Mona Charen Examiner Columnist Mona Charen is a syndicated columnist and political analyst living in the Washington, D.C., area. Ms. 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. She 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. She 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)." Ms. Charen is a frequent guest on television and radio public affairs programs and is married with three children.