“I had discovered the world, and was going to leave all of this [Judaism] behind, because I was too sophisticated for it. And then in my third year I took Hartman”
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Charles Krauthammer
Charles Krauthammer was an American political columnist and psychiatrist. A moderate liberal who turned independent conservative as a political pundit, Krauthammer won the Pulitzer Prize for his columns in The Washington Post in 1987. His weekly column was syndicated to more than 400 publications worldwide. While in his first year studying medicine at Harvard Medical School, Krauthammer became per…
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science · American psychiatrist and journalist (1950–2018) · physician · columnist · pundit · psychiatrist · writer · journalist · opinion journalist · speechwriter · also Charles Krauthammer, Irving Charles Krauthammer, Krauthammer
Born 13 March 1950 · Died 21 June 2018 · Q1065216
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2026· 4 entries
“atheism is the least plausible of all theologies. I mean, there are a lot of wild ones out there, but the one that clearly runs so contrary to what is possible, is atheism”
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“I became very acutely aware of the dangers, the hypocrisies, and sort of the extremism of the political extremes. And it cleansed me very early in my political evolution of any romanticism.”
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Fox News: Son of Charles Krauthammer congratulates winners of annual scholarship dedicated to late Fox News contributor
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2020· 1 entry
FactCheck.org rated the claim “Columnist Charles Krauthammer wrote that former President Barack Obama was running a "shadow government organization aimed at resisting and tearing down the Constitutional Republic we know as AMERICA.”” False.
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2019· 1 entry
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2018· 3 entries
WRAL: Charles Krauthammer, legendary conservative intellectual, dies at 68
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Died 2018-06-21.
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Krauthammer announced that his cancer had returned and that doctors had given him only weeks to live
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2017· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Columnist Charles Krauthammer wrote an opinion piece entitled "The Enemy Among Us" alleging that former President Barack Obama was creating a "shadow government" through his nonprofit Organizing for Action.” Incorrect Attribution.
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Krauthammer argued in favor of a border wall at the Mexico–United States border
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2016· 2 entries
Krauthammer opined that even bungled collusion is still collusion
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“I will not vote for Hillary Clinton, but, as I”
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2013· 1 entry
Krauthammer published Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics
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2011· 1 entry
Former congressman and MSNBC host Joe Scarborough called him "without a doubt the most powerful force in American conservatism
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2010· 1 entry
The New York Times columnist David Brooks said Krauthammer was "the most important conservative columnist
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2009· 3 entries
Called Krauthammer a "pretty solid 90–10 Republican"
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Krauthammer argued that the use of torture against enemy combatants was impermissible except in two contexts: (a) when "[an] innocent's life is at stake," "[the] bad guy you have captured possesses information that could
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Politico columnist Ben Smith wrote that Krauthammer had "emerged in the Age of Obama as a central conservative voice, the kind of leader of the opposition that economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman represen
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2006· 3 entries
The Financial Times named Krauthammer the most influential commentator in America, stating that "Krauthammer has influenced US foreign policy for more than two decades
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With a "fierce counterattack" by radical Islamist forces in Lebanon, Palestine, and especially Iraq, which witnessed a major intensification in sectarian warfare
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Charles Krauthammer's brother, Marcel, died in 2006.
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2005· 1 entry
Krauthammer published "Miers: The Only Exit Strategy", in which he explained that all of Miers's relevant constitutional writings are protected by both attorney–client privilege and executive privilege, which presented a
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded Irving Kristol Award (2004).
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2003· 3 entries
Krauthammer predicted that he would have a "credibility problem" if weapons of mass destruction were not found in Iraq within the next five months
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“Reformation and reconstruction of an alien culture are a daunting task. Risky and, yes, arrogant.”
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Wrote that the reconstruction of Iraq would provide many benefits for the Iraqi people, once the political and economic infrastructure destroyed by Saddam was restored: "With its oil, its urbanized middle class, its educ
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2001· 1 entry
Wrote that, if the suspicion that bin Laden was behind the attack proved correct, the United States had no choice but to go to war in Afghanistan
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1999· 1 entry
Krauthammer received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
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1993· 1 entry
Was awarded the Honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from McGill University
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1990· 2 entries
At the end the Cold War, Krauthammer wrote several articles entitled "The Unipolar Moment"
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Krauthammer became a panelist for the weekly PBS political roundtable Inside Washington, remaining with the show until it ceased production in December 2013
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded Pulitzer Prize for Commentary (1987).
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1985· 4 entries
When he first used the phrase "Reagan Doctrine" in his Time magazine column
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Began writing a weekly column for The Washington Post, which earned him the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for his "witty and insightful columns on national issues"
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Won him the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1987
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And became a nationally syndicated columnist
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1984· 1 entry
Was board certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
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1983· 1 entry
Began writing essays for Time magazine, including one on the Reagan Doctrine, which first brought him national acclaim as a writer
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1980· 1 entry
Served as a speechwriter to Vice President Walter Mondale
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1979· 1 entry
Krauthammer joined The New Republic as both a writer and editor
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1978· 3 entries
Krauthammer was "70 percent Mondale liberal, 30 percent 'Scoop Jackson Democrat', that is, hard-line on Israel and relations with the Soviet Union"; in the mid-1980s, he was still "50–50: fairly liberal on economic and s
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Krauthammer relocated to Washington, D
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As a director of psychiatric research, eventually becoming the speechwriter to Vice President Walter Mondale in 1980
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1974· 2 entries
Krauthammer married his wife, Robyn, a lawyer who stopped practicing law in order to focus on her work as an artist
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In 1974, Krauthammer married his wife, Robyn, a lawyer who stopped practicing law in order to focus on her work as an artist.
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1970· 1 entry
With first-class honours in economics and political science
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1950· 3 entries
In the New York City borough of Manhattan
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Born 1950-03-13.
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“unwillingness to accept compromise. During the 2006 Lebanon War, Krauthammer wrote a column,”
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