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.
Cecile Richards Won't Say Whether Ritual Sacrifice Is a Religious Freedom Issue
Feature: And other kernels from the spin room at the third debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton
How Chris Wallace Won the Final Presidential Debate
Feature: What I saw at the Las Vegas debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump
The Time Matthew Walther Had a Bad Trip After Lena Dunham Told Him She Liked His T-Shirt
Feature: Girls, hallucinations, the Blessed Virgin, a lot of alcohol, Peter Gabriel, and an Uber driver named Mohammed
Confessions of a Spin Room Amateur
Feature: How I learned to stop worrying and let the Trump campaign lie to me
Matthew Walther’s St. Louis Debate Diary
Feature: A stranger in the strange land of Washington University in St. Louis
Matthew Walther’s Aleppo Moment
Feature: What I Saw at the ‘Let Gary Debate!’ Rally
Trump vs. Clinton, Round One
Feature: What I saw at the first presidential debate
My Excruciatingly Painful Movie Date With Francis Fukuyama
Feature: Life Among the Thought Leaders
Painted Toenails and Jazz
Review: ‘The Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House, 1918-1939’