Robert Emmett Tyrrell Jr. (born December 14, 1943) is an American conservative magazine editor, book author and columnist.
[1][2] While at Indiana University, he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi, living in a chapter house where Steve Tesich resided.
Tyrrell was one of those behind the Arkansas Project, financed by Richard Mellon Scaife, to use the Spectator' to damage Bill Clinton’s reputation.
[3][4] In 2000, government investigations of The American Spectator caused Tyrrell to sell the magazine to venture capitalist George Gilder.
[7] Tyrrell was quoted in a 1994 article by New York Times contributor Dinitia Smith saying that homosexuals are bringing about "an end to community," and "AIDS is lethal, but they're forever trying to magnify a sensible point out of proportion.