Mona Charen

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

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Bird-Watching While Black

Mona Charen

The shameful racist incident in Central Park can still end in grace.

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The Bulwark / May 27, 2020

Is Holocaust Denial Conservative Now?

Mona Charen

President Trump’s no-enemies-to-the-right mentality has made it impossible for the right to police itself.

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The Bulwark / May 21, 2020

All He Does Is Fight

Mona Charen

In 2016, Donald Trump’s supporters lauded his ability to fight. Now, as the country needs unifying leadership, he can’t hang up the boxing gloves.

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The Bulwark / May 14, 2020

You Can Choke on Schadenfreude

Mona Charen

As a policymaker, Joe Biden needs to be held accountable for his poor judgment about standards of proof in sexual misbehavior cases. It’s quite a different matter to say that he personally should face a false accusation to achieve poetic justice.

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Syndicated Column / May 8, 2020

Testing: The Way Out of This Trap

Mona Charen

Whatever mayors, governors, or presidents might say, we cannot restart the economy as long as people are too frightened to resume working, shopping, and socializing.

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Understanding African-American Deaths from COVID-19

Mona Charen

Though we can never discount the long-lasting effects of racism, it’s dubious to attribute this pathogen’s lethality to cultural factors.

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National Review Online / April 24, 2020

Vote by Mail, Just This Once

Mona Charen

At a time when we are bitterly divided, deeply distrustful, and facing a pandemic and economic depression, a disputed election might be more stress than we can stand.

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National Review Online / April 16, 2020

The Country Yearns for a Unifying Voice

Mona Charen

Queen Elizabeth has spoken well for Britons. In America, Joe Biden can remind us of our better angels.

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National Review Online / April 10, 2020

What Is the Best Case Scenario?

Mona Charen

The president should focus on his proper role, not performing for the cameras.

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National Review Online / April 3, 2020

China’s Lies, and Ours

Mona Charen

Will the world remember the dishonesty that permitted this pestilence to hit us so very hard?

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National Review Online / March 27, 2020

Preserve Our Election

Mona Charen

Voting in the traditional way requires us to do the very thing that epidemiologists and public-health authorities have forbidden us to do — gather in large groups for prolonged periods. Why not extend voting from one day to seven days?

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National Review Online / March 20, 2020

After This, Voters Will Take Their Responsibility Seriously

Mona Charen

The crisis is here, and look who’s in charge of handling it.

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National Review Online / March 13, 2020