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R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. is the founder and editor in chief ofThe American Spectator. He is the author of How Do We Get Out of Here: Half a Century of Laughter and Mayhem at the American Spectator from Bobby Kennedy to Donald J. Trump. He is also the author of The Death of Liberalism, published by Thomas Nelson Inc; 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 | Oct 25, 2017

Washington Regarding the imbroglio caused by the Hon. Frederica S. Wilson, representing her constituency in south Florida and apparently the…

by | Oct 18, 2017

Washington I have been fascinated by Harvey Weinstein’s initial response to charges that the Bathrobed Romeo sexually molested women. His…

by | Oct 11, 2017

Washington In the aftermath of the most deadly massacre in American history a friend asks: “Why would God allow a…

by | Oct 4, 2017

Washington I have been trying to warn President Donald Trump, but to no avail. I have been trying to caution…

by | Oct 3, 2017

I have been preceded all the days of my life by little children scattering flowers. I have few regrets. Think…

by | Sep 27, 2017

On the occasion of my 50th anniversary of founding and editing The American Spectator, I feel moved to reflect on the parlous condition of the magazine business. We celebrated our anniversary just last night, and naturally I composed my reflections before the event. What makes this column something more than an occasion for indulgence is that the sickly condition of magazines is, of a sudden, a hot news item.

by | Sep 20, 2017

Washington What did I tell you? Late in November of last year, after the presidential election that finally ended the…

by | Sep 13, 2017

Washington Here we sit in the comfort of Washington and we read of the discomfort in Florida. There a massive…

by | Sep 6, 2017

Labor Day weekend passed with soggy weather in Washington. It was not as soggy as in other parts of the…

by | Aug 30, 2017

I wonder how my old pal Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan would view racial relations today were he around. In 1970 he wrote a memo to his boss, President Richard Nixon, counseling a period of “benign neglect” for the discussion of racial issues. Of course the memo was leaked and poor Pat was inundated in obloquy. Aficionados on race relations such as the Rev. Jesse Jackson stepped forward to urge just the opposite approach, and across America for all these years we have been maintaining a “dialogue,” as it is called, on race — a dialogue that sounds suspiciously like a monologue.

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