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Matthew Continetti
Born
Matthew Joseph Continetti

(1981-06-24) June 24, 1981 (age 45)
Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
EducationColumbia University (BA)
OccupationJournalist
Spouse
Anne Elizabeth Kristol
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(m. 2012)​
RelativesWilliam Kristol (father-in-law)

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

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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

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Following college, he joined The Weekly Standard as an editorial assistant, and later became associate editor.[6] In 2011, he was a Claremont Institute Lincoln Fellow.[9] He is now a contributing editor to National Review.[10] 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.[11] He has also been an on-camera contributor to Bloggingheads.tv.[12]

He has criticized Glenn Beck as "nonsense."[13] He has argued the American media turned on Sarah Palin during the 2008 campaign because they had blind allegiance to Barack Obama.[14] He has criticized American academia as uniformly left-wing.[15]

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.[16]

Personal life

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Continetti lives in Arlington County, Virginia.[11] 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.[10] In May 2023, the Russian Foreign Ministry sanctioned Continetti and barred him from entry, along with 500 other Americans.[17]

Bibliography

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  • 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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  1. ↑ "Press Release: Matthew Continetti Named Director of Domestic Policy Studies at AEI". aei.org. August 29, 2023. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  2. ↑ Podhoretz, John (October 31, 2025). "So Long, Continetti". Commentary Magazine. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
  3. ↑ "An Election Preview and the Emerging Antisemitism on the Right - Opinion: Potomac Watch - WSJ Podcasts". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
  4. ↑ Q-and-a.org
  5. 1 2 "Anne Kristol and Matthew Continetti". The New York Times. February 19, 2012.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Matthew Continetti | National Review
  7. ↑ "Articles". COLUMBIA POLITICAL REVIEW. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  8. ↑ Richard Lowry, Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years, Regnery Publishing, 2004, p. 343 Google Books
  9. ↑ "Lincoln Fellowship Alumni". The Claremont Institute. Archived from the original on September 13, 2025. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  10. 1 2 Matthew Continetti on Twitter, April 13, 2016. "Fact-check: I converted to Judaism in 2011."
  11. 1 2 Weekly Standard biography
  12. ↑ Bloggingheads webpage
  13. ↑ John Nichols, The "S" Word: A Short History of an American Tradition...Socialism, Verso Books, 2011 Google Books
  14. ↑ 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
  15. ↑ Bruce E. Johansen, Silenced!: Academic freedom, scientific inquiry, and the First Amendment under siege in America, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007, p. 129 Google Books
  16. ↑ Vogel, Kenneth P.; Haberman, Maggie (October 27, 2017). "Conservative Website First Funded Anti-Trump Research by Firm That Later Produced Dossier". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Заявление МИД России в связи с введением персональных санкций в отношении граждан США - Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации". mid.ru. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
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