Charles Krauthammer, winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary, writes a nationally syndicated column for The Washington Post Writers Group. Charles Krauthammer, also winner of the 1984 National Magazine Award for essays, began writing the weekly column for The Washington Post in January 1985. It now appears in more than 150 newspapers. The late Meg Greenfield, longtime editorial page editor of The Washington Post, called Charles Krauthammer's column "independent and hard to peg politically. It's a very tough column. There's no 'trendy' in it. You never know what is going to happen next." Says Fred Hiatt, editorial page editor of The Washington Post: "Krauthammer's weekly essays on the war on terrorism, bioethics, the Middle East and other complex and contentious issues cut through the cant and the muddy thinking in a way that many other columnists can only envy." A column, says Charles Krauthammer, is not just politics. "My beat is ideas, everything from the ethics of cloning to strategy in Iraq. I also do public service, like reading Stephen Hawking's books and assuring my readers that 'It is not you. They are entirely incomprehensible.'" Charles Krauthammer was born in New York City and raised in Montreal. Charles Krauthammer was educated at McGill University, majoring in political science and economics, Oxford University (Commonwealth Scholar in Politics) and Harvard (M.D. in 1975). Charles Krauthammer practiced medicine for three years as a resident and then chief resident in psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. In 1978, Charles Krauthammer quit medical practice, came to Washington to direct planning in psychiatric research for the Carter administration, and began contributing articles to The New Republic. During the presidential campaign of 1980, Charles Krauthammer served as a speech writer to Vice President Walter Mondale. He joined The New Republic as a writer and editor in 1981. Charles Krauthammer writes regular essays for Time magazine and contributes to several other publications, including The Weekly Standard, The New Republic and The National Interest. Charles Krauthammer has been honored by many organizations, from the Center for Security Policy (Mighty Pen Award) to People for the American Way (First Amendment Award). In 2003, he was a recipient of the first annual Bradley Prize. In 2004, he was honored by the American Enterprise Institute with the Irving Kristol Award. Charles Krauthammer lives in suburban Washington with his wife Robyn, an artist. Their son is a student at Harvard. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlesKrauthammer http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlesKrauthammer TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2009 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ WASHINGTON -- Sure, Election Day 2009 will scare moderate Democrats and make passage of Obamacare more difficult. Sure, it makes it easier for resurgent Republicans to raise money and recruit candidates... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlesKrauthammer/2009/11/06/the_myth_of_08,_demolished 38aa12b2-cb47-4b0f-a29f-f67d1efb30f1 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON -- Old Soviet joke: Moscow, 1953. Stalin calls in Khrushchev. "Niki, I'm dying. Don't have much to leave you. Just three envelopes. Open them, one at a time, when you get into big... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlesKrauthammer/2009/10/30/the_three_envelopes 31f759bf-3455-42b8-a6ef-d9071d6db79d Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON -- Rahm Emanuel once sent a dead fish to a live pollster. Now he's put a horse's head in Roger Ailes' bed. Not very subtle. And not very smart. Ailes doesn't scare easily. The... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlesKrauthammer/2009/10/23/fox_wars dd4f2961-852e-49ea-b084-fc120c5e7567 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON -- About the only thing more comical than Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize was the reaction of those who deemed the award "premature," as if the brilliance of Obama's foreign policy is so... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlesKrauthammer/2009/10/16/debacle_in_moscow da9b5d53-061b-4762-a037-b756c6d00213 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON -- The genius of democracy is the rotation of power, which forces the opposition to be serious -- particularly about things like war, about which until Jan. 20 of this year Democrats were... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlesKrauthammer/2009/10/09/young_hamlets_agony d7891943-205a-43ae-accf-0a2d64ab5fc6 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT "President Obama, I support the Americans' outstretched hand. But what did the international community gain from these offers of dialogue? Nothing." -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Sept. 24 http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlesKrauthammer/2009/10/02/obamas_french_lesson 13cdf7e0-7129-4a9a-95ed-e1456160fc00 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON -- After the plain pine box is lowered into the grave, the mourners are asked to come forward -- immediate family first -- and shovel dirt onto the casket. Only when it is fully covered, only... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlesKrauthammer/2009/09/25/a_great_good_man bb693566-25af-4373-a001-69f27592108d Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:01:00 GMT You lie? No. Barack Obama doesn't lie. He's too subtle for that. He ... well, you judge. Herewith three examples within a single speech -- the now-famous Obama-Wilson "you lie" address to Congress on health care... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlesKrauthammer/2009/09/18/does_he_lie 237cab84-e7d2-48c4-8969-98e741533142 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:01:01 GMT WASHINGTON -- So Van Jones, the defenestrated White House green-jobs czar, once called Republicans "a--holes." Big deal. I've said worse about Democrats. I've said worse about Republicans. I've said worse... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlesKrauthammer/2009/09/11/the_van_jones_matter 3099cc22-4b0a-4145-842e-e5fc54f10c2b Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON -- What happened to President Obama? His wax wings having melted, he is the man who fell to earth. What happened to bring his popularity down further than that of any new president in polling history save... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlesKrauthammer/2009/09/04/obama,_the_mortal f54ab4ee-ba9f-422d-aa22-f2f171d32e35 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON -- Obamacare Version 1.0 is dead. The 1,000-page monstrosity that emerged in various editions from Congress was done in by widespread national revulsion not just at its expense and intrusiveness... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlesKrauthammer/2009/08/28/obamacare_the_only_exit_strategy bc67c8be-e5f2-49ca-bb08-809a7b45f712 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON -- Let's see if we can have a reasoned discussion about end-of-life counseling. We might start by asking Sarah Palin to leave the room. I've got nothing against her. She's a remarkable... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlesKrauthammer/2009/08/21/lets_be_honest_about_death_counseling ed1eab16-2868-4115-9ae8-6b046e779bce Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON -- In the 48 hours of June 15-16, President Obama lost the health care debate. First, a letter from the Congressional Budget Office to Sen. Edward Kennedy reported that his health committee's refor http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlesKrauthammer/2009/08/14/the_preventive_care_myth 2bc5f404-22cf-4773-8b67-babef08cbb1a Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON -- In 1986, Ronald Reagan and Bill Bradley created a legislative miracle. They fashioned a tax reform that stripped loopholes, political favors, payoffs, patronage and other corruptions out of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlesKrauthammer/2009/08/07/health_care_reform_a_better_plan 70b01fb1-bf0e-4b0d-8283-73d870f9085b Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON -- Yesterday, Barack Obama was God. Today, he's fallen from grace, the magic gone, his health care reform dead. If you believed the first idiocy -- and half the mainstream media did -- you'll... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CharlesKrauthammer/2009/07/31/obamacare_not_waterloo,_just_a_tactical_retreat 2b2a2b9e-cc77-4640-aa54-e2a6746d8a80 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:01:00 GMT