Mona Charen

$Teacher Veronica Munoz goes over fractions with her students in fourth grade math class at Piney Branch Elementary School in Takoma Park, MD on May 16, 2013. (Photo by Linda Davidson / The Washington Post via Getty images)$ Columnists

Common Core: Republican minefield?

Mona Charen · January 9, 2015 5:52 pm

MIT economist Jonathan Gruber listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, as he testified before the House Oversight Committee health care hearing. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Who had the worst year? Jonathan Gruber

Mona Charen · December 31, 2014 8:02 pm

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, listens to President Barack Obama, right.

Democrats can’t be dad

Mona Charen · December 27, 2014 10:00 am

President Obama speaks to troops at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Cold War replay: This time we lose

Mona Charen · December 19, 2014 6:26 pm

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Termites at work on American history

Mona Charen · December 12, 2014 4:06 pm

Unlike Democrats, Republicans are hampered by distrust of one another. (iStock Photo)

A reply to Rush Limbaugh

Mona Charen · December 9, 2014 6:45 pm

The Rolling Stone article alleged a gang rape at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. (AP/Steve Helber)

What the UVA Rape Case Reveals

Mona Charen · December 4, 2014 10:50 pm

Las Vegas police Sgt. Peter Ferranti models a body camera Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014, in Las Vegas. The camera is the same type now being used by about 200 street officers in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Will body cameras solve the Ferguson problem?

Mona Charen · December 2, 2014 4:14 pm

The price of economic regulation is being paid by the poor and middle class. (iStock Photo)

Sticks in spokes

Mona Charen · November 25, 2014 6:41 pm

President Obama takes the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts at the ceremonial swearing-in on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Scott Andrews, Pool)

The will to power

Mona Charen · November 23, 2014 10:04 pm

Peter Kassig standing in front of a truck filled with supplies for Syrian refugees. A new graphic video purportedly produced by Islamic State militants in Syria released Sunday Nov. 16, 2014 claims U.S. aid worker Kassig was beheaded. (AP Photo/Courtesy Kassig Family, File)

Just don’t call it Islamic

Mona Charen · November 19, 2014 4:12 pm

President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met for the first time since a rash of civilian casualties during Israel's summer war with Hamas heightened tensions between two leaders who have long had a prickly relationship. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama always puts U.S. on the wrong side

Mona Charen · November 12, 2014 9:00 pm