Joel Stein (born 23 July 1971) is an American journalist. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends He is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and a regular contributor to TIME. A columnist is a Journalist who writes material on a regular basis for publication in a series The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily Newspaper published in Los Angeles California and distributed Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and He is married to Cassandra Barry and lives in Los Angeles.
Stein grew up in Edison, New Jersey and attended J. P. Stevens High School, where he wrote for and edited Hawkeye, the student paper. Edison Township (usually known as Edison) is a township in Middlesex County New Jersey, United States. John P Stevens High School (abbr JP or JPS) is a four-year comprehensive Public high school that serves the northern end of Edison, in He majored in English at Stanford and wrote a weekly column for The Stanford Daily. Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in The Stanford Daily is the student-run, independent daily Newspaper serving Stanford University. He graduated in 1993 with a BA and an MA and moved to New York. A Master of Arts ( Latin: Magister Artium) is a Postgraduate academic Master's degree awarded by universities in a large Stein's career began as a writer and researcher for Martha Stewart Living. Martha Stewart Living is a Magazine and a Television show featuring entertaining and home decorating guru Martha Stewart. He worked a year for Stewart and would later quip that she had fired him twice in the same day. He did fact-checking at various publications before becoming sports editor and columnist for Time Out New York, where he stayed for two years. Time Out is a Publishing company based in London, England. The company's best known product is the Time Out weekly listings Magazine While working at Time Out New York, he was a contestant on MTV's short lived game show Idiot Savants where he ended up in the Dunce Corner three days in a row, before coming back on Day 4 to go all the way to the Grand Savant Round and win in his chosen Savant category, Taxi. Idiot Savants was an American Television Game show on the MTV network which debuted on December 9, 1996. Taxi is an American sitcom that originally aired from 1978 to 1982 on ABC, and from 1982 to 1983 on NBC. Stein joined TIME in August 1997. He gained notice for his arch celebrity Q&As and for his anecdotal humor columns. His 1998 cover story on Michael Jordan was a bestseller. Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17 1963 is a retired American professional Basketball player and active businessman In 2000 he contacted singer-songwriter and composer Joel Steinand covered their phone conversation in a humorous TIME article.
He can sometimes be seen as a talking head on television programs such as I Love the '80s. He also co-produced three TV pilots, an animated series for VH-1, and two for ABC. VH1 (known as VH-1 Video Hits One from 1985 to 1994 and VH1 Music First until 2003) is an American Cable television The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. The animated show, titled Hey Joel, aired only in Canada while the other two were never picked up. Hey Joel is an American Animated television series. It is about Joel Stein, the host of a three-minute rock-star interview show on VH1 He was a writer/producer for the sitcom "Crumbs", created by Marco Pennette.
Stein taught a humor writing class at Princeton before moving to Los Angeles in early 2005 to write for the Los Angeles Times. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. LIve
Controversial editorial
On January 24, 2006, the Los Angeles Times published a column by Stein under the headline "Warriors and Wusses" in which he wrote that it is a cop-out to oppose a war and yet claim to support the soldiers fighting it. Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Cop out is an Idiom meaning to avoid taking responsibility for an action or to avoid fulfilling a duty "I don’t support our troops. . . . When you volunteer for the U. S. military, you pretty much know you’re not going to be fending off invasions from Mexico and Canada. So you’re willingly signing up to be a fighting tool of American imperialism. . . " He prefaced his argument by stating that he does not support the troops in Iraq, in keeping with his views on the war. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. There was an immediate response—notably, Stein was the same day invited on The Hugh Hewitt Show, a conservative talk radio program that broadcasts from Los Angeles. Hugh Hewitt (born February 22, 1956) is an American radio Talk show host author and Blogger He comments on politics and society Talk radio is a Radio format containing discussion about topical issues Hewitt asked Stein questions about the breadth of his relationships and experiences with people in the military, his views on recent deployments, and how he acknowledges those on active duty—and also one who died on active duty.
Stein conceded a lack of personal relationships or interactions with military servicemen and women. Concerning Afghanistan, Stein indicated mixed feelings towards sending troops there and expressed doubt that invading the country had made Americans safer. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, As for other troop deployments, Stein acknowledged recent humanitarian interventions as being generally agreeable but expressed disapproval towards actions he felt station troops as a "police force. Humanitarianism is an active belief in Humanism (the idea of the value of human life whereby Humans practice benevolent treatment and provide assistance to other humans " Stein stated that he honors the service of those who defend his country, but reiterated his view that he does not support troops in a military action he does not believe in, indicating that consenting to their involvement might only prolong their stay. He expressed sympathy for a U.S. Marine, cited by Hewitt, who died in Fallujah in 2004 and admiration for his bravery, but held that he felt there was no purpose for his death. For other meanings see Fallujah (disambiguation. Fallujah (الفلوجة sometimes transliterated Concluding the talk, Hewitt asked if he would do it "over again," that is, write the column, and Stein said he would. Stein's Times column and subsequent chat with Hewitt were discussed nationally on talk radio and blogs. A blog (a contraction of the term " Web log " is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary descriptions of
External links
- Joel Stein Official Site
- Biography at Los Angeles Times website, retrieved May 2, 2006
- Biography at TIME website, retrieved May 2, 2006
- Joel Stein at The Hoover Institution video
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