Ben Stein’s Diary
Ben Stein’s Diary
by | Oct 27, 2020

I’ll be straightforward about this. I am scared of a Biden/Harris victory. I will tell you why: A few days ago, there was a small rally in New York City of “Jews for Trump.” It was mostly Jewish families in…

by | Oct 23, 2020

Now for a few words about the Biden–Trump debate last night. First, it broke my heart that both candidates competed to outbid each other on how many black criminals they would let out of prison or would not have imprisoned…

by | Oct 19, 2020

What the hell is happening to our beloved America? Why is America turning her back on Donald Trump? I simply do not understand what he did wrong that the Democrats could have done better. From the first moment he announced…

by | Oct 16, 2020

Wednesday Another beautiful day in Sunny Cal. I can sum up where we are by noting what I just sent to the alumni magazine for Yale Law School. The chaotic era of the pandemic and its attendant fear are trying…

by | Oct 12, 2020

Now for a few thoughts on the coming second civil war and why the first Fort Sumter shots may have already been fired. Stupid us back in the late 1980s and in 1991 when the Soviet Union dissolved and we…

by | Oct 7, 2020

Tuesday – Beverly Hills Just back from a week in Sandpoint in far North Idaho. We were in our home on Lake Pend Oreille. Night after night we could see an immense moon bearing down on us as we lay…

by | Oct 1, 2020

It’s very late at night here in Sandpoint, Idaho. There is a magnificent silvery blue moon casting a glittering spell on the waters of Lake Pend Oreille. I am in my dining room looking at the accumulation of mail over…

by | Sep 25, 2020

Thursday A spectacularly sunny, hot day here in Rancho Mirage. Just beautiful. As usual, I swam in the morning, but even as I stroked the backstroke in my pool, I felt dizzy. I am still reeling from an experience I…

by | Sep 21, 2020

Saturday Happy Rosh Hashanah. That’s the Jewish New Year. And for us Jews in America in 2020, it’s likely a miraculously happy new year. Usually, I awaken feeling insanely depressed and sad. It’s become standard for me. I worry about…

by | Sep 18, 2020

Thursday A few days ago, a student at a nearby college asked me to discuss with her the differences between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. To facilitate the conversation, I wrote down a few thoughts on the subject,…

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