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.


Independent Voters Are Key to 2024

Column: The malleable middle will decide Joe Biden's fate—and Donald Trump's

No Haven for Hamas

Column: End the ceasefire talk and let Israel defeat Hamas.

Biden: Slip Slidin' Away

Column: Time is running out for Biden to save his campaign

Now May We Defend Ourselves?

Column: Senator Roger Wicker's landmark plan to rebuild America's defenses

Trump's New New Majority

Column: How to reward the new members of Trump's coalition

Will the Biden-Trump Debates Even Matter?

Column: The first real news of the 2024 campaign

Once Again, President Biden Caves to the Bernie Sanders Left

Column: Does the president know what 'security' means?

Joe Biden Is 2024's Chaos Candidate

Column: Biden's incompetence opens the door for a Trump restoration

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Israel Is Right to Reject Biden’s Bad Advice

Column: What it really takes to win against Iran

The Prices Are Not Right

Column: Inflation could sink Biden—if Republicans get their act together