This is the inspiring story of a boy who climbed from the upper-middle class to the lower-upper class

 I'm Joel Stein, the journalist you've heard about in story and song. I write a column for Time magazine, appear on TV shows you forget as soon as you finish watching them, and finally wrote a book. This website, as you may have noticed, is dedicated to trying to get you to buy that book. I hope you enjoy the site. More honestly, I hope you buy the book.