Free Beacon Matthew Continetti

Matthew Continetti is director of Domestic Policy Studies and the inaugural Patrick and Charlene Neal Chair in American Prosperity at the American Enterprise Institute. The founding editor of the Washington Free Beacon, he is also the author of The K Street Gang: The Rise and Fall of the Republican Machine (Doubleday, 2006); The Persecution of Sarah Palin: How the Elite Media Tried to Bring Down a Rising Star (Sentinel, 2009); and The Right: The Hundred Year War for American Conservatism (Basic, 2022). His articles and reviews have appeared in the New York Times, Atlantic, and Wall Street Journal.


Shinzo Abe and leaders

Shinzo Abe's World

Column: Japan's prime minister thrives in a dangerous neighborhood

U.S. Marines deployed from Okinawa, Japan participate in the U.S. and South Korean Marines joint landing operation at Pohang in South Korea

The Great Wall of Democracy

Column: China's drive to the Western Pacific

A Pakistani supporter of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ), a hardline religious party, holds an image of Christian woman Asia Bibi during a protest rally

Asia Bibi and the First Freedom

Column: Why hasn't she been granted asylum?

US soldiers take part in a massive amphibious landing

The Wrong Time to Cut Defense

Column: A new bipartisan report exposes the dangers facing America

President Trump Holds Rally In Columbia, Missouri

The Trump Economy Continues to Surge

Column: But growth is not enough

Honduran caravan

How to Think About the Caravan

Column: A challenge to American sovereignty that exploits our humanitarianism

Russell Kirk and Ronald Reagan

The Ghost of Russell Kirk

Column: What would the original 'Conservative Mind' think of today?

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and President Donald Trump

The Khashoggi Affair

Column: A journalist's disappearance endangers the anti-Iran alliance

Trump's Remarkable Week

Column: It doesn't get much better than this.