Free Beacon Matthew Walther

Matthew Walther is associate editor of the Washington Free Beacon. He was previously assistant editor of the American Spectator. His work has also appeared in the Spectator of London, First Things, the Weekly Standard, National Review, the Daily Beast, and other publications. He lives with his wife, Lydia, and their two daughters in Alexandria, Virginia. His Twitter handle is @matthewwalther.


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A Trillion Mindless Robots Dancing

Review: Daniel C. Dennett, 'From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds'

Everything You Need to Know About Pink Floyd

Pop Life: Pink Floyd went way, way downhill starting with ‘Wish You Were Here’

Sing a Song for Neil Gorsuch

Feature: Matthew Walther's Supreme Court Diary

The Prospero of Theologians

Review: David Bentley Hart, 'The Dream-Child's Progress and Other Essays'

Big Data Comes to the Bookstore

Review: Ben Blatt, 'Nabokov's Favorite Word is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal About the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing'

Can you guess the reason Barbra Streisand can't stop eating pancakes? That's right: It's Donald Trump

World's greatest living singer eating pancakes 'smothered in maple syrup'

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Obama's 'Greatest' Speeches Have Been Collected in One Book. Here's a Brutally Honest Assessment

Review: E.J. Dionne, Jr., and Joy-Ann Reid, 'We Are the Change We Seek: The Speeches of Barack Obama'

Bernie for DNC Chair

Feature: What I saw at the Democratic National Committee candidate forum