??? Ben Stein has been a stalwart serious conservative for many years. His commentaries in the old American Spectator back in the 80's were classic. If you can't trust Ben Stein then maybe you have a problem.
Not if he has a stake in the current system, or if he’s one of those who are all out against Trump because he proved them wrong. Either of these would point to untrustworthy.
Ben Stein was and is a huge supporter of Al Franken.
I didn’t read his columns, but he endorsed Al Franken for the senate.