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Ben Stein

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.
by | Oct 4, 2025

At first, there were three of us. When I started work as a speechwriter for Richard Nixon in the White…

by | Aug 29, 2025

Wednesday I was up almost all night with a cruel stomach and intestinal ailment. Your humble servant has been tormented…

by | Aug 24, 2025

Many years ago, I had the good fortune to hear the genius-divinity, Dr. James Dobson, speak on the radio about…

by | Aug 22, 2025

We’re having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave…. Here in Beverly Hills, the heat is unusual. Nineties and that…

by | Aug 20, 2025

Now, I put on my economist’s hat and talk to you nice people about inflation. It does not take Adam…

by | Aug 18, 2025

I am 80 years old. I have made a lot of mistakes. Almost all of them have to do with…

by | Aug 1, 2025

It’s Thursday evening, July 31, 2025. I’m at my desk in my office in Beverly Hills. I have just passed…

by | Jul 28, 2025

If you, my dear friends, wanted to buy the perfect object, what would it be? I don’t know about you,…

by | Jul 24, 2025

I awakened feeling extremely uneasy about finances. I called my very small bank and asked about my account. To my…

by | Jul 16, 2025

Dave Gergen died July 10, of this year, 2025, at age 84 in New England, of dementia. Your humble servant…

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