Mona Charen is a syndicated columnist and political analyst. She began her career as a speechwriter for Nancy Reagan, and later served as associate director of the White House Office of Public Liaison, before a stint working for Rep. Jack Kemp’s presidential campaign. She then spent six years as a commentator on CNN and has served as a judge of the Pulitzer Prizes. Ms. Charen is policy editor of The Bulwark and host of the “Beg to Differ” podcast.
It was already one of the most clownish (if sinister) moments in the Trump administration — the Department of Justice actually brought criminal charges against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn for sabotaging the president's big, beautiful re... Read More
In a display of Stockholm Syndrome, the White House Correspondents' Association invited Donald Trump to be the keynote speaker at their annual festival of self-appreciation. Because he is who he is, he did not take the opportunity to do the kind of g... Read More
Should those of us who want to defeat the proto-fascists in charge of the Republican Party be worried about a few blue districts that have recently indulged their ids and voted for members of the Democratic Socialists of America? Yes. If their victor... Read More
If completed as planned, Donald Trump's triumphal arch outside Arlington National Cemetery will tower over the graceful Memorial Bridge, obstruct the view of the Lincoln Memorial from the cemetery (and vice versa) and offend anyone whose taste is nor... Read More
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