The American Spectator's bid for recovery

September 11, 2000 - You only have to do a basic Internet search to discover the questionable position The American Spectator found itself in during the first half of the Clinton presidential administration. Founded by Indiana University college students R. Emmett Tyreell Jr. and Ronald Burr, the publication began in 1967 as an off-campus magazine originally called the Alternative. It motored on mostly unnoticed until outside funding was accepted to help undermine President Clinton through editorial exposes.

It proved to be the publication's undoing.

Formerly published by the American Spectator Educational Foundation, the title is now owned by Gilder Publishing, located in Housatonic, Mass. Chosen to edit the publication is Josh Gilder, former speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan. Gilder announced that the title will "build on the venerable traditions of The American Spectator," but that there is "a new economy and new politics of possibility out there." Check our database for the latest contact information available.