Mona Charen

Mona Charen is a former senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

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Democrats Can’t Be Dad

Mona Charen

Democrats have worked hard to cultivate an image as the “caring” party, but they’ve also earned an image as the party of weakness.

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National Review Online / December 26, 2014

Obama’s Cold War Replay

Mona Charen

The opening of diplomatic relations with Cuba is the latest, and one fears, not the last in a string of preemptive concessions to vicious regimes by the Obama administration.

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National Review Online / December 19, 2014

Progressives Gnaw at the Curriculum

Mona Charen

The undermining of the AP United States history curriculum is typical of the progressives’ work in our schools.

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National Review Online / December 12, 2014

Rush Is Wrong About Government Shutdowns

Mona Charen

Government shutdowns permit Republicans to be caricatured as irresponsible anarchists who cannot be trusted with power.

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National Review Online / December 10, 2014

A Vacuum of Leadership

Mona Charen

Bret Stephens’s new book America in Retreat supplies the intellectual case for confident, world-spanning leadership by the United States.

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Campus Rape Is Real

Mona Charen

No one should be surprised that when the guardrails of sexual behavior were swept away in the flood of the sexual revolution, predatory men were handed a golden opportunity.

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National Review Online / December 5, 2014

Body Cameras and the Ferguson Problem

Mona Charen

Requiring police to wear body cameras may make justice more attainable in some cases, but even video evidence will not convince those who are determined to believe a particular narrative.

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National Review Online / December 2, 2014

The Price of Dodd-Frank Isn’t Cheap

Mona Charen

Dodd-Frank is the poor stepchild of Obama-era enactments, receiving far less attention than Obamacare, but its contribution to the stagnant economy deserves more recognition.

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National Review Online / November 25, 2014

Obama’s Will to Power

Mona Charen

President Obama embodies the Left’s determination to achieve its policy objectives by any means necessary, no matter how unconstitutional or undemocratic.

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National Review Online / November 21, 2014

Just Don’t Call It Islamic

Mona Charen

President Obama is stubborn in his belief that by denying the reality of Islamic extremism, he can promote peace.

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National Review Online / November 19, 2014

Obama’s Perverse Moral Compass

Mona Charen

President Obama continues to insult, snub, and humiliate Israel while secretly and increasingly openly courting the terror regime in Iran.

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National Review Online / November 12, 2014

The Triumph of De-Demonization

Mona Charen

The Democrats’ tactic of demonizing Republicans has not just run its course, but it’s also beginning to boomerang.

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National Review Online / November 7, 2014