Opinion Archive: Mona Charen
- The Wrong Kind of Minority — Friday, December 30, 2011
- Merry Manly Christmas and Hanukkah — Friday, December 23, 2011
- That Ol' Time Religion — Tuesday, December 20, 2011
- NTSB: The Banning Nannies — Friday, December 16, 2011
- The Volt Administration — Tuesday, December 13, 2011
- Obama Default Mode: Blame Israel — Friday, December 9, 2011
- Will the Economy Sink Obama? — Tuesday, December 6, 2011
- Where Ron Paul Is Right — Friday, December 2, 2011
- Who's the Most Conservative of Them All? — Tuesday, November 29, 2011
- Students Share Penn State Shame — Tuesday, November 22, 2011
- Little Cellist — Tuesday, November 15, 2011
- Booing the Character Issue — Friday, November 11, 2011
- Moral Abdication — Friday, November 4, 2011
- Another 'Borking?' — Tuesday, November 1, 2011
- Blame the Sexual Revolution, Not Men — Friday, October 28, 2011
- Obama Doctrine: Ignore American Interests — Tuesday, October 25, 2011
- Republicans Are Needlessly Offending Hispanics — Friday, October 21, 2011
- Alienating the Middle — Tuesday, October 18, 2011
- Obama's Weakness Invited Iran's Plot — Friday, October 14, 2011
- Steve Jobs: Unwanted Child? — Tuesday, October 11, 2011
- What's Wrong With Romney? — Friday, October 7, 2011
- Obama: Liberal Demagogue — Tuesday, October 4, 2011
- Who Owns History? — Friday, September 30, 2011
- 'Racists' for Cain — Tuesday, September 27, 2011
- Don't be Too Sure Ohio Leans Democrat — Friday, September 23, 2011
- I'm for the Rich — Tuesday, September 20, 2011
- Dinner With Ahmadinejad — Friday, September 16, 2011
- Raison Debt — Tuesday, September 13, 2011
- Did Rick Perry Blow It on Social Security? — Friday, September 9, 2011
- Civility? Never Mind — Wednesday, September 7, 2011
- Don't Confuse Us With Facts; We're the New York Times — Friday, September 2, 2011
- A Hurricane, Evolution and Rick Perry — Tuesday, August 30, 2011
- Biden's Moral Obtuseness — Friday, August 26, 2011
- Paul Ryan's Secret Weapon — Tuesday, August 23, 2011
- Broken System or Broken Policies? — Wednesday, August 10, 2011
- Beware Those 'Radical' Ideas — Friday, August 5, 2011
- Why Obama's Economy Won't Improve — Tuesday, August 2, 2011
- The Debt Ceiling and 2012 — Friday, July 29, 2011
- The Golden Age of Clinton? — Tuesday, July 26, 2011
- It Should All Be Free — Friday, July 22, 2011
- What Democrats Must Ignore or Deny — Tuesday, July 19, 2011
- Who's Irresponsible? — Friday, July 15, 2011
- The President's Excess Income, and Ours — Tuesday, July 12, 2011
- One Way to Make a Conservative — Friday, July 8, 2011
- President Nixon, er, Obama — Friday, July 1, 2011
- Wrong Marriage Debate Again — Tuesday, June 28, 2011
- How the Democrats Nearly Destroyed the Economy — Friday, June 24, 2011
- Here Come the Extremists! — Tuesday, June 21, 2011
- Don't Be Bullied by Moderators — Thursday, June 16, 2011
- The Green Jobs Fantasy — Tuesday, June 14, 2011
- The End of the Clinton Era — Friday, June 10, 2011
- Is John Edwards' Fall a Tragedy? — Tuesday, June 7, 2011
- It's Education, but Higher Is a Misnomer — Friday, June 3, 2011
- What Has Become of the Spirit of Tahrir Square? — Wednesday, June 1, 2011
- Republicans Better Learn to Defend Ryan Plan — Friday, May 27, 2011
- Some Friend — Tuesday, May 24, 2011
- The Tyranny of Hurt Feelings — Friday, May 20, 2011
- Wielding Waivers as Weapons — Tuesday, May 17, 2011
- Americanism — Friday, May 13, 2011
- N.Y.'s 26th District Republican Needs Help — Tuesday, May 10, 2011
- Is This the Face of Evil? — Friday, May 6, 2011
- How Bin Laden Resembled Michael Moore — Tuesday, May 3, 2011
- A Wedding: Not Just for Royals — Friday, April 29, 2011
- Obama Foreign Policy: Moral Muddle — Tuesday, April 26, 2011
- It's All Up to Republicans Now — Friday, April 22, 2011
- Government Makes a Poor Physician — Tuesday, April 19, 2011
- Obama's Equivalent of 'Death Panels' — Friday, April 15, 2011
- The Arab Street and Lies — Tuesday, April 12, 2011
- Hamilton: The Original Self-Made American Who Also Made a Nation — Friday, April 8, 2011
- Goldstone: You Cannot Undo a Slander — Tuesday, April 5, 2011
- Planned Parenthood: So Accustomed to Lies — Friday, April 1, 2011
- How Awful Is GE? — Tuesday, March 29, 2011
- Off to Mecca With Eric Holder's Blessing — Friday, March 25, 2011
- Never Mind — Tuesday, March 22, 2011
- Obama's Selective Anger — Friday, March 18, 2011
- Who Won in Wisconsin? — Tuesday, March 15, 2011
- All Things Contemptible — Friday, March 11, 2011
- Impervious to Evidence — Tuesday, March 8, 2011
- America's College Obsession — Friday, March 4, 2011
- Should Boys Be Wrestling Girls? — Tuesday, March 1, 2011
- The Anti-Reform Party — Friday, February 25, 2011
- What Madison Revealed: Teachers as Rent Seekers — Tuesday, February 22, 2011
- President Obama's Pathetic Scalpel — Friday, February 18, 2011
- Hold the Champagne — Tuesday, February 15, 2011
- When They Grow Up — Friday, February 11, 2011
- America and Autocrats — Tuesday, February 8, 2011
- Does Jimmy Carter Deserve To Be Sued? — Friday, February 4, 2011
- Liberals Make Revolutions; Extremists Benefit from Them — Tuesday, February 1, 2011
- Kennedyitis — Friday, January 28, 2011
- Environmentalists: Hands Off My Dishes! — Tuesday, January 25, 2011
- Postcards From Hell — Friday, January 21, 2011
- The Tiger Mother and Us — Wednesday, January 19, 2011
- Now What? — Friday, January 14, 2011
- Contemptible Opportunists Obscure Actual Problem — Tuesday, January 11, 2011
- Israel's Enemies Within — Friday, January 7, 2011
- Is There Good News in the Holy Land? — Tuesday, January 4, 2011
About Mona Charen
Mona Charen is a syndicated columnist and political analyst living in the Washington, D.C., area.
She received her undergraduate degree at Barnard College, Columbia University, with honors. Ms. Charen also holds a degree in law from George Washington University.
Ms. Charen began her career at National Review magazine, where she served as editorial assistant. On her first tax return at the age of 22, Ms. Charen listed her occupation as "pundit," explaining later, "You have to think big."
In 1984, Ms. Charen joined the White House staff, serving first as Nancy Reagan's speechwriter and later as associate director of the Office of Public Liaison. In the latter post, she lectured widely on the administration's Central America policy. Later in her White House career, she worked in the Public Affairs office helping to craft the president's overall communications strategy.
In 1986, Ms. Charen left the White House to join the presidential quest of then-Congressman Jack Kemp as a speechwriter.
Ms. Charen launched her syndicated column in 1987, and it has become one of the fastest-growing columns in the industry. It is featured in more than 200 papers, including the Boston Globe, Baltimore Sun, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and The Washington Times. She spent six years as a regular commentator on CNN's "Capital Gang" and "Capital Gang Sunday," and has served as a judge of the Pulitzer Prizes. She is the author of two best sellers: Useful Idiots: How Liberals Got it Wrong in the Cold War and Still Blame America First (2003), and Do-Gooders: How Liberals Harm Those They Claim to Help -- and the Rest of Us (2005).
Ms. Charen is a frequent guest on television and radio public affairs programs and is married with three children.
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