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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 | Mar 16, 2016

I have been an attentive observer of political protests for many moons. You might say I was present at the…

by | Mar 9, 2016

As the race for the presidential nomination enters the pandemonium stage, I take solace in the soothing wisdom of my…

by | Mar 4, 2016

Adapted from RET’s opening remarks delivered at our annual Robert L. Bartley Gala, which was held on March 1, 2016,…

by | Mar 2, 2016

I wrote a book in 2011 with the felicitous title The Death of Liberalism. The book’s title pretty much said…

by | Feb 24, 2016

I am certainly glad that the Washington Post reported on a controversy at Georgetown University last week, which was created…

by | Feb 17, 2016

Recall if you will those unforgettable royal figures from yesteryear with their peculiar cognomens. Some of my favorites are Ethelred…

by | Feb 10, 2016

Well, well, the stock market has, of a sudden, caught up with the Obama economy. The spectacle is not pretty….

by | Feb 3, 2016

In the many decades I have had the pleasure of covering the Clintons I have developed several themes about them…

by | Jan 27, 2016

In reading Paul Johnson’s masterful Art: A New History I came across a startling number of art masters who did…

by | Jan 20, 2016

Did any of the political cognoscenti consult Real Clear Politics last Thursday? Those who did found evidence that Donald Trump’s…

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