Posted on 01/29/2005 12:38:58 PM PST by dvan
Just beautiful! I've become a HUGE fan!
Amen. Such a wonderful man. I'll sure miss him.
bttt
Thanks for the ping.
Years ago Ben Stein had a column in the old "L.A. Herald Examiner" and often wrote about California. He made it seem like the greatest place on earth, filled with surprise and promise and wonder, the end of the rainbow.
While California has sometimes disappointed, Stein never did.
Thanks for clearing that up. I couldn't imagine that he would stop writing! I usually caught him here and there on FreeRepublic postings or Fox News but will subscribe to American Spectator now.
Ben, do you Freep? We treasure you!
This is a very appropriate piece for a Sunday morning. Forget the Ward Churchills of the world, they are squirming insects on the ground. This man understands America.
Tears and more tears...
Bump!
Jan:
Stein is that MAN!
He certainly knows where the real heroes are, for sure!
A must read USF!
Ben Stein is so right on this.
Somehow, when we look at all the attention and celebrity lavished on movie stars, rock musicians, and athletes, it makes me wondere if we have gone mad.
Well, Mr Stein proves at least that not all of us have.
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I missed this somehow when it was posted earlier this year on FR and received it in an e-mail from a Marine vet friend. Great article and worth bringing up again.
Why you.........I was gonna say that! LOL! Ditto here. Ben is smart, funny and a Pub! Couldn't ask for more!
Reaching for kleenex. Ben Stein says what needs saying. American heroes are by and large ignored. God love them and keep them safe. (He will.)
You will enjoy this Ben Stein column, written last January for a Hollywood readership.
Commentators are remarking these days about the decline in movie theatre attendance. I think a lot of Americans are having similar feelings about the true meaning of "stars."
15 yrs ago my six yr old son brought me a handfull of wilted wild flowers he had picked for me for mothers day. This is one of the memories I will never forget because he gave with such love and pride that it touched a very special place in my heart. This little boy never expected anything in return. I had placed those flowers in a small vase on my table and enjoyed until every petal had fallen. Today my son still brings me flowers, not the kind you can put in a vase but every bit as wonderful. Today he serves in the US Airforce and will be training as a SERE instructor. This yr two of his high school friends died serving our country and Jimmy, my son decided to carry on where they could not placing more flowers in my heart than I could ever imagine and still no expectations of anything in return. Yes, this little boy...this wonderful young man is my hero. Those wilted flowers that have taken root in my heart have been nurtured and continue to bloom with a pride so strong, so visible that they embrace not only a mother's heart but also a nations. He is a hero as well as all the sons and daughters in this wonderful country of ours. God bless our children.
Lisa G
Oh no! I never heard of this! When did it happen?
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