Charles krauthammer

Published
February 6, 2012

Charles Krauthammer: Romney cousin’s anti-Mormon screed shouldn’t be ignored

Like it or not, many people share these sentiments, and such views need to be examined and dissected.
Published
February 3, 2012

Charles Krauthammer: Syria: It’s not just about freedom, it’s about Iran

WASHINGTON – Imperial regimes can crack when they are driven out of their major foreign outposts. The fall of the Berlin Wall did not just signal the liberation of Eastern Europe from Moscow. It prefigured the collapse of the Soviet Union itself just two years later. The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s Syria could be similarly […]
Published
January 27, 2012

Charles Krauthammer: State of the Union address amounted to: ‘Tax the rich’

What President Obama offered the nation last Tuesday night was a pudding without a theme.
Published
January 20, 2012

Charles Krauthammer: Republicans jump on Obama’s ‘blame the rich’ train

“Are you better off today than you were $4 trillion ago?” — Former candidate Rick Perry WASHINGTON – It’s the campaign line of the year, and while the author won’t be carrying it into the general election, the eventual nominee will. The charge is straightforward: President Obama’s reckless spending has dangerously increased the national debt […]
Published
January 13, 2012

Charles Krauthammer: Biggest story to come out of New Hampshire: Paul, not Romney

Unlike his competitors, Ron Paul is out to build a movement that will outlive this campaign.

Published
December 30, 2011

Charles Krauthammer: To politics falls the job of saving us from our own ‘genius’

Cosmically speaking, a species that develops intelligence appears to have a fatal flaw.
Published
December 16, 2011

Charles Krauthammer: After three years, Obama’s ‘reset’ seems back adrift

OK, so he got rid of bin Laden, but his overall foreign policy appears to be lacking in results.
Published
December 2, 2011

Charles Krauthammer: Romney and Gingrich: two flawed contenders in a weak field

Both candidates are conservative but come to the race from different ideological starting points.
Published
November 26, 2011

Charles Krauthammer: Democrats, not Norquist, blocked deficit-reduction panel

Democrats are unanimous in charging that the debt-reduction supercommittee collapsed because Republicans refused to raise taxes. Apparently, Republicans are in the thrall of one Grover Norquist, the anti-tax campaigner, whom Sen. John Kerry called “the 13th member of this committee without being there.” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid helpfully suggested “maybe they should impeach Grover […]
Published
November 20, 2011

Charles Krauthammer: Obama puts his own interests first

In 2008, the slogan was “Yes We Can.” For 2011-12, it’s “We Can’t Wait.” What happened in between? Candidate Obama, the vessel into which myriad dreams were poured, met the reality of governance. His near-$1 trillion stimulus begat a stagnant economy with 9 percent unemployment. His attempt at Wall Street reform left in place a […]