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.


Harlan Ellison

The Harlan Ellison Show

Column: One fan's mission to preserve the legacy of a science fiction master

Donald Trump, Floyd Mayweather, and Donald Trump Jr.

Trump Takes Charge

Column: And happy days are here again for Republicans

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The Trump Revolution

Column: How Donald Trump brought populism to Washington

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The Next Republican Agenda

Column: How to strike a balance between populism and free enterprise

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Justice Thomas Speaks

Column: Clarence Thomas's 25 years on the Supreme Court

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Crisis of the Conservative Intellectual

Column: How populism displaced conservatism in the Republican Party

Donald Trump

The Growth Imperative

Column: An economic boom is the only way to stop the populists

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The Guns of October

Column: Is America prepared for another war?

Trump rally

The Politics of Dissociation

Column: Why populism, nationalism, and tribalism will outlast Trump and Clinton

President Obama delivers his final address at the UN

Make Black Helicopters Great Again

Column: My big problem with President Obama’s U.N. speech