Mona Charen Parker is a columnist, journalist, political commentator, and writer who writes about foreign policy, terrorism, politics, poverty, family structure, public morality, and culture. She is currently Policy Editor of The Bulwark website and host of the podcast "Beg to Differ."Charen wrote for and then became an editorial assistant for National Review magazine. She then became a speechwriter for Nancy Reagan. During the Reagan administration, she worked in the White House Office of Public Liaison and in the Office of Communications. She then went on to work as Jack Kemp's speechwriter.Charen's syndicated column has been featured in more than 200 papers. Her columns have also appeared online at National Review Online, TownHall.com, and the Jewish World Review.Charen was a weekly commentator on CNN's Capital Gang Sunday while it was on the air. She appears regularly on John Batchelor's radio show.Charen's first book, "Useful Idiots: How Liberals Got it Wrong in the Cold War and Still Blame America First," was published in 2003. Her second book, "Do-Gooders: How Liberals Hurt Those They Claim to Help (and the Rest of Us)," was published in 2005. Her third book, "Sex Matters: How Modern Feminism Lost Touch with Science, Love, and Common Sense," was published in 2018.Charen was born in New York City and raised in Livingston, New Jersey. She received her B.A. from Barnard College and her J.D. degree from The George Washington University Law School.