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'''Benjamin Jeremy Stein''' (born November 25, 1944 in Washington, DC) is a [[conservative]] writer, public speaker, social activist, game show host and presidential speechwriter.<ref name="trailer"> [http://www.wingclips.com/cart.php?target=product&product_id=16682&category_id=779 "[[Expelled]]" trailer] </ref>   
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'''Benjamin Jeremy Stein''' (born November 25, 1944 in Washington, DC) a lawyer, writer, actor and economist.
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His father was [[Herbert Stein]], a famous Economist.  Stein earned a law degree from [[Yale]].  Having been a speech writer and lawyer for former United States Presidents [[Richard Nixon]] and [[Gerald Ford]] as well as a publisher of conservative thought in newspapers, Stein unexpectedly turned up with a new career on television after getting his start in the movie ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' as the most boring high school teacher on the planet due to his monotone voice. Most of the scene was unscripted. In a sense Ben showed a key knowledge for understated humor.  
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He is a [[conservative]] social activist, public speaker and presidential speechwriter.<ref name="trailer"> [http://www.wingclips.com/cart.php?target=product&product_id=16682&category_id=779 "[[Expelled]]" trailer] </ref>   
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He has also been a game show host.
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His father was economist [[Herbert Stein]].  Stein earned a law degree from [[Yale]].  Having been a speech writer and lawyer for former United States Presidents [[Richard Nixon]] and [[Gerald Ford]] as well as a publisher of conservative thought in newspapers, Stein unexpectedly turned up with a new career on television after getting his start in the movie ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' as the most boring high school teacher on the planet due to his monotone voice. Most of the scene was unscripted. In a sense Ben showed a key knowledge for understated humor.  
    
Stein has been married for {{years ago|1968}} years - having married, divorced, and remarried the same woman. His son Tommy was "the only Jewish kid [at] a Presbyterian college". However, Tommy has since graduated, and now lives in Los Angeles with his fiance.<ref>Paraphrased from YouTube clip of Jimmy Kimmel Show - Feb. 15, 2008 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI8N0Du7p_o&NR=1] </ref>
 
Stein has been married for {{years ago|1968}} years - having married, divorced, and remarried the same woman. His son Tommy was "the only Jewish kid [at] a Presbyterian college". However, Tommy has since graduated, and now lives in Los Angeles with his fiance.<ref>Paraphrased from YouTube clip of Jimmy Kimmel Show - Feb. 15, 2008 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI8N0Du7p_o&NR=1] </ref>
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