The Mona Charen Show

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Putin's American Friends (with Eric Edelman) Apr 08, 2022

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Eric Edelman joins to discuss war crimes, defense spending, and Putinists abroad and at home.

Mona's highlight: https://www.joshbarro.com/p/heres-the-chart-you-need-to-understand?s=r
Linda's highlight: https://www.americanpurpose.com/articles/orbans-china-infatuation/
Bill's highlight: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/coretexts/_files/resources/texts/1963_MLK_Letter_Abridged.pdf

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Lock Him Up? Apr 01, 2022

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The Atlantic’s Jonathan Rauch joins the group (including Cathy Young) to consider whether a federal judge saying Trump is a likely criminal should spur DOJ? Also, the “Don’t Say Gay” law, Ginni Thomas, Biden’s popularity, and more.

Highlights & Lowlights:

Mona's highlight: DCist: Maryland Will No Longer Require Four-Year Degrees For Thousands Of State Jobs (https://dcist.com/story/22/03/15/maryland-college-degree-requirement/)
Damon's highlight: NY Times: Yes, There Is a Clash of Civilizations (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/opinion/ukraine-clash-of-civilizations.html)
Damon's other highlight: Slow Boring: Ukraine and the end of history (https://www.slowboring.com/p/ukraine-and-the-end-of-history?s=r)
Bill Galston and Jonathan Rauch's highlight: Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington by James Kirchick (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781627792325/secretcity)

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Monsters and Jackasses Mar 25, 2022

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The Washington Post's Charles Lane joins the group to mull whether Putin is intimidating the West with nuclear threats and if so, how to respond? Also, the KBJ hearings reveal a GOP deep into "jackassery."

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Ukraine and the West Surprise Putin . . . and Ourselves Mar 18, 2022

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Ukraine's brave stand against Russia has united Americans behind them. Will this new found bipartisanship mute extremists on the right and left?

Highlights/Lowlights:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/13/opinion/berkeley-enrollment-climate-crisis.html

https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-arabia-considers-accepting-yuan-instead-of-dollars-for-chinese-oil-sales-11647351541?st=tntg9j85l4ay6gx&reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter

https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-russia-voznesensk-town-battle-11647444734

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Ukrainians Dodge Missiles. Can We Dodge Involvement? Should We? Mar 11, 2022

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Attorney George Conway joins to discuss how war has changed America already. Also, the legal and political case for prosecuting Trump.

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A Week Where Decades Happened (with Kori Schake) Mar 04, 2022

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American Enterprise Institute's Kori Schake joins the panel to analyze the Russian invasion and the risks of a wider war.

Damon's Link: I’m a Cold War Historian. We’re in a Frightening New Era. (New York Times)
Mona's Link: Children First: Why Family Structure and Stability Matter for Children (Institute for Family Studies)
Linda's Link: United States v. Donald Trump: A "Model Prosecution Memo" on the Conspiracy to Pressure Vice President Pence (Just Security)

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Hinge Moment of History Feb 25, 2022

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AEI's Adam White joins the group to consider whether the invasion of Ukraine will shake the US from its decline into imbecility. Also whither the Supreme Court?

Highlights/Lowlights:

https://www.progressivepolicy.org/publication/the-new-politics-of-evasion%20%5Bprogressivepolicy-org%5D/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/21/ukraine-invasion-putin-goals-what-expect/

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San Francisco Sends Democrats a Message Feb 18, 2022

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George Will joins to discuss the San Francisco warning, the Republicans' drift, and the inflation danger.

Highlights/Lowlights:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/14/opinion/electoral-count-act.html

https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3836

https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1494312565287047174?s=20&t=KIA-Mjj7utMz9Fin2Qk9Dg

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Open Everything? Feb 11, 2022

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Tom Nichols joins the panel to discuss whether it's time to end Covid restrictions, Ukraine and democracy, and "legitimate political discourse."

Highlights/Lowlights:

https://cathy.arcdigital.media/p/the-problem-with-covid-contrarianism?r=2k4r8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/the-nyt-article-on-mmt-is-really

https://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/politics-current-affairs/2022/02/race-a-word-of-surprisingly-recent-and-uncertain-origin

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A Canceling We Will Go Feb 04, 2022

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Peter Wehner joins the group, which includes Bill Kristol this week, to discuss the Whoopi Goldberg and other cancel controversies, as well as Trump's acknowledgement of attempting a coup. And who's really abandoning democracy, Republicans or Democrats?

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