Reading this, I wondered what kind of idiot could convince the New York Times to publish such stuffy, cliche drivel. Then I got to the bottom: "Ben Stein is a

Reading this, I wondered what kind of idiot could convince the New York Times to publish such stuffy, cliche drivel. Then I got to the bottom: "Ben Stein is a lawyer, writer, actor and economist." Ah, it all makes sense now.