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.


The Empty Chair

Column: Polarization and the end of the Supreme Court

Donald Trump

The Self-Immolation of the Republican Party

Column: How the GOP lit itself on fire

Donald Trump

Why Republicans Should Be Worried

Column: The fundamentals of this election don’t look good for the GOP

Katie Couric

Katie Couric Is A Liberal Hack, Site Claims

Column: Whatever it is that Katie Couric does, it’s not journalism

The People v. Mayor Goodway: An American Crime Story

Column: One father’s case against PAW Patrol

Trump Hillary Bernie

Hillary’s Two-Front War

Column: Hillary Clinton faces both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders in a long, hard slog to the Democratic convention

Hillary Clinton

White Lies Matter

Column: Hillary Clinton’s history of deception catches up to her

John Kasich

What Does John Kasich Think He’s Doing?

Column: Blame the Ohio governor if Donald Trump is the Republican nominee

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders Smears Israel

Column: The Vermont senator is dangerously ignorant of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict