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.


Donald Trump arrives on the RNC stage

Weird and Wild Stuff

Column: Why Democrats should be worried

Donald Trump and Conservative Dogma

Column: How the Republican nominee passed the litmus tests

Star Trek TV Series (1966-1969)

The Great Boor of the Galaxy

Column: The progressive visionary behind ‘Star Trek’ was an insecure misogynistic hack

Paul Ryan, John McCain, Rob Portman, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump

Conservatism Trumps Populism

Column: Everywhere but the presidential race

Donald Trump Unraveled

Column: More reasons Republicans should worry about November

reading collage

7 Books Every Conservative Should Read

Column: Book recommendations for students of all ages

The Hillary Mystique

Column: The weakest part of the Democratic Convention was its presidential nominee

The Demagogue Rises

Column: Donald Trump Accepts Republican Nomination in Cleveland

2016

The Fractured Republicans

Column: Inside the GOP dissension in Cleveland

Barack Obama, Marty Nesbitt

The For-Profit Government Industry

Column: How President Obama’s friends profit from his policies