Matthew Yglesias is senior editor at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. He holds a BA in philosophy from Harvard University. His first book, Heads in the Sand, was published in May 2008 by Wiley. Yglesias previously worked as an associate editor at The Atlantic, as a staff writer at The American Prospect and as an associate editor at Talking Points Memo. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, the Guardian, Slate, The Washington Monthly, and other publications. Yglesias has appeared on Fox News and MSNBC and has been a guest on many radio shows.