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.


Honey, I Shrunk Obama

Column: Four years have miniaturized Obama’s appeal, plans, and rhetoric

The Obama Derecho

Column: The damage from Obama will be lasting

The Tea Party’s Roe

Column: Justice Roberts Throws a Lifeline to Romney’s Campaign

Hollywood’s White House

Column: Tinsel Town has hijacked Obama’s campaign

Obama’s Pity Party

Column: The president lives increasingly in the past

The Fame Monster

Column: Celebrity endorsements are all Obama has left

The Other Death Panel

Column: After Houla Massacre, Obama’s ‘Atrocities Prevention Board’ Insults Assad’s Victims

Ready, Fire, Aim

Column: Team Obama’s reputation is vastly overrated

Obama’s Grade: D Plus

Column: President haunted by record of broken promises and inflated expectations

Our Composite President

Column: Obama’s carefully cultivated image is coming undone