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 Bonfire of the Inanities

Column: The New York Times Devours Itself

Anna Wintour and Michelle Obama at a dedication ceremony for the Anna Wintour Costume Center

The Devil Wears Obama

Column: Michelle Obama’s embarrassing tribute to a top Democratic donor

Shellacking II: The Sequel

Column: The 2014 election was decided before Obama’s second term began

Oligarchy in the Twenty-First Century

Column: Think rich conservatives rule the world? Think again.

THE BIGGER THEY ARE

Column: Hillary Falls to Earth

Tony and Heather Podesta

Divorce Beltway Style

Column: The Democratic breakup that exposes Washington’s rotten core

Barack Obama, David Cohen

Ready to Smirk

How Comcast bought the Democratic Party

The Grandfather

Column: The autumn of patriarch Harry Reid

Gas Attack

Column: How Democratic donors benefit financially from climate policy

The First Woman President

Column: It’s not Hillary