June 19, 2013

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Mona Charen

Examiner Columnist

Mona Charen is a syndicated columnist and political analyst living in the Washington, D.C., area.


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  • Supreme Court set to reveal major ruling

    By Mona Charen | 06/17/13 07:55 PM

    In the weeks before the Supreme Court ruled on the constitutionality of Obamacare, the country trembled with anticipation. No such eagerness is evident now -- yet the court is again poised to rattle our world. The case of Fisher v. Texas could upend the system of racial preferences in use...

  • Mona Charen: Government subsidizes disaster

    By Mona Charen | 06/13/13 07:35 PM

    The New York Times is pleased with Mayor Michael Bloomberg's 438-page, $20 billion plan to protect New York from the effects of future hurricanes. It notes benignly that the cost is probably an underestimate but agrees with the mayor, "Whether you believe climate change is real or not is beside...

  • Mona Charen: Obama has made himself indefensible

    By Mona Charen | 06/10/13 07:00 PM

    It would be nice to write a column in praise of President Obama for his vigorous conduct of the war on terror -- to praise his willingness to look for "dots" to connect amid all the electronic noise of the communications web. It would be pleasantly nonpartisan to observe that some conservatives...

  • Conservatives shouldn't pressure Kathleen Sebelius to put girl on lung transplant list

    By Mona Charen | 06/06/13 07:40 PM

    If I were the parent of a child who might be kept alive -- if only for a few more years -- by a lung transplant, I too would move Heaven and Earth to get it done. That the parents of 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan have made her an Internet and cable news celebrity in a desperate effort to get her...

  • Mona Charen: Obama hopes we forget the war in Afghanistan

    By Mona Charen | 06/03/13 06:15 PM

    In the course of his rambling monologue on national security policy delivered at the National Defense University, President Obama gave only glancing attention to the most significant military undertaking of his term in office -- the Afghanistan war. The president scarcely ever mentions...

  • Mona Charen: Obama thinks the law is irrelevant?

    By Mona Charen | 05/23/13 05:50 PM

    If you Google "George W. Bush shredding the constitution," you will get many millions of hits. The New York Times railed, "Ever since 9/11, we have watched Republican lawmakers help Mr. Bush shred the Constitution in the name of fighting terrorism." President Bush attempted to listen in on the...

  • Mona Charen: Stephen Hawking visited Iran, but boycotts Israel

    By Mona Charen | 05/09/13 07:25 PM

    Stephen Hawking, the world-renowned physicist and celebrity, has cancelled a planned trip to Israel to participate in a conference sponsored by Israeli President Shimon Peres. His explanation: "I have received a number of emails from Palestinian academics. They are unanimous that I should...

  • Whistleblowers poking holes in Obama's Benghazi story

    By Mona Charen | 05/06/13 07:15 PM

    My iPhone buzzes on a regular basis with "news alerts" from Politico, The Hill and other sources. Politico provides breathless, this-cannot-wait-till-you-get-to-your desk "breaking news" sirens on every hiccup emanating from the White House. On April 22, for example, the news flash permitted me...



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