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Conservative bi-monthly, founded 1967 by R. Emmett Tyrell at Indiana University. Folded in 2001.

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
Fred Barnes	TV Personality	?		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
Malcolm Gladwell	Columnist	03-Sep-1963		The Tipping Point
Sandy Hume	Journalist	c. 1969	22-Feb-1998	The Hill correspondent 1996-98
John Von Kannon	Activist	?		Heritage Foundation
Michael Ledeen	Government	1-Aug-1941		Neoconservative activist
Richard Miniter	Pundit	1967		Losing bin Laden
George Jean Nathan	Author	14-Feb-1882	8-Apr-1958	American Mercury
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
Kenneth R. Timmerman	Journalist	4-Nov-1953		Foundation for Democracy in Iran
Emmett Tyrrell	Columnist	1943		Publisher, The American Spectator
Byron York	Columnist	?		National Review columnist

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