Fred Reed (born 1945 in Crumpler, West Virginia) was a technology columnist for The Washington Times. He has also written for The American Conservative and LewRockwell.com. A former Marine and Vietnam War veteran, Reed is a police writer, an occasional war correspondent, and an aficionado of raffish bars. He currently writes weekly columns for the website Fred On Everything. His work, written in a unique and articulate style, is often satirical and opinionated.
Reed notes that his columns are often provocative and calls himself "an equal-opportunity irritant." His output does not fit into conventional political classification, including attacks on feminism (generally the proviso of the right), George W. Bush(generally the proviso of the left), Israel (though not of Jews in general), and evolution (generally the proviso of religious fundamentalists). Many of Reed's articles speak of a yearning for a simpler time and urge the reader to forgo the pursuit of money and comforts in favor of a cultured life of the mind.
Reed currently lives in Mexico as an American expatriate.
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