Belmont Club

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The Belmont Club is the name of a political and historical weblog that has been in existence since December 2003. The site focuses on current affairs and public policy, often placing an emphasis on military action and foreign policy issues. The Belmont Club welcomes and supports postings by its readers. The site's founder and primary contributor is Richard Fernandez, who runs the site under the pseudonom Wretchard the Cat and Wretchard. Fernandez also maintains a website called Wretchard.com. Fernandez is of Filipino background and Australian citizenship. Fernandez' interest in history began at Harvard, from where he graduated with a Masters in Public Policy. Since its founding, the Belmont Club site has generated more than eight million hits from web servers as of September 2005.

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." [1] Belmont is the name of a suburb Fernandez roomed in while at Cambridge, Massachusetts.

As of 2006, he is a contributor to Pajamas Media.