in government now, and in the media. They predominate on Fox News and the Republican party.

There is little that could not be fixed in this country if they would just speak the truth, only then they would lose their jobs. Sad.

Scrapette Jones | 7.8.11 @ 7:09PM

Ben, congrats on little Coco's birth. As an Independent centrist, I love hearing your wise counsel on all things econ. Wishing you would remind us all about how magnanimous it makes rich people when you cut their taxes 50% overnight, and how that cannot be replicated in kind later on by a further paltry cut of 5-10%. Ain't never gonna happen...again. We may indeed need a temporary tax rate increase on the wealthy. Most of all, we need compromise...and forgiveness. Thanks and have a great July.

Angee Woodman| 7.8.11 @ 7:22PM

Congratulations Mr Stein!

Youre scared but youll love her more than anyone you know. I have seen youre wit and your great sense of humor and youll be a great influence on her. Isnt it great that you can have all your fun and then send them home? ;) I have no children but I love my nieces and nephews probably more than their parents sometime. Kids are wonderful.

Rich Rostrom| 7.8.11 @ 11:10PM

Congratulations, Ben!

That alone insures that this is a good year for you.

(2010 was a super year for Queen Elizabeth's cousin, the Duke of Gloucester: three new grand-daughters.)

Mark MacDonald| 7.9.11 @ 12:03AM

Congratulations Grandpa Stein and I hope American Spectator readings will be reading gushing stories of the wonderful CoCo for many years to come! I believe my son Jason and your son Tommy are about the same age and one of the small pleasures of reading the Spectator were your articles on your son and the tender love you had for him. I myself am now a grandfather to two utterly beautiful elfin girls named Reagan and Lauren. What joys are in store for you sir, what joys. Let me give you a hint though, never, not under any circumstances are you to teach your CoCo to light her grandfather's cigar. Her mother will brain you.

POST American| 7.9.11 @ 1:02AM

---Oh yes, Idaho!

Soon to be the sight of RED China's first
sovereign territory on the American mainland
50 milez south of Boise.

Somehow these trifing developments never seem to make the news
posts ---let alone the discussion forums.

One and all, PLEASE, before your dictionaries
are further edited, look up and print out the
term TREASON ---and post it everywhere.

Joe Atkins| 7.9.11 @ 1:40AM

Ben, I'm starting to worry about you. I'm a dyed in the wool conservative and usually really enjoy your thoughts, but, this time, your indulgence has gotten the best of you. Keep on point.

Joe Atkins| 7.9.11 @ 1:49AM

Oh! One more thing, Ben, before you heap too much praise on Mr. Nixon, remember that he was sent to China to open up the doors for the one world government leaders. Sticking his toe in that door was the beginning of our end. Now, thanks to Nixon, China owns us. I suggest you begin reading some of Jim Marrs' work so you can discover who's really running this nation. You see, it doesn't matter whether one is a Democrat, or Republican, conservative or liberal, all polititians end up serving the same masters. You might be interested to know that US and European banking families funding the Russian revolution, backing Lenin and Trotsky. It seems the Czar wasn't open to their idea of a Russian central bank, of course, run by them. Ben, it's never too late to grow up and it's never too late to learn. However, beware, because once you've looked down that rabbit hole, you'll know you're no longer in Kansas.

superboy| 7.9.11 @ 3:22AM

If God has ever created a place called Heaven, Lost Lake was surely the place.
http://www.summer-products.com

scorfield| 7.9.11 @ 3:23AM

The last such recession was the Great Depression. This time we are in a near depression.
Sunglasses

Cosmo| 7.9.11 @ 6:02PM

Casey Anthony Case
A horrible verdict like this requires a perfect storm of events:
1) Lazy jurors...Unwilling to take the time to weight the evidence...Much easier to just dismiss each piece of evidence on some fanciful basis..
2) Sequestered Jurors: Blame the prosecution for their incarceration...They want to go home..
3) Unethical defense attorneys..."Win at any price" mentality...They are officers of the court and are required to serve the cause of justice.
4) Incompetent judge: Should have declared a mistrial after defense attorneys failed to present any evidence of a drowning...and after the grandmother of the murdered baby obviously perjured herself...
5) Criminal defense attorneys: Suborned perjury in this case without any doubt.
6) Prosecution errors: Instead of misdemeanor counts of lying to police, should have filed felony obstruction of justice charges & tampering with evidence charges.
7) Caylee's aunt and uncle must file wrongful death case vs. Casey and make her testify under oath, like OJ had to.
8) State of Florida must file civil suit for the costs incurred investigating Casey's lies. And blocking any attempt by her to profit financially from her
crimes.
9) State of Florida must file felony charges of obstruction of justice against Casey, of perjury against the grandmother, and of subornation of perjury against Jose Baez.
Justice will be done....sooner or later..

mzk| 7.10.11 @ 3:19AM

I think many of you are not old enough to remember NDS, Nixon Derangement Syndrome. It was worse than any that followed in its outcomes, which included the Cambodian massacre. Like Palin, Nixon ought to be well regarded if only because of his enemies.

mzk| 7.10.11 @ 3:22AM

Atkins - This is silly. Nixon was wrong to go to China, but he did it as a counter to the U.S.S.R. over Viet Nam. Furthermore, anyone who see the big picture knows that China's stake i nthe U.S. is exaggerated, and that their economy is in much worse shape than ours.

Intelligent Design| 7.10.11 @ 8:03AM

There is a tug of war going on between LA civilization and ID wilderness. Or NYC civilization and NH wilderness. When in the big city, people want the country. When in the country, they want the big city. The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep before I sleep. Who said that? :)

Occam's Tool| 7.10.11 @ 3:15PM

Congrats on the grandchild, Ben. Remember, spoiling the kid is in the job description. Enjoy!

suzec| 7.10.11 @ 3:27PM

Grandchildren are God's gift and His reminder: He is still in charge. Enjoy your beautiful gift.....and you cannot POSSIBLY spoil a beloved grandchild...;) nope....It's your job to shower her with love.

Gretchen| 7.10.11 @ 4:44PM

CONGRATULATIONS, GRAND-DAD and, of course, GRAND-MAMA!
Congratulations, also, to your son and daughter-in-law (who did all the work)!

summer| 7.10.11 @ 9:30PM

Remember also, the problem in Greece is not spending, but tax avoidance. Time to close the loopholes.
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High quality but wholesale prices!
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John Graboski| 7.10.11 @ 10:59PM

You pathetic jackass. I saw you on Fox News the other night advocating for tax increases. Your former addictions have left you addle brained. How dare you give support to the thieving scum Liberals and this corrupt Obama regime??! I am weary of your mewling and puking about your sad journey through life. Get thee to therapy and stay there, fool! Spare us your ruminations on how fortunate you are to live in this country. If you truly cared about it, you wouldn't be advocating for the thieves.

I have written to Tyrell to inform him that if you are not dropped from the roster, I will not renew my subscription, nor will I continue to contribute to TAS foundation. You need to retire and leave the fight to the able minded.

POST American| 7.12.11 @ 4:59AM

---For the Rockefeller-Tavistock-Chatham House
'challenged' ----a little REALITY bite.

Bush SR. (Go-fer for veteran RED China sellout artist Averill Harriman/ CFR 'innie)
=
Rockefeller direct-linked, and front man, Clinton
=
Bush JR. (simple continuity of agenda)
=
Harvard man/ thru Globalist-CIA linked
Dunham, probably some kind of 'innie'
bloodline connection, and fmr Kissinger
sideman ---Bar-ROCK Oh---BAMA

Bush Sr +
Clinton +
Bush Jr +
Obama + = the CFR/RIIA Globalization and
RED China TREASON op

Globalization and the RC TREASON op
= world authoritarian government and
'rule by experts' (scientific dictatorship)

-------------and this = world control

which is, even now, implementing EUGENICS

And FINALLY----

EUGENICS = the end of nations, peoples, cultures, REAL economies everywhere

In short EUGENICS = YOU-genocide

There it is in a nutshell ---FROM HELL...

weddingdress | 7.12.11 @ 5:15AM

I have written to Tyrell to inform him that if you are not dropped from the roster, I will not renew my subscription, nor will I continue to contribute to TAS foundation. You need to retire and leave the fight to the able minded.

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