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R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. is the founder and editor in chief ofThe American Spectator. He is the author of The Death of Liberalism, published by Thomas Nelson Inc. His previous books include the New York Times bestseller Boy Clinton: The Political Biography; The Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton; The Liberal Crack-Up; The Conservative Crack-Up; Public Nuisances; The Future that Doesn’t Work: Social Democracy’s Failure in Britain; Madame Hillary: The Dark Road to the White House; The Clinton Crack-Up; and After the Hangover: The Conservatives’ Road to Recovery. He makes frequent appearances on national television and is a nationally syndicated columnist, whose articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun, Washington Times, National Review, Harper’s, Commentary, The (London) Spectator, Le Figaro (Paris), and elsewhere. He is also a contributing editor to the New York Sun.
by | Jul 25, 2023

WASHINGTON — Leonard Leo, the founder of the Federalist Society and of various other conservative groups, is sitting on a bundle of money. Moreover, he is giving a lot of it away. He is not giving it to any left-wing…

by | Jul 19, 2023

WASHINGTON — Who is buried in Grant’s tomb? Actually, Ulysses S. Grant is buried in Grant’s tomb, which comes as a bit of a surprise to young Americans educated in our modern educational factories — all air-conditioned, with counselors on…

by | Jul 18, 2023

WASHINGTON — Well, how are things going for Vladimir Putin? He has been showing a KGB sleuth’s cunning at warfare for over a year now, and he has been doing it against an enemy who is outgunned and outnumbered. Oh…

by | Jul 11, 2023

WASHINGTON — I have spent the last three weeks in a very pleasant place, Europe. Not in Moscow, nor in Kyiv, nor even in Paris. Actually, I have been in London — London, the city that never sleeps or, at…

by | Jun 20, 2023

WASHINGTON — I always used to purchase Gillette shaving products. Gillette made products that appealed to me. When I was a boy, Gillette advertised the Friday night boxing matches. That was enough inducement for me. Perhaps Gillette also advertised the…

by | Jun 13, 2023

WASHINGTON — I have not seen Russian President Vladimir Putin passing through the Russian outback with his shirt off lately. Have you? He used to ride around the countryside shirtless and on horseback. I am told he would brag about…

by | Jun 6, 2023

WASHINGTON — Some time ago, I wrote that there was a very easy and suave way to solve the trans guys’ yearning for an opportunity to compete against the girls who now dominate women’s sports. My solution will end the…

by | Jun 4, 2023

Dear Readers: For your edification, we are reprinting a prescient dispatch from our editor in chief, the venerable R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., from September 7, 2021. In a column titled “Joe Biden, From Comedy to Tragedy,” Tyrrell had concluded that…

by | May 30, 2023

WASHINGTON — Last week in this space I wrote about culture and how essential it is to the politics of a nation. If the culture of a country is upbeat, the country will be fine. If the culture of a…

by | May 24, 2023

Washington — Do you know that this country was once derided as being the most prudish of all the major countries on earth, even more prudish than the U.K.! For decades, we were laughed at for our prudish ways. Then…

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