Matthew Continetti
Matthew Continetti | |
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| Born | Matthew Joseph Continetti June 24, 1981 Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. |
| Education | Columbia University (BA) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Spouse |
Anne Elizabeth Kristol
(m. 2012) |
| Relatives | William Kristol (father-in-law) |
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Matthew Joseph Continetti (born June 24, 1981) is an American journalist and Director of Domestic Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute[1] and as of 2025, a columnist for The Wall Street Journal and a contributor to its Potomac Watch podcast.[2][3]
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Continetti was born in Alexandria, Virginia, on June 24, 1981,[4] the son of Cathy (née Finn) and Joseph F. Continetti.[5] Continetti graduated from Columbia University in 2003.[6] While in college, he wrote for the Columbia Spectator, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute's magazine, CAMPUS, and Columbia Political Review.[6][7] In summer 2002, he did an internship for the Intercollegiate Studies Institute's student journalism program, Collegiate Network, at National Review, where he was a research assistant to its editor, Rich Lowry.[6][8]
Career
[edit | edit source]Following college, he joined The Weekly Standard as an editorial assistant, and later became associate editor.[6] He is now a contributing editor to National Review.[9] He has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, National Review, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and The Financial Times.[10] He has also been an on-camera contributor to Bloggingheads.tv.[11]
He has criticized Glenn Beck as "nonsense."[12] He has argued the American media turned on Sarah Palin during the 2008 campaign because they had blind allegiance to Barack Obama.[13] He has criticized American academia as uniformly left-wing.[14]
From October 2015 to May 2016, the Washington Free Beacon, under Continetti's stewardship, hired Fusion GPS to conduct opposition research on "multiple candidates" during the 2016 presidential election, including Donald Trump. The Free Beacon stopped funding his research when Trump was selected as the Republican Party nominee.[15]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Continetti lives in Arlington County, Virginia.[10] He is married to Anne Elizabeth Kristol, the daughter of William Kristol, Vice President Dan Quayle's Chief of Staff.[5] Continetti converted to Judaism in 2011, prior to his marriage to Kristol.[9] In May 2023, the Russian Foreign Ministry sanctioned Continetti and barred him from entry, along with 500 other Americans.[16]
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- 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)
- The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism, Basic Books (2022)
References
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- ^ Richard Lowry, Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years, Regnery Publishing, 2004, p. 343 Google Books
- ^ a b Matthew Continetti on Twitter, April 13, 2016. "Fact-check: I converted to Judaism in 2011."
- ^ a b Weekly Standard biography
- ^ Bloggingheads webpage
- ^ John Nichols, The "S" Word: A Short History of an American Tradition...Socialism, Verso Books, 2011 Google Books
- ^ Michael Graham, That's No Angry Mob, That's My Mom: Team Obama's Assault on Tea-Party, Talk-Radio Americans, Regnery Publishing, 2010, p. 166 Google Books
- ^ Bruce E. Johansen, Silenced!: Academic freedom, scientific inquiry, and the First Amendment under siege in America, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007, p. 129 Google Books
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Matthew Continetti at IMDb
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- The Weekly Standard | Matthew Continetti (articles from The Weekly Standard, now kept by Washington Examiner)
- Matthew Continetti | National Review (bio & articles from National Review)
- Matthew Continetti (@continetti) · Twitter
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- 21st-century converts to Judaism
- Columbia University alumni
- Living people
- American political journalists
- American political writers
- Jewish American journalists
- Jewish American non-fiction writers
- The Weekly Standard people
- 1981 births
- 21st-century American Jews
- 21st-century American male journalists
- 21st-century American journalists