Monica Crowley

Monica Crowley (ca. 1970 - ) Bright, attractive thirty-something radio and television political commentator based in New York City. After obtaining a Masters Degree in Political Science (Colgate, 1990), she became Foreign Policy Assistant to Richard Nixon, a post she held from 1990 until his decease in 1994. She was an editorial adviser and consultant on his last two books, Seize the Moment (1992) and Beyond Peace (1994). Crowley used this period to record her conversations and observations about Nixon (she kept a diary), and she published two subsequent books on the former President in his final years: Nixon Off the Record: His Candid Commentary on People (1996), and Nixon in Winter (1998). In the mid-1990's Crowley wrote a column for the New York Post and was a commentator for National Public Radio's Morning Edition. In 1996, she joined Fox News Channel, where she was a foreign affairs and political analyst. She received her PhD. in International Affairs from Columbia University in this period. In 2004, she joined MSNBC where she now co-hosts Connected: Coast to Coast. As of April 2005, she also has her own show on WABC. Politically, she is a rightist. In 1999 Crowley was accused of plagiarism for an article she wrote for the Wall Street Journal (August 9, 1999), called "The Day Nixon Said Goodbye". Timothy Noah of Slate Magazine discovered striking similarities in her article to phrases Paul Johnson used in his 1988 article for Commentary Magazine called "In Praise of Richard Nixon". The criticism was not widespread but it was repeated in such forums as the MediaDrop.com in December 2004, following her joining MSNBC.