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Matt Welch 
Editor in Chief, Reason magazine
Matt Welch is editor in chief of Reason magazine.
From 2006 to 2007, Welch served as assistant editorial pages editor at the Los Angeles Times, shaping and writing editorials, and overseeing the section's web operations.
From 2002 to 2006, Welch worked at Reason as an associate editor and media columnist. From 2002 to 2004, he also wrote a regular "Letter from California" column for Canada's National Post newspaper and contributed to the Online Journalism Review; WorkingForChange.com (for whom he covered Ralph Nader's 2000 presidential campaign); and the now-defunct Los Angeles tech/biz magazine Zone News.
Welch’s work has appeared in The Washington Post, Columbia Journalism Review, Los Angeles Daily News, Orange County Register, LA Weekly, ESPN.com, Salon.com, Wired, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Daily Star of Beirut, and dozens of other publications.
Before 1998, Welch lived for eight years in Central Europe, where he co-founded the region's first post-communist English-language newspaper, Prognosis, worked as UPI's Slovakia correspondent and managed the Budapest Business Journal.
He lives in Washington, DC, with his wife Emmanuelle.
Contributions | Hit & Run Posts
- Ron Paul Un-endorses White Supremacist, Matt Welch, May 8, 2008, 1:57pm
- Why Does Aspirin (and Hillary Clinton Supporters) Work?, Matt Welch, May 8, 2008, 12:19pm
- In Soviet Los Angeles, Housing Affordables You!, Matt Welch, May 7, 2008, 4:19pm
- The War-Spending Debate You Won't Hear This Week, Matt Welch, May 7, 2008, 3:44pm
- Ancient Aztec Ritual Harshed by Narcs, Matt Welch, May 6, 2008, 5:46pm
- Out of the Cellar on WBAL, Matt Welch, May 6, 2008, 3:33pm
- Beet on the Brat, Matt Welch, May 6, 2008, 12:06pm
- Hmmm. What Changed??, Matt Welch, May 5, 2008, 8:31pm
- Attn: SoCal Reasonoids -- McCainapalooza Tour!, Matt Welch, May 2, 2008, 10:19am
- Fiscal Discipline: Use Only in Case of Surplus, Matt Welch, May 1, 2008, 7:33pm
- Just Sue Ellen Stories, Matt Welch, May 1, 2008, 9:25am
- Bissinger's Buzz-Kill, Matt Welch, April 30, 2008, 3:10pm
- Unionizing the Village in Order to Democrat it, Matt Welch, April 30, 2008, 12:53pm
- If You Must Have a Failing Organ, Don't Go Taking Legal Pain Medication!, Matt Welch, April 28, 2008, 3:49pm
- Radicals for Interventionism, Matt Welch, April 28, 2008, 12:00am
- We Get Letters...., Matt Welch, April 22, 2008, 2:14pm
- Mi Visa Es Su Visa, Matt Welch, April 22, 2008, 9:48am
- Breadless Circuses, Matt Welch, April 21, 2008, 6:10pm
- You Must Not Think Bad Thoughts, Matt Welch, April 21, 2008, 12:09pm
- To Catch a Theft Victim, Matt Welch, April 10, 2008, 8:48pm
- Politics Is Hell on the Homefront, Too, Matt Welch, April 9, 2008, 6:42pm
- Million Lemmings March, Matt Welch, April 9, 2008, 9:20am
- When They
KnockKick at Your Front Door, Matt Welch, April 8, 2008, 8:32am - Charlton Heston, RIP, Matt Welch, April 7, 2008, 7:31pm
- War Is the Health of the Economy, Matt Welch, April 7, 2008, 5:28pm
- Dr. No Coverage, Matt Welch, April 7, 2008, 9:25am
- Conspiracy Theory of the Day, Matt Welch, April 7, 2008, 8:26am
- Details, Schmetails, Matt Welch, April 4, 2008, 9:58am
- McCain: Your Cynicism Is Impeding Our Progress, Bro, Matt Welch, April 2, 2008, 10:00am
- Capitalism No Longer in "Favor" After 15 Largely Uninterrupted Years of Growth and Job Creation, Matt Welch, April 2, 2008, 9:12am
- Putting the "Oh?" in O.S.S., Matt Welch, April 1, 2008, 11:36am
- Because it Worked So Well Last Time, Matt Welch, March 31, 2008, 11:05am
- You Suggest, We Hit "Publish", Matt Welch, March 28, 2008, 6:00pm
- What Kind of American Will They Ask Next?, Matt Welch, March 28, 2008, 10:00am
- They Want to Buy Our Crappy Assets. Run For Your Lives!!!, Matt Welch, March 27, 2008, 9:12am
- Putting the "Loss" Back in "Profit and Loss", Matt Welch, March 26, 2008, 9:53am
- Radio McCain, San Francisco Edition, Matt Welch, March 25, 2008, 12:02pm
- Rhymes With "Male Lout", Matt Welch, March 24, 2008, 9:25am
- Keith Richards Must Be Rolling Over in His Coffin, Matt Welch, March 24, 2008, 8:49am
- Wait, I Thought Norman Lear Liked the French!, Matt Welch, March 21, 2008, 3:50pm
- Click a Link, Go to Jail for 10 Years, Matt Welch, March 21, 2008, 9:03am
- Free the Kidneys!, Matt Welch, March 21, 2008, 8:45am
- Qu'est-ce que c'est?, Matt Welch, March 20, 2008, 7:38pm
- You Make the World Seem Fresh and Clean, Matt Welch, March 20, 2008, 2:25pm
- Put on Your Red Shoes and Dance the Blues, Matt Welch, March 20, 2008, 9:16am
- How Do You Get Yourself a Handsome reason Polo?, Matt Welch, March 19, 2008, 7:17pm
- Obama Speech -- the View From Elaine's, Matt Welch, March 19, 2008, 11:03am
- When "Neocon" Lost its Meaning, Matt Welch, March 17, 2008, 4:36pm
- Prohibitionist Bracketeers Unite!, Matt Welch, March 17, 2008, 8:50am
- Confidence Game, Matt Welch, March 17, 2008, 8:10am