Background
Stein grew up in New Rochelle, New York and graduated from New Rochelle High School in 1966.
Stein grew up in New Rochelle, New York and graduated from New Rochelle High School in 1966.
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Pomona College.
As of 2009, he is a contributing editor to the political magazine City Journal. Stein is a graduate of Pomona College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He currently splits his time between residences in New York and Arizona Stein wrote for Ramparts and New Times magazines in the 1970s, and originated Esquire"s "Ethics" column in the 1980s.
During the 1990s he wrote a column on television ethics for television Guide.
His first book, Tiny Tim, a biography of the entertainer, was published in Stein"s father, the late Joseph Stein, was a famous Broadway librettist/playwright.
He is the author of novels and memoirs, including satirical political commentary related to his transition from liberal to conservative viewpoints.
As part of the New York media scene of the early 1980s he was a member of the inaugural Rotisserie League formed by Daniel Okrent.