Mona Charen
Mona Charen is policy editor of The Bulwark and host of the “Beg to Differ” podcast.
The anti-abortion movement should shift its focus from the law to helping women who only consider abortion because they’re desperate and really would choose life for their babies if they had some help.
These big-stage productions with huge audiences encourage all the worst tendencies among the candidates, rewarding the worst demagogues.
Joe Biden is better at 80 than at 50, Mona Charen writes. The numbers show that, if he wins, he’s likely to make it through a second term as president just fine.
Elites aren’t entirely responsible for the choice made by millions to support a would-be autocrat.
There are reasons to believe that the coming months, which will be ugly, debased and charged with anxiety about the future of this republic, will not necessarily end badly.
His claim that there is not a “single lyric” in the song that references race is disingenuous. For one thing, the term “good ol’ boy” refers exclusively to white people. And then there are the images — a number of which are from protests in other countries!
If the Supreme Court’s recent decision has the effect of focusing on the broken pipeline of K-12 education, it will have done far more for disadvantaged students than any racial preference program
Two recent polls, showing former President Trump in the lead among GOP candidates, illustrate the dangers of consuming too much public opinion at this stage.
Most of the talking heads on Fox and other right-wing outlets decried the “weaponization” of the justice system. But there were some Republicans who swallowed hard this time and told the truth.