Mona Charen is a syndicated columnist and political analyst living in the Washington, D.C., area. Mona Charen received her undergraduate degree at Barnard College, Columbia University, with honors. Mona Charen also holds a degree in law from George Washington University. Mona Charen began her career at National Review magazine, where Mona Charen served as editorial assistant. On her first tax return at the age of 22, Mona Charen listed her occupation as "pundit," explaining later, "You have to think big." In 1984, Mona 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, Mona Charen lectured widely on the administration's Central America policy. Later in Mona Charen's White House career, Mona Charen worked in the Public Affairs office helping to craft the president's overall communications strategy. In 1986, Mona Charen left the White House to join the presidential quest of then-Congressman Jack Kemp as a speechwriter. Mona 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. Mona Charen 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. Mona Charen 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). Mona Charen is a frequent guest on television and radio public affairs programs and is married with three children. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MonaCharen http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MonaCharen TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Tue, 21 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT Tue, 21 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Count me as irritable on the subject, but President Obama's imperious habit of suggesting that American diplomats work for him is offensive to democratic sensibilities. In the second presidential debate last fall,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MonaCharen/2013/05/21/count-me-as-irritable-on-the-subject-but-president-obamas-imperious-habit-of-suggesting-that-american-diplomats-work-for-him-is-offensive-to-democratic-sensibilities-n1601552 d45b4319-ea15-4f18-843b-b78443e05cb8 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT Speaking at Ohio State just a few days before abuse of power and dishonesty scandals swept over his administration, President Obama sang one of his trademark odes to the benevolence of government: Unfortunately you've... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MonaCharen/2013/05/17/fight-the-power-n1598733 f69ccd01-5d29-43df-a966-bbbaaed46cfc Fri, 17 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT Two years ago, this column, along with others, raised an alarm about the Obama administration's decision radically to diminish the due process rights of those accused of sexual harassment on American campuses. There's a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MonaCharen/2013/05/14/obama-administration-scraps-free-speech-n1593848 f1a2b75e-1b95-4ee2-a89e-16af78a01621 Tue, 14 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT Steven Hawking, the world-renowned physicist and celebrity, has cancelled a planned trip to Israel to participate in a conference sponsored by Israeli President Shimon Peres. His explanation: "I have received a number... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MonaCharen/2013/05/10/hawkings-moral-calculus-n1592047 8b9eb0c3-3da3-4c19-8553-3f84e1d61519 Fri, 10 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT My iPhone buzzes on a regular basis with "news alerts" from Politico, The Hill and other sources. Politico provides breathless, this-cannot-wait-till-you-get-to-your desk "breaking news" sirens on every hiccup emanating... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MonaCharen/2013/05/07/benghazi-ghosts-haunt-white-house-n1588565 08d627bf-6e3c-4000-8871-4c37bf2a89b0 Tue, 07 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT The Obama administration is quite worried about stereotyping Muslims as violence-prone terrorists. They fear that any acknowledgment that some Muslims commit acts of terror because they are religiously motivated... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MonaCharen/2013/05/03/muslims-versus-islamists-n1585599 c16799bc-f199-4ecd-b57a-3fecc222ad04 Fri, 03 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT "Personal charm may be Obama's last best hope" headlined the Washington Post on Monday. That charm was on ample display at the annual vanity fest called the White House Correspondents Association dinner... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MonaCharen/2013/04/30/obamas-improving-his-act-n1581971 6c63b30a-405d-497b-a8f7-e3f375f625ef Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT It was cool and rainy Sunday morning when the bomb ripped through the building. At 10:22, a group of children was just heading into the basement to hear a sermon at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. Acc http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MonaCharen/2013/04/26/the-hatred-in-the-heart-of-white-america-n1578637 32d6b98c-f8a9-4dc5-adc9-e9d2db2ab066 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT If there was one thing the left was certain about in 2008 it was this: George W. Bush had catastrophically undermined America's world reputation with his unprovoked aggression and use of torture. The advent of Obama... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MonaCharen/2013/04/23/the-muslim-world-hates-the-us-more-than-ever-n1575335 18756117-a6ea-4a92-8072-4cbd7f4f44a1 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT Obama doesn't care about dead children. He's indifferent to the suffering of their parents. There isn't a single coherent argument on his side of the case. He lies about the issue. It's pure politics. That's the way... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MonaCharen/2013/04/19/obama-doesnt-care-about-dead-children-n1572063 150d6f35-dce9-4f5b-9716-bd0fed7badcd Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT A Gallup poll released this week shows that almost 60 percent of adults in America believe that wealth is distributed unfairly, with over 50 percent saying that "the rich" should be taxed heavily to accomplish a fair di http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MonaCharen/2013/04/19/redistribution-of-wealth-popularity-not-to-be-taken-lightly-n1572195 8a69fb44-f637-4428-be29-a5b213478e7e Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT To understand the magnitude of what Egyptian columnist Khalid Muntasir has done, it helps to get a taste of what most Egyptian and Arab media are like. In Egypt, expressions of vicious anti-Semitism are not just... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MonaCharen/2013/04/16/progress-is-not-inevitable-n1568187 cacb6b28-925f-4b11-b731-ed6133fd59c7 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT