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<p>By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.</p> <p>HOT SRINGS, Va. -- Some years ago, while dining in a Paris restaurant, I asked the waiter about the venison on the menu. He told me it was smaller than servings in the United States.</p>

Hot Springs, Virginia – Some years ago, while dining in a Paris restaurant, I asked the waiter about the venison on the menu. He told me that it was smaller than that served in the United States. The waiter, a long-faced man, who, come to think of it, looked rather like the junior senator from Massachusetts, went on to say, "But then, everything in Europe is smaller than in America." I was too much the gentleman to tell him that my corn-fed venison back in the American Midwest was more tender than his and tasted better, if only un peu...

The Current Crisis A Great Gentleman By R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. Published 6/7/2004 12:09:43 AM WASHINGTON -- The Old Cowboy is gone. The oldest man ever to be elected president lived on to be the oldest ex-president, and we who were his friends and allies have lived on to hear him praised in the media's eulogies for his achievements and even for his intelligence. That last item would have amused him. Though he entered the White House an accomplished writer (the recently published Reagan: A Life in Letters makes that clear), a fairly erudite reader of history, philosophy, and economics,...

<p>I am a conservative. To be precise, I am a libertarian-conservative. That is to say I stand for personal liberty and tradition. In the scheme of government bequeathed to us by the Founding Fathers (and Mothers) those value are maintainable, with various requisite adjustments, all depending on the passing imbecilities of our fellow citizens.</p>

<p>By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.</p> <p>One of the gravest losses attendant with the spread of broadcast media is, I suppose, perspective. Yes, the public gains pictures, film clips, and sound bites, but we lose perspective and with that judgment, always at the expense of sound policy.</p>

<p>By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.</p> <p>If, as Sen. Teddy Kennedy rumbled recently, Iraq is President George W. Bush's Vietnam, surely the silver-haired senator is becoming Mr. Bush's Jane Fonda.</p> <p>Of course Teddy is not as svelte as Miss Fonda, for he has never been an adept of fad diets, and an aerobics regimen could impair his precarious health. Nonetheless, Teddy is becoming the Fonda of our time. Possibly he will fly off to Falluja to be photographed on a burned-out Humvee or visit Najaf to confer with the scowling Muslim cleric, the Rev. Muqtada al-Sadr. Having become so historically minded, Teddy goes on to call President Bush our era's Richard Nixon.</p>

WASHINGTON -- If, as Senator Teddy Kennedy rumbled recently, Iraq is President George W. Bush's Vietnam, surely the silver-haired Senator is becoming Mr. Bush's Jane Fonda. Of course Teddy is not as svelte as Miss Fonda, for he has never been an adept of fad diets, and an aerobics regimen could impair his precarious health. Nonetheless, Teddy is becoming the Fonda of our time. Possibly he will fly off to Falluja to be photographed on a burned out Humvee or visit Najaf to confer with the scowling Muslim cleric, the Rev. Muqtada al-Sadr. Having become so historically-minded Teddy goes on...

WASHINGTON -- I believe the Democrats are on to something. I believe they have devised a very clever plan to stop Senator John François Kerry's decline in the polls. According to news reports, they are checking him in at an undisclosed hospital for tendon surgery on his shoulder. That will keep him out of sight for a while. After that they can try knee surgery. He has a record of knee injuries. Then there are his allergies. Off and on they can check him into an allergy sanitarium. When he actually does appear on the campaign trail, if his penchant...

Forum Madame Hillary New York, New York (United States) ID: 181161 - 03/15/2004 - 0:50 - $29.95 Tyrrell Jr., R. Emmett, Editor in Chief, [American Spectator] Regnery, Alfred, President, Regnery Gateway Publishing Innis, Niger, National Spokesman, Congress of Racial Equality Mowbray, Joel, Columnist, Townhall.com Fund, John, Columnist, [Wall Street Journal] Mr. Tyrrell was joined by a panel of political reporters, columnists, and commentators to discuss his book, Madame Hillary: The Dark Road to the White House, published by Regnery Publishing. In the book, the author examines the life of Senator and former First Lady Hillary Clinton. He also speculates about...

WASHINGTON -- I do not know what you thought when you heard that Senator John François Kerry was overheard in a scrum of Chicago blue-collar workers referring to unnamed politicians as "crooked" and "lying." I thought he was referring to the Clintons. What is more, I thought he was being complimentary. The Clintons have, indeed, been very artful in all their transgressions. Even when they get caught they wriggle out of it, save for the time that Bill got impeached and found in contempt of court and lost his license to practice law. Actually Bill has never really practiced law....

In Review:Madame Hillary: The Dark Road To The White House, by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. with Mark W. Davis (Regnery Publishing, 231 pages, $27.95) It is incumbent upon a reviewer to disclose a bias or personal interest, unless it is already blatantly self-evident. For instance, any reader would realize that a hostile review of Bob Tyrrell's excellent book by, say, Sid Blumenthal might have been motivated by the reviewer's desire to ingratiate himself with the boss, Hillary Clinton. Since this review will be enthusiastic and laudatory, my own motives must be spelled out. I am a very old and good...

Readers of this column will remember, as apparently political scientists and pundits have not, that in the rancorous months before the Democratic primaries got underway, I identified that one dynamic new political constituency that would decide the winner. In years gone by, the dynamic constituency was the youth vote. And there was the year of the women's vote. This year as we watched Dr. Howard Dean gain the role of frontrunner, the veins in his neck bursting, his face an angry gnarl of sneers and grimaces, it became obvious that the dynamic new force in the Democratic primary was the...

<p>Recently, I have been making my own scholarly contribution to political scientists' understanding of the 2004 election by identifying a rising new constituency within the electorate, the moron vote.</p> <p>Those who compose it are the angry, the fearful and the unaccountably neurotic. When they beheld Dr. Howard Dean hollering in public about how very angry he was, they thought of Abraham Lincoln. Now they behold Sen. John Pierre Kerry boasting of all the hair he has on his chest, the medals on his wall and his grim plans for President George W. Bush and they think of John F. Kennedy or maybe Robespierre — Mr. Kerry is still very French-looking, n'est-ce pas?</p>

Print Article         Close Window     Job Growth Description By Published 3/11/2004 12:06:21 AM WASHINGTON -- Recently I have been making my own scholarly contribution to political scientists' understanding of the 2004 election by identifying a rising new constituency within the electorate, the moron vote. Those who compose it are the angry, the fearful, and the unaccountably neurotic. When they beheld Dr. Howard Dean hollering in public about how very angry he was, they thought of Abraham Lincoln. Now they behold Senator John Pierre Kerry boasting of all the hair he has on his chest, the medals on his...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Do my eyes deceive me? The morning after Super Tuesday expired with a burst of fireworks enhaloing the hunk of granite that is John Kerry's head, Sen. Hillary Clinton -- still the most popular Democrat in the country -- pops up at Washington's Mayflower Hotel to give a major speech on trade and manufacturing, two burning issues during the Democrats' primary season. What can this mean? Several weeks back, as Kerry emerged as the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, that veteran Clinton-watcher with the keen eye for political machinations, Dick Morris, announced that Hillary had become a...

WASHINGTON -- Do my eyes deceive me? The morning after Super Tuesday expired with a burst of fireworks enhaloing the hunk of granite that is John Kerry's head, Senator Hillary Clinton -- still the most popular Democrat in the country -- pops up at Washington's Mayflower Hotel to give a major speech on trade and manufacturing, two burning issues during the Democrats' primary season. What can this mean? Several weeks back as Senator Kerry emerged as the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, that veteran Clinton-watcher with the keen eye for political machinations, Dick Morris, announced that Hillary had become a...

In response to a comment in our textbook stating that women remain the second sex in our society, I said to the class, “Well, in 2008, I wouldn’t be surprised if a woman became president.” The students agreed with me and a few mentioned Hillary Clinton’s name aloud. Another student, the lone conservative present, emailed me the next day and asked why I would make such a statement. “Because it’s true,” I answered. Most conservatives are completely baffled by the Hillarymania of today’s liberals. A recent poll illustrates that she remains a highly polarizing figure among the American electorate. Should...

<p>The campaign trail has been cluttered with such fantasticos as Sen. John Pierre Kerry, Dr. Howard Dean, Generalissimo Wesley Clark, and the Rev Al Sharpton. Now I too have had to venture onto the campaign trail, but a more civilized trail it is.</p>

<p>Readers of this column will remember, as apparently political scientists and pundits have not, that in the rancorous months before the Democratic primaries got under way I identified the one dynamic new political constituency that would decide the winner.</p> <p>In years gone by, the dynamic constituency was the youth vote. And there was the year of the women's vote. This year as we watched Dr. Howard Dean gain the role of front-runner, the veins in his neck bursting, his face an angry gnarl of sneers and grimaces, it became obvious the dynamic new force in the Democratic primary was the moron vote. That is to say the angry, stupid, political neurotic who has proceeded into middle age convinced the world is against him/her.</p>

A review of “MADAME HILLARY THE DARK ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE” By R. EmmettTyrrell, Jr. with Mark W. Davis This is the probably the most focused and serious book I’ve read by Mr. Tyrrell. He clearly suppressed his considerable talent for amusingly limning the Clintons as the clowns that they are to deliver instead a steady, updated, and well-informed account of what they are up to and why we need to remain concerned with their machinations. The Clintons take over and manipulations of the Democratic Party are described well and documented early in the book. The Clintons today, as...