Mona Charen
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Mona Charen is a nationally syndicated columnist, political analyst, and the best-selling author of two books, 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). She typically writes about foreign policy, terrorism, abortion, and culture.
Charen earned an undergraduate degree from Barnard College, Columbia University (with honors) and holds a law degree from George Washington University. She worked for National Review magazine as an editorial assistant and then in 1984 joined the staff of First Lady Nancy Reagan as a speech writer. Later in the White House’s “Office of Public Liaison” Charen advocated the Reagan Administration's Central America policies. In 1986, Charen backed Jack Kemp in his unsuccessful presidential bid, serving as his speech writer. In 1987, Charen launched her syndicated column, which appears in more than 200 papers.
Charen is perhaps best known as a regular weekly commentator on CNN's The Capital Gang, which appeared on Saturdays. When "Capital Gang Sunday" was launched, Charen switched to that panel, appearing until the program's cancellation. Her columns also appear in the online e-zine Jewish World Review.
Charen is Jewish and married to Bob Parker who is a lawyer with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. Together they have three sons: David, Benjamin and Jonathan.
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- Charen, Mona (2004). Do-Gooders: How Liberals Hurt Those They Claim to Help (and the Rest of Us). Sentinel. ISBN 1-59523-003-3.
- Charen, Mona (2003). Useful Idiots: How Liberals Got It Wrong in the Cold War and Still Blame America First. Regnery Publishing. ISBN 0-89526-139-1.
