charles krauthammer
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PublishedMay 3, 2013
Charles Krauthammer: Obama administration has gone from high to low in six months
Fate is fickle, power cyclical, and nothing is new under the sun. Especially in Washington, where after every election the losing party is sagely instructed to confess sin, rend garments and rethink its principles lest it go the way of the Whigs. And where the victor is hailed as the new Caesar, facing an open […]
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PublishedApril 26, 2013
Charles Krauthammer: History might just show Bush’s anti-terror policies were right
President Obama, despite pre-election criticism, continued Bush's policies for a strong infrastructure.
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PublishedApril 19, 2013
Charles Krauthammer: If the Boston bombing was terrorism, that means it was political
Terrorism is speech — speech that gathers its audience by killing innocents as theatrically as possible. The 19th-century anarchist Paul Brousse called it “propaganda by deed.” Accordingly, the Boston Marathon attack, the first successful terror bombing in the U.S. since 9/11, was designed for maximum effect. At the finish line there would be not only […]
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PublishedApril 12, 2013
Charles Krauthammer: President Obama’s budget offers only the appearance of reform
Despite a few technical changes, what's on the table represents the usual tax-and-spend approach.
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PublishedApril 10, 2013
Another View: Columnist unfairly painted Palestinians as the bad guys
Even Jewish leaders have criticized Israel for claiming a monopoly on peace interests.
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PublishedApril 5, 2013
Charles Krauthammer: A bipartisan immigration deal may hinge on which plan triggers what
Is a bipartisan immigration deal at hand? It’s close. Last week, the AFL-CIO and the Chamber of Commerce worked out a guest-worker compromise that allows in foreign workers on a sliding scale of 20,000 to 200,000, depending on the strength of the economy. Nice deal. As are the other elements of the Senate’s bipartisan Gang […]
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PublishedMarch 29, 2013
Charles Krauthammer: Obama unmasks Abbas by reducing settlement issue to an ‘excuse’
“I honestly believe that if any Israeli parent sat down with those (Palestinian) kids, they’d say, ‘I want these kids to succeed.’ ” — Barack Obama, in Jerusalem, March 21 Very true. But how does the other side feel about Israeli kids? Consider that the most revered parent in Palestinian society is Mariam Farhat of […]
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PublishedMarch 22, 2013
Charles Krauthammer: Tax reform with a twist could split pie so Treasury and ratepayers win
The proposition that entitlement curbs are the key to maintaining national solvency is widely accepted, though not by many congressional Democrats. President Obama, however, has endorsed it on various occasions. And he could make it happen. If he wants. I remain skeptical that he does. But national solvency is important enough to test this proposition […]
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PublishedMarch 15, 2013
Charles Krauthammer: Using lessons of the last 12 years, it’s time to rethink drone use
In choice of both topic and foil, Rand Paul’s now legendary Senate filibuster was a stroke of political genius. The topic was, ostensibly, very narrow: Does the president have the constitutional authority to put a drone-launched Hellfire missile through your kitchen — you, a good citizen of Topeka to whom POTUS might have taken a […]
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PublishedMarch 8, 2013
Charles Krauthammer: More care needed when using foreign aid to influence events in Egypt
Sequestration is not the best time to be doling out foreign aid, surely the most unpopular item in the federal budget. Especially when the recipient is President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt. Morsi is intent on getting the release of Omar Abdel-Rahman (the Blind Sheik), serving a life sentence for masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center […]
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