Dear Gentle Reader(s), Ben Stein once wrote for the lamented Los Angeles Herald Examiner. During much of his tenure, he raised the ire of a beloved part of our society, the brave classroom teachers of America's 2nd largest school district with consistent attacks on the local education community. One day a teacher invited Ben to visit her classroom for a day--just to see how well his impressions jibed with her reality. He went. He changed his tune; and, by so doing, he gained some respect from more liberal members of the L.A. body politic.
That was nearly 30 years ago (!). In the interim Stein has helped give us Jimmy Kimmel as a television personality, another plus in the eyes of some.
Today, writing in the New York Times, Stein comes around to a mildly liberal viewpoint on finances: Not all regulation is bad. Actually, what Stein writes is:
It looks to me as if the inmates are running the asylum. One truth, that deregulation is sometimes a good thing, has been followed down so long and winding a road that it has led to an immense lie: that deregulation carried to an extreme will not lead to calamity.
Now, DGR(s), let us raise a toast to the continuing progressive education of one Mr. Ben Stein.
Trust, but verify.
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