From Ben Stein 602 N. Crescent Drive Beverly Hills, Ca. 90210 8/20/24 To: Mr. Vivek Sankaran CEO – Albertsons Companies 250 East Parker Blvd. Boise, Idaho 83706 Dear Mr. Sankaran: My name is Ben Stein. I am a lawyer, economist,…
Long ago and far away, as I was getting ready to leave the Gerald Ford White House speechwriting staff with the ultimate goal of Hollywood, one of my best friends, a simply brilliant writer named John R. Coyne, Jr., asked…
It’s sad but it’s true. I’m old. I am 79. I have pains at least somewhere every day. Young drunk people complain to my fabulous driver, Bob Noah, that “your old man is blocking traffic.” That was just a few…
Sunday I am just a few hours back from speaking to the kindest, smartest, best-looking people on this earth, the men and women of St. Barnabas Charities of Pittsburgh. Day by day, here in Los Angeles and on the road…
Sunday My slightly late 2023 New Year’s resolutions, starting with deep gratitude that I am an American… My wife is my link to the heavens and to God. If she exists, all is well. No matter what she does, I…
Saturday — It’s a perfect day here in Beverly Hills. Blue skies. Light breeze. My pool is at 89 degrees. That’s the temperature I like. I learned that from Richard Nixon. He invited my father, mother, and me to Camp David…
Monday All morning long I had a nightmare. It would not stop. I was on the pier where we keep one of our boats in Sandpoint. I kept falling off and slipping under the water. But the water was not…
Wednesday An upsetting afternoon. I was quietly reading the news on my phone about a group of about 20 Palestinian terrorists, young people in their 20s, in a caravan of SUVs flying Palestinian flags. They pulled up in front of…
Sunday My wife loves to read mystery stories. She’s not in good health, and she spends most of each day lying in a sunny room in our house on the second floor, reading mystery novels. Recently, I walked into her…
