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NEWS ABOUT: Ben Stein

Ben Stein stories: 6 news summaries

(Newser) - Ben Stein is miffed about his summary expulsion from the New York Times’ Sunday business section, and he explains why in a lengthy piece for the American Spectator. Booted over a TV commercial he did for an online credit reporting service—not his first commercial, and not a subject... More »

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New York Times • columnists • Ben Stein • editorial pages • conflict of interest • credit score • fired • FreeScore

(Newser) - Ben Stein has been booted from his job as a New York Times columnist for shilling for an online credit report service, Gawker reports. Stein touts the value of FreeScore.com in television commercials, but the Times’ ethics policy states “it is an inherent conflict for... More »

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Internet • New York Times • economist • columnists • Ben Stein • newspaper editorials • journalistic ethics • credit score

(Newser) - Ben Stein loves Wal-Mart—just don’t put one smack-dab in the middle of a historic Civil War battlefield in Orange, Va. The 1864 Battle of the Wilderness was a turning point in the conflict, Stein writes in the American Spectator, and the “battlefield is incredibly important environmentally and... More »

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United States • America • Virginia • development • Civil War • Ben Stein • Wal-Mart • national park • Ulysses Grant • Battle of the Wilderness • Robert E. Lee

OPINION

 Ben Stein:
 Time for
 Mac to
 Call Rove

Candidate running 'absolute most pathetic campaign I have ever seen'

Jul 28, 08 7:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Conservative stalwart Ben Stein thought Bob Dole's quest for the White House set the bar low, but says John McCain is “running the absolute most pathetic campaign I have ever seen in my whole life.” But there’s an answer ("Anyone? Anyone?")—talk to Karl Rove,... More »

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John McCain • Karl Rove • Ben Stein • campaign staff • Election 2008 • campaign tactics

OPINION

 J'Accuse, Part Deux 

Ben Stein's second examination of the financial meltdown

Apr 27, 08 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Economist, writer, actor, and lawyer Ben Stein follows up his December excoriation of Goldman Sachs' contribution to the subprime crisis with a look in today's New York Times into how Wall Street executives can get away with reckless behavior at the expense of the public. This time he targets the... More »

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Wall Street • Bear Stearns • Ben Stein • subprime crisis • David Einhorn

OPINION

J'Accuse

Ben Stein accuses Goldman Sachs, and its former CEO Henry Paulson, of peddling mortgage securities while betting on, and abetting, their collapse

Dec 3, 07 7:53 AM CST
(Newser) - In an extraordinary New York Times column Republican/libertarian economist, writer, actor, and lawyer Ben Stein accuses Goldman Sachs of being a willing participant in, and even plotting, the collapse of value in the collateralized mortgage obligation (CMO) market. In the last several years Goldman sold $100 billion of the instruments... More »

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Goldman Sachs • Henry Paulson • Fortune • Ben Stein • collateralized mortgage obligations • plots • Trilateral Commission • Jan Hatzius

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