File Ben Stein's sexting scandal under "Stranger than Anthony Weiner." Fox regular Ben Stein, a married man best known for his role in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, has been accused of sexting a 24-year old, pregnant woman. Said woman sent the texts to the New York Post. Unless they are forgeries - which Stein has not alleged - they look pretty damning to me.

Fox's  Greg Gutfeld sneered about the recent findings of a Pew poll which, he said, revealed that 43 percent of Millennials feel that “socialism is OK” while 86 percent of the older folks do not. To Gutfeld, that was proof that our young people are clueless and/or brainwashed. "Like Obama."

Fox News host Gregg Jarrett - currently on leave for "personal reasons" - pleaded guilty to "disorderly conduct" following his arrest in a Minnesota airport in May. The charges will be expunged if he completes treatment and remains out of trouble.

Whenever GOP politicians are attacked, they come running to Fox News for some refreshing rehab provided by Fox hosts who, in their validation of the beleaguered Republican, smear those nasty Democrats who are making their lives miserable. This morning, Fox & Friends' resident Stepford wife, Elisabeth Hasselbeck gave poor GOP House candidate Barbara Comstock an opportunity to promote her candidacy and defend herself against the slings and arrows that Democratic strategist Paul Begala, recently lobbed in her direction. Oh yeah, and Hasselbeck worked in a little Clinton bashing, too. It was all good....

Bill O’Reilly said last night that he is “queasy” about how a spate of (conservative) books rely on anonymous sources. He didn’t name the books, the authors or even the topics but it’s almost certain O’Reilly is referring to this summer’s trio of anti-Hillary books. O’Reilly’s announcement, which he put in the form of a question to guest Bernard Goldberg, also suggests that he’s getting pressure from his right flank to promote the books.

Sean Hannity discussed the botched execution of murderer Joseph R. Wood – which reportedly took nearly two hours and, according to reporters who witnessed the execution, made Wood gasp and snort for air. But Hannity let not his heart be troubled one itsy bitsy by Christian concern for the least among us. Instead, he trotted out Wood’s victims, who seem to think Wood didn’t suffer enough, and implied agreement.

Time reporter Simon Shuster appeared on On The Record tonight to discuss his reporting on how Vladimir Putin has been gaining strength with each new crisis. Shuster tried to explain to host Greta Van Susteren that Putin is playing on the divisions within Europe, not on the supposed weakness of President Obama that Van Susteren repeatedly suggested. But she seemed determined to paint Putin as a winner and Obama a loser and the heck with Shuster’s facts.

Three cheers for Mark Hannah. He didn’t just go on Fox's Kelly File and argue a defense of President Obama, he called out Repubiican toxicity for hindering American interests.

As the product of a 50's Catholic education, Bill O'Reilly was taught (as was your humble correspondent) that "dirty" thoughts were a one-way ticket to Satansville and that sex was strictly for reproduction. But somehow Bill strayed off the straight and narrow and onto the road to perdition. According to a sexual harassment suit, filed by his former producer, not only did Bill have dirty thoughts about her; but he was so into sex toys that he urged her to get a vibrator and name it! But kink (not that there's anything wrong with it) is mainstream - so much so that Lila Rose's "Live Action" (LOL) sting video crew is using it as a pretext to sting Planned Parenthood in an effort to bring about its defunding. Not surprisingly, anti-choice zealot Bill O'Reilly loves the sweet and virginal Lila who, last night, discussed nasty kink stuff being told to clean teens. O'Reilly was all ears?

Ted Cruz has a new showboat to swim around in, pretend to be concerned about people other than himself while causing as much damage to the functioning of our government as he can. No, he’s not going to shut down the government (and blame it on President Obama) again. This time, he plans to block all State Department nominees, regardless of the world crises happening, until his “questions” about the Obama administration’s ban on flights to Israel are answered. Sean Hannity seemed to think it’s a terrific idea. UPDATED