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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.

Biden should resign: Democratic Party devoid of leadership

Well, we have two hellholes around the globe today, Afghanistan and Haiti. Where would you rather be?

August 24, 2021

Biden has no solutions, pretends he has no problems

Looking back on the contradictory pronunciamento uttered by President Joe Biden so solemnly over the last few months on the subject of Afghanistan, what has struck me is how inane they show him to be.

August 17, 2021

The fall of sexual predator Andrew Cuomo

A year ago, Governor Andrew Cuomo was spoken of as a rising presidential contender. Now he is spoken of as a sexual predator. What happened?

August 10, 2021

‘Geographic racism’ has taken a turn for the absurd with the wolk folk

The woke folk are not finished. As I said last week, they are tearing down statues of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Frederick Douglass.

August 3, 2021

Kultursmog, William Regnery II and the left’s mythology of white supremacists

Kultursmog is that aspect of American culture that is utterly politicized, and it is politicized by the politics of the left. Its leading pollution centers are Hollywood, California, New York City, Washington, D.C., and increasingly Silicon Valley.

July 27, 2021

The health care market is free and fair and needs to stay that way

I am in tip-top physical condition, thanks to American medicine. Anyone who wants to tamper with the American medical community will have to deal with me first.

July 20, 2021

What to do about Nancy Pelosi’s father?

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's place at the head of the mob intent on correcting the wrongs of past generations has been endangered.

May 11, 2021

Political segregation puts America in danger of being divided into two cultures

Political scientists tell us that they see increasing segregation in the way Americans live. It is not racial segregation but political segregation.

May 4, 2021

The 1619 Project’s claims as absurd as red meat being the centerpiece of American history

Last week the Biden administration made plans "to offer grants for U.S. history classes that teach critical race theory and the '1619 Project,'" which is a confection of The New York Times.

April 27, 2021

Eager conservatives pay their respects to Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth

The Brits really know how to put on a funeral show. I watched it for an hour or so before I had to take out the morning trash. But why were so many Americans taken up with the doings at St. George's Chapel?

April 20, 2021

Joe Biden is more devoid of achievement than any president since Warren Gamaliel Harding

In predicting what we can expect to be the achievements of President Biden, let us consider what his modern Democratic predecessors have achieved.

April 13, 2021

Major League Baseball hits a foul ball in Georgia

Major League Baseball (MLB) is following Black Lives Matter (BLM) and taking a stand on the state of Georgia's recent election legislation.

April 6, 2021

Climate czar John Forbes Kerry’s antics unmasked

Have you seen the Hon. John Forbes Kerry's face lately? Who stole his lines?

March 30, 2021

Replacing the 101st Airborne with Joe Biden’s ‘fightin’ fillies’

Tucker Carlson, the Fox News commentator, now has the entire Pentagon against him and our president, who fell up the stairs to Air Force One last week.

March 23, 2021

Baltimore businessman Stewart Bainum saves the Baltimore Sun

As more and more once affluent magazines and newspapers are going belly up or seeking other ways to finance themselves, I am feeling pretty good about how I decided to finance The American Spectator.

March 16, 2021

Teaching identity politics goes too far

Years ago I had a great coach in high school who was given to Solomonic apothegms. One of his favorites was: "Forget your grandparents."

March 9, 2021

Democrats forcing democracy to die in the darkness

We are all supposed to be against conspiracies. Yet what about a conspiracy to silence free speech? What about a conspiracy to shut down people who utter thoughts we disagree with?

March 2, 2021

Reforming Democratic Party begins with ignoring Crazy Bernie and AOC’s ‘squad’ of harpies

The political party that is forever lecturing Republicans on the need to reform themselves lest they go the way of Tyrannosaurus rex is now in danger of becoming at one with Tyrannosaurus rex.

February 23, 2021

Time for Citizen Trump to write ‘The Art of the New, New Deal’

Saturday was a good day for the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. The First Amendment has been validated once again, this time by the U.S. Senate.

February 16, 2021