The American Spectator

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The American Spectator

MAGAZINE

Conservative monthly, founded 1967 by R. Emmett Tyrell at Indiana University.

The January 1994 issue included an article by David Brock reporting that an Arkansas state trooper claimed that then-governor Bill Clinton had screwed some woman 1991 "whom the trooper remembered only as Paula." The article generated a firestorm that gave rise to the Paula Jones lawsuit, the Ken Starr investigation, and the subsequent Lewinsky scandal.

In late 1997, billionaire conservative Richard Scaife gave $2.4 million for The American Spectator to launch what they called the "Arkansas Project" -- a four-year effort to dig up dirt on President Clinton.

Official Website:
http://www.spectator.org/

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Jed Babbin Columnist c. 1948 Human Events

Fred Barnes TV Personality 1-Feb-1943 Fox News regular

Bob Barr Politician 5-Nov-1948 Congressman from Georgia, 1995-2003

David Brock Journalist 1962 Blinded by the Right

James Branch Cabell Novelist 14-Apr-1879 5-May-1958 Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice

Christopher DeMuth Activist 5-Aug-1946 American Enterprise Institute

Andrew Ferguson Journalist ? Senior Editor, The Weekly Standard

J. P. Freire Journalist c. 1982 Managing Editor, The American Spectator

Malcolm Gladwell Columnist 3-Sep-1963 The Tipping Point

Sandy Hume Journalist c. 1969 22-Feb-1998 The Hill Correspondent, 1996-98

Michael Ledeen Government 1-Aug-1941 Neoconservative activist

William McGurn Government 4-Dec-1958 Chief speechwriter for Bush, 2005-08

Richard Miniter Pundit 1967 Losing bin Laden

George Jean Nathan Author 14-Feb-1882 8-Apr-1958 American Mercury

George Neumayr Columnist c. 1972 Editor, Catholic World Report

Grover Norquist Activist 19-Oct-1956 Washington lobbyist, anti-tax crusader

Ted Olson Government 11-Sep-1940 US Solicitor General, 2001-04

Alfred Regnery Publisher 21-Nov-1942 The American Spectator

Richard Scaife Activist 3-Jul-1932 The Republican George Soros

Ben Stein Game Show Host 25-Nov-1944 Host of Win Ben Stein's Money

James Taranto Columnist 1966 Wall Street Journal

Kenneth R. Timmerman Journalist 4-Nov-1953 Foundation for Democracy in Iran

Emmett Tyrrell Columnist 1943 Publisher, The American Spectator

John Von Kannon Activist c. 1950 Heritage Foundation

Byron York Columnist c. 1956 Former National Review columnist

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