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Krauthammer: The Great Translator

I’m working my way through Charles Krauthammer’s Things That Matter, a collection of his columns over the past three decades. The book’s publication has provided the occasion for some much-deserved appreciation of the man, whose personal story is remarkable and

Review: Krauthammer vs. Stewart on the Daily Show

Review: Krauthammer vs. Stewart on the Daily Show

Take half an hour and enjoy this three-part interview, via RealClearPolitics and Comedy Central, of Charles Krauthammer by Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. Krauthammer was promoting his new book, Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics–but

Charles Krauthammer: Change Redskins Name Because It's 'a Slur'

Charles Krauthammer: Change Redskins Name Because It's 'a Slur'

Washington political columnist Charles Krauthammer, who formerly worked for Walter Mondale against Ronald Reagan, believes the Washington Redskins should change their name because it is “a slur.” Appearing on Fox News’s Special Report on Monday, Krauthammer said though he did not

Obama: 'We're Not a Banana Republic' (Video)

The Campaigner in Chief visited a Ford plant in Liberty, Missouri today to harangue Republicans about the need to raise the debt ceiling. “This is the United States of America – not some banana republic”, he said. “This is not

Defunding Obamacare Not 'Suicide' After All

Defunding Obamacare Not 'Suicide' After All

Beltway conservatives have been warning for weeks that the movement to defund Obamacare through the upcoming budget debate is a political loser. Even columnist Charles Krauthammer, often sympathetic to the Tea Party movement, recently called the move to defund Obamacare

Our Next President Is Going To Need A Bigger Reset Button

In response to Putin ‘Infuriated’ by Obama’s ‘Bored Kid’ Remark: Remember the great strides the Obama administration made back in 2009 to “reset” relations with Russia after Bush’s supposedly embarrassing and inept reign?  The grown-ups were now in charge and

Bill Keller Blames Obama for the Sequester

Bill Keller of the NY Times wrote an op-ed over the weekend which, while still taking some shots at the GOP, managed to lay some of the blame for “the large mess we are in” at the President’s feet. The

Assassination Power & Outlawry

I hear some people talking past each other on Obama’s self-declared right to assemble a Kill List of Americans and order their deaths, sans any kind of external check or procedural safeguards. Charles Krauthammer says that anyone who has taken

Friday: David Petraeus to Testify on Benghazi

Friday: David Petraeus to Testify on Benghazi

It is being reported that former CIA Director David Petraeus will testify before the House and Senate Intelligence Committees after all. Whereas he was originally scheduled to testify in person on Thursday, it now appears he will testify off-site on