Summary: <p>Matthew Continetti is editor in chief of the <em>Washington Free Beacon</em>. Prior to joining the <em>Beacon</em>, he was opinion editor of the <em>Weekly Standard</em>, where he remains a contributing editor. The author of <em>The K Street Gang: The Rise and Fall of the Republican Machine</em> (Doubleday, 2006) and <em>The Persecution of Sarah Palin: How the Elite Media Tried to Bring Down a Rising Star</em> (Sentinel, 2009), Continetti’s articles and reviews have appeared in the <em>New York Times</em>, <em>Wall Street Journal</em>, <em>Financial Times</em>, <em>Los Angeles Times</em>, and <em>Washington Post</em>..</p>
