World According to Ben Stein

> Stories, Observations & Daily Life

• The Blessings of a New Year - Every Year - Recounted
• Think of Me as a Wandering Minstral
• Life Teaches Timeless Lessons
• Cherish Your Moments - Before Time Slips Away
• Turning Points that Shaped My Life
• A Winter of Chilling Memories
• Fangs for the Memories
• Life's Cornerstones and Curveballs
• Be Grateful Even When Life Storms Around You
• Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst
• Staying Sane - Step by Step
• A Lesson in Self-Reliance
• Out of Step in a World Without Connections
• Let's Wake Up. It's Vicious Out There.
• We Cannot Be Ignorant
• Living in the Twilight Zone
• Surviving in the Era of Hysteria
• Count Your Blessings in Times of Distress
• Our Principles Can Still Triumph Over Terror
• It's Everyone's Else's Fault' Era Still Thriving
• Struggling With Our Reality
• In Praise of Make-Believe
• Time to Shape Up or Ship Out
• The Future is Not Here
• Insanity at 30,000 Feet
• Find Order In the Chaos
• My Life's Highways, Revisited
• Traveling in America is a Joy. I'm Not Kidding
• Cars Put Us on the Road to Freedom
• Red Corvettes Forever!
• Nightmare on Highway 10
• Sunday Terror on Highway 10
• My California
• On a Magnificent Lake: Goodbye Crowds, Hello Clouds
• Scenes from Beverly Hills
• LA Is Beautiful But New York Has Just Gotten Uglier
• The Terrible California Wildfires
• What's Right With This Picture?
• Graham's Passing Highlights Our Spiritual Decline
• The New Boss Seems A Lot Like the Old Boss
• Be Thankful We Can Help Others
• These Are Not the End Times
• 'One Day at a Time' The Only Way In a Time of Plague
• Coronavirus Is Not the End of the World
• A Time for Unity and Prayer
• Mostly Sunny, With a Few Clouds
• The Miracles of Modern Life
• Light at the End of the Tunnel
• Pieces of Heaven

Ben on Love, Marriage & Family

• The Economics of Love
• On Love, Humor, Forgiveness, and Dogs
• Ponder the Valuable Things in Life
• The Superstars of My Life
• A Tribute to Mother, She Fought For Me
• Love of Family Reigns Above All
• Money is Important But Love Comes First
• True Love - the Scarecest Commodity
• Marriage - Through Good Times and Bad
• A Letter to My New Grandaughter
• For the Sake of Your Loved Ones, Get Life Insurance

Ben on Health, Aging & Addiction

• Aging Awakens You to Need for Quality Healthcare
• Addiction Has Taken Root in America
• Thank Double Standard on Alcohol, Drugs for Addictions
• Sobering Thoughts About Alcoholics Anonymous
• Marijuana Is a Cancer
• The Pain of Substance Abuse
• Lonely, Painful Road of Drugs and Alcohol
• No Booze. No Drugs. And a Grateful Heart.
• Make Anti-Ballistic Missiles Priority Over Healthcare

Ben on Money & Personal Success

• I'm No Longer Rich, But God's Been Good
• Plan for a Secure Future Today
• Want a Better Life? Invest
• Spend Time in the Market - Not Timing the Market
• Annuities Safeguard Against Calamities
• Save Now, Live Better
• Nothing Beats Saving for a Rainy Day
• Prepare Now for an Economic Crisis
• Make An Escape Plan for Economic Crisis
• Stock Market Dive? Don't Panic
• No Substitute for Solid Retirement Planning
• Financial Planners Plan for Life
• No Way Around Skillful Money Management
• Flexibility, Ambition Needed in this Tough Economy
• Menial Jobs Better Than No Jobs
• Hard Work Reduces Income Inequality
• Government is Not Responsible for Your Success - You Are

Ben on the American Dream & World Economy

• Story for Recessionary Times: An Empty House on the Water
• Mother's Economics 101
• Let's Let Capitalism Work Its Magic
• A Taxing Time for the Nation
• No New Taxes
• Govt Handouts Cannot Solve Nation's Problems
• Why Force Poor and Rich to Mix?
• Imperfect Free Market Better Than the Rest
• Don't Bankrupt the Economy - and the Constitution
• Insane Times Mean Drastic Measures for Nation's Money
• I Don't Know How to Revive Economy, Neither Do Democrats
• Rainy Day Economics
• The Next Financial Crash: Where Could It Come From?
• No Winners in a Trade War
• Economist's Legacy Endures
• Warren Buffett Is Proof Capitalism Works
• Warren Buffett Is Proof We Have a Great System
• New Skills, Not Obama's Pen, Will Raise Middle Class
• Raising Taxes Is the Adult Thing to Do
• Elites Threaten Free Enterprise System
• How Would We Redistribute Wealth?
• Don't Fear Corporations
• Thank You, Wall Street

Ben's REAL American Heros

• Guts, Glory, Honor
• Veteran's Memorial Reminds Us of Our Blessings
• Honor Our Military Personnel
• We Owe Debt of Gratitude to Servicemen and Women
• Ode to Korean War Hero
• In Praise of Civil Servants
• The Cops Are the Real Stars
• New York Times Gets it All Wrong on Cops Killer
• Trump Is a True Hero

Ben on Racism in America

• Hope for Black America
• Honor Miracle of Progress on Race
• We've Made Great Strides Against Bigotry
• New Orleans a Snapshot of Nation's Progress on Race
• Let's Not 'Exalt' America's Progress on Race
• We Remain a Nation Torn Over Racism
• Racism Is About Real, Not Imagined Persecution
• Blacks Struggle Under Lack of Leadership
• Blacks on TV - Life Doesn't Imitate Art
• Democrats Engage in Race Baiting
• Despite Decent Economy, Democrats Focus on Race
• Charleston Murders a Call for Prayer Power
• Mob Rule Prosecution Won't Solve Baltimore Race Problem
• Sharpton Is Fanning the Flames
• Ferguson Rioters Have No Excuse
• Oscars Are About Talent, Not Race
• Election Exposes Racial Divide
• Reparations May Be Constitutionally Unfeasible

Ben on Climate Change & the Environment

• Time to Question Climate Change
• Let's Have a Serious Debate on Global Warming
• The Price We Pay for Energy
• Obama's Imagined Climate Fight Easier Than Real Terror War
• Obama's Flawed Climate Policy Caps Jobs, Not Emissions
• What Does DiCaprio Know About the Climate?

Ben on the Media, News & Entertainment

• Finding Myself An Outcast in Hollywood
• Manhandling Hollywood
• TV's Brave New Reality: A United America
• TV News Good at Stirring Up Fear, Resentment
• TV 'Pornografication' at New Heights
• It's the Media vs. the Constitution
• Media Don't Sing Praises of Free Market
• Rabid Media Took Down Nixon - Trump is Next
• Judgmental Journalists Should Be Judged
• Disgusting Rise of Profanity in America's Public Square
• Porn Too Easily Accessible

American Politics

• Mistakes Happen When Govt Gets Too Big
• Don't Rely on Politiciams to Fix This Mess
• All's Fair in Politics and War
• Anger and Hate Have No Place in Public Life
• Lockdowns Are Not America
• Words Really Mattered Under McCarthyism
• Three Major Constitutional Assaults Since 1973 - This One's Worst
• Time to Vacate Tyranny of Administrative Law
• Sanctuary Cities Spit on the Constitution
• No Civilian Needs an AR-15 - Period
• Denying Private Citizens AR-15s Common Sense, Not Control
• Time to End Homelessness
• Saving Freedom, Peace Is Not Free
• Cut Back on Defense Spending? Now?
• Democrats' War of Hoaxes
• Democrats Must Do Better Than Using Hate Card
• Bernie Sanders Says What His Party Feels
• My Questions for the President
• Is This the Presidential Leadership We Deserve?
• We Need Another Ronald Reagan

Ben on Freedom, Democracy & the American Dream

• Where is the "United" States of America?
• Welcome to America
• The Best America
• On the Road and Enjoying Americana
• Deep in the Heart of the Heartland
• The South - the Way It's Supposed to Be
• America: Why I Cherish this Unbelievable Gift
• One Choice in the Two Americas
• Differences Aside, America is Still the Blessed Land
• The Fight to Save America
• Wake Up America: We're at War
• We Are Fighting to Save the World's Greatest Country
• A Free Society Needs Policing
• The Sum of America's Progress and Pitfalls
• Daylight in America
• Time to Be Proud of America
• True Freedom Uniquely American
• Tossing Freedoms Leaves People Out
• Prosperity and Democracy Are Big Things to Lose
• Hostile Nations Want Orwell's Dark Vision for Us
• Our Principles Can Still Triumph Over Terror
• World War II Horrors Remind Us, America a Blessing
• Dramatic Military Cuts Leave Us Vulnerable
• Mistakes US Repeats Begin With Good Intentions
• Let's Not Forget US Homegrown Terror Threat
• Lockdowns Are Not America
• Democrats Still Blind to America the Beautiful
• Are We Better Off Than 50 Years Ago?