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 Reality Principle
Column: Obama and Biden were winning—until they faced actual opponents
The Biggest Myth of 2012
Column: It’s the idea that liberal donors don’t ask for anything in return
The Salami Slice Presidency
Column: Obama’s reelection strategy is driving America apart
Attack of the Cookie Monsters
Column: The anti-Romney press is behaving like spoiled children