Fred Reed
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- For the poet working mainly in the Northumbrian dialect of English, see Fred Reed (Poet).
Fred Reed is a columnist for The Washington Times. A former Marine, Reed is a streetwise police writer, an occasional war correspondent, and an aficionado of raffish bars. His often satirical and opinionated columns are released weekly.
He got his start doing military columns and retired from national syndication to write travel books. He is now back as a columnist.
Reed notes that his columns are often provocative, and calls himself "an equal-opportunity irritant."
Fred's output defies characterization as his articles include those attacking feminism (generally the proviso of the right), George W. Bush (generally the proviso of the left) 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 is currently living in Mexico as an American expatriate.