Two by Ben Stein

Today Dennis Prager read from a moving essay by Ben Stein on who the real stars are:

How can a man or woman who makes an eight-figure wage and lives in insane luxury really be a star in today's world, if by a "star" we mean someone bright and powerful and attractive as a role model?

Real stars are not riding around in the backs of limousines or in Porsches or getting trained in yoga or Pilates and eating only raw fruit while they have Vietnamese girls do their nails. They can be interesting, nice people, but they are not heroes to me any longer. . .

It's one of Ben's many must-read pieces. And here's another: My Father's Estate.