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R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. is the founder and editor in chief of The American Spectator and a New York Times best-selling author. 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, The Washington Times, National Review, Harper's, Commentary, The (London) Spectator, Le Figaro (Paris) and elsewhere.

Articles by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

Harris, Mayorkas and Buttigieg: Biden’s three stooges typify least distinguished Cabinet in history

Sergey Lavrov, Russia's suave minister of foreign affairs, was recently asked by one of Russia's ubiquitous billionaires: Whom does President Vladimir Putin seek advice from on the Ukraine war?

April 18, 2023

Prohibitionists are at it again

The busybodies of the world health organizations are at it again. They are now renewing their assault on demon rum and related beverages.

April 11, 2023

Biden is responsible for inflation, but so are his voters

In President Biden's first year in office, people who believed in Milton Friedman's free-market economics watched the him heave trillions and trillions of dollars at the problems facing the country and were aghast.

April 4, 2023

Floundering Ron DeSantis has no sense of ambiguity

In the course of my lifelong study of political science, I have noted that many political leaders of high achievement have an extraordinary aptitude for ambiguity, not to say dishonesty.

March 21, 2023

Tearing down statues honoring our great American history is balderdash

With all the talk about the discovery of mass graves in faraway Ukraine, there is little thought of such graves being discovered here in America.

March 14, 2023

From the dying left to the dead left: Adventures in obits

This past week, my matutinal readings of the obituaries in the morning newspapers were particularly rewarding.

March 7, 2023

Two birds, one stone: ‘1619 Project’ vindicates capitalism

I have long held that when the left gains control of an entity -- be it be a city, a university, or even a simple educational project -- it loses all awareness of what the initial purpose of that entity might have been.

February 28, 2023

Gingrich’s protest movement to clean up government

Today we have few politicians who can even read a book. One who can both read and write books is Newt Gingrich, and he also writes newspaper columns, which I commend to you.

February 21, 2023

Republicans are flocking to like-minded locales

There is a phenomenon that has been creeping across America for at least 30 years that I have yet to comment on. Social scientists, however, have been writing about it for a long time.

February 14, 2023

There is hope for freedom of thought in Florida

I have long held the belief that the most conformist institutions in America are its universities.

February 7, 2023

Bring on the tanks: Glory to Ukraine

I have been following the pledging of combat tanks to Ukraine by the European allies. It is impressive.

January 31, 2023

Transgender movement may be peaking in America

Are you a boy, or are you a girl?

January 24, 2023

Biden’s document debacle exposes American presidents’ sloppy work habits

When did Washington become the scene of misplaced documents, slipshod work, runaway budgets, and legislation that had to be passed, "so you can find out what's in it."

January 17, 2023

JFK’s assassination still remains prone to conspiracy theories

I am engaged in reading a very fine book by a colleague, Paul Kengor. It was written six years ago, so do not feel bad if you missed it. You still have time.

January 10, 2023

Henry Kissinger approaches 100 and reflects on great leaders

Norman Mailer once told me that the American people respect an eminence merely for growing old. I believe he was right, and as I am growing older, I am even counting on it.

January 3, 2023

The rise of ‘kidults’ and their infantile fascinations

While millions of Americans huffed under the weight of Christmas buying, I spotted something more astonishing. It was the arrival of that new sociological class that gained notoriety this year, the "kidult."

December 27, 2022

Give Elon Musk a chance to fix Twitter

It did not take the richest man in the world long to find himself in trouble with the American media.

December 20, 2022

Liberal bigots’ hatred of Elon Musk

The progressives -- once called liberals -- have a new target to hate. He is Elon Musk. By the way, the progressives have become very complacent about their targets for hatred.

December 13, 2022

Xi Jinping and Sam Bankman-Fried living in a fantasyland

I have good news for my readers. November was a month of clement weather throughout the United States. Not only that, but the weather reports for December are going to be even better.

December 6, 2022