Belmont Club
Belmont Club is a weblog that has been in existence since 28 April 2003.[1] The site focuses on current affairs and public policy, often placing an emphasis on military action and foreign policy issues.[2][3] The site's founder and primary contributor is Richard Fernandez, who previously used the pseudonym Wretchard the Cat.[citation needed] Fernandez also maintains a website at Wretchard.com.[citation needed] Fernandez is of Filipino extraction and holds Australian citizenship. Fernandez' interest in history began at Harvard, where he obtained a Master's degree in Public Policy.[4]
ABC News's The Note reported a survey listing it as the 80th most influential political blog in the blogosphere, in June 2009.[5] Since its founding, the Belmont Club site has generated more than eight million hits as of September 2005[update].
Wretchard is the name of an imaginary cat, in the words of Fernandez, "the symbol of that entire race of stoic, yet somewhat foolish creatures."[4] Belmont is the name of a suburb Fernandez roomed in while at Cambridge, Massachusetts.[citation needed]
As of 2006[update], he is a contributor to Pajamas Media.[citation needed]
External links[edit]
- Fernandez, Richard. "Fernandez' personal web portal". Wretchard.Com Portal. Archived from the original on March 6, 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
References[edit]
- ↑ Fernandez, Richard ‘Wretchard’ (28 April 2003). "The primary function of the study of history…". Belmont Club. Blogger. Retrieved 5 Apr 2010.
- ↑ Allen-Mills, Tony; North, Andrew (July 10, 2005). "Downed US Seals may have got too close to Bin Laden". Times online. Sunday Times. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
- ↑ Hewitt, Hugh (2004-06-17). "Black Blog Ops". Weekly Standard. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Fernandez, Richard ‘Wretchard’ (10 July 2005). "The Belmont Club". The Belmont Club. Blogger. Archived from the original on 11 April 2010. Retrieved 5 Apr 2010. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Who's who in the political blogosphere", The note, ABC, June 2009.
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