Charles Krauthammer

Charles Krauthammer was born in 1950 in New York City. He grew up in Montreal and was educated at McGill University (B A. with First Class Honors in Political Science and Economics, 1970), Oxford University (Commonwealth Scholar in Politics at Balliol College, 1970-71), and Harvard University (MD, Harvard Medical School, 1975).

From 1975-78 Krauthammer practiced medicine as a Resident and then Chief Resident in Psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital. His scientific papers, including his co-discovery of a form of manic-depressive illness, are still frequently cited in the psychiatric literature.

In 1978, Krauthammer quit psychiatry and came to Washington to serve as a science adviser in the Carter Administration and, later, speechwriter to Vice President Walter Mondale. In 1981, he joined the staff of The New Republic where he was an essayist and editor from 1981 -88. In the mid-eighties he began writing a weekly syndicated column for The Washington Post and a monthly essay for Time magazine.

In his first full year as a syndicated columnist, Krauthammer won the Pulitzer Prize (Distinguished Commentary, 1987). His New Republic essays won the highest award in magazine writing, the National Magazine Award for Essays and Criticism (1984). In 1997, the Washingtonian magazine named him among the top 50 most influential journalists in the national press corps.

Krauthammer has won awards for his writing on everything from the economics of oil (the Champion/Tuck Media Award for Economic Understanding) to religion in civil society (People for the American Way, First Amendment Award). His essays have appeared in dozens of anthologies on subjects ranging from nuclear deterrence to gay marriage. A collection of his essays and columns, Cutting Edges, was published in 1985 (Random House).

Krauthammer is a regular weekly panelist on Inside Washington, Washington’s highest rated political TV talk show, and a contributing editor to The New Republic and The Weekly Standard. In addition, also serves on the Editorial Board of several journals, including the National Interest and the Public Interest.

Krauthammer lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with his wife, Robyn, an artist, and son Daniel.

Recent articles by Charles Krauthammer

OBAMA'S DISTRACTIONS?		Washington Post		April 25, 2008
THE HOLOCAUST DECLARATION		Washington Post		April 11, 2008
THE FABULIST Vs. THE SAINT		Washington Post		April 4, 2008
THE SPEECH: A BRILLIANT FRAUD		Washington Post		March 21, 2008
ADVENTURES IN IDENTITY POLITICS		Washington Post		March 14, 2008
THE GREAT NON SEQUITUR		Washington Post		March 7, 2008
IN DEFENSE OF LOBBYING		Washington Post		February 29, 2008
DEMOCRATS DUG IN FOR RETREAT		Washington Post		February 22, 2008
THE APOSTATE SHERIFF		Washington Post		February 8, 2008
CLAWING FOR A LEGACY		Washington Post		February 1, 2008
LOSING UGLY		Washington Post		January 25, 2008
BLACK DREAMS, WHITE LIBERALS		Washington Post		January 18, 2008
A SNEAR, A TEAR, A COMEBACK		Washington Post		January 11, 2008
AN OVERDOSE OF PUBLIC PIETY		Washington Post		December 14, 2007
ALLIANCES IN RUINS?		Washington Post		November 16, 2007
MARCOS... PINOCHET... MUSHARRAF?		Washington Post		November 9, 2007
THE GREAT NAVIGATOR		Washington Post		October 12, 2007
FRANCE FLIPS WHILE CONGRESS SHIFTS		Washington Post		September 28, 2007
MIDDLE EAST VOLCANO		Washington Post		September 21, 2007
A 'REALISTIC CHANCE' OF SUCCESS		Washington Post		September 14, 2007
THE PARTITIONING OF IRAQ		Washington Post		September 7, 2007
THE IRAQI CONVERGENCE		Washington Post		August 24, 2007
THE IRAQI CONVERGENCE		Washington Post		August 24, 2007
BOOK REVIEW BY AMIR TAHERI: THE ISLAMIST, BY ED HUSAIN		Asharq Alawsat		August 23, 2007
RETURN OF THE NATURAL		Washington Post		August 17, 2007
STRIKE TWO		Washington Post		July 27, 2007
THE 20 PERCENT SOLUTION		Washington Post		July 20, 2007
DESERTING PETRAEUS		Washington Post		July 13, 2007
THE TAX-FREE LUNCH		Washington Post		June 29, 2007
LAST CHANCE FOR ABBAS		Washington Post		June 22, 2007
GOOD FENCES		Washington Post		June 15, 2007
TWO YEARS OF HUMBLE PIE		Washington Post		June 8, 2007
GET IN LINE, EINSTEIN		Washington Post		June 1, 2007
ONE SHORT AMENDMENT		Washington Post		May 25, 2007
PRELUDE TO THE SIX DAYS		Washington Post		May 18, 2007
GIULIANI'S ABORTION 'GAFFE'		Washington Post		May 11, 2007
REWRITING HISTORY		Washington Post		May 4, 2007
BORIS THE LIBERATOR, RIP		Washington Post		April 27, 2007
A MOMENT OF SILENCE		Washington Post		April 20, 2007
THE SURGE: FIRST FRUITS		Washington Post		April 13, 2007
BRITAIN'S HUMILIATION ---AND EUROPE'S		Washington Post		April 6, 2007
WHICH IS "THE REAL WAR"?		Washington Post		March 30, 2007
UNNECESSARY SCANDAL		Washington Post		March 23, 2007
DIAGNOSIS: CHENEY		Washington Post		March 16, 2007
FITZGERALD'S FOLLY		Washington Post		March 9, 2007
MUSIC OF THE SPHERES		Washington Post		March 2, 2007
NO WAY TO END A WAR		Washington Post		February 23, 2007
THE PUTIN DOCTRINE		Washington Post		February 16, 2007
THE WAR AND THE WORDS		Washington Post		February 9, 2007
WHO'S TO BLAME FOR THE KILLING		Washington Post		February 2, 2007
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE?		Washington Post		January 26, 2007
A PLAUSIBLE PLAN B		Washington Post		January 19, 2007
STEM CELL MIRACLE?		Washington Post		January 12, 2007
NO DANCING IN THE END ZONE		Washington Post		December 22, 2006
IN BAKER'S BLUNDER, A CHANCE FOR BUSH		Washington Post		December 15, 2006
THAT MURDER IN LONDON		Washington Post		December 8, 2006
THIS IS REALISM?		Washington Post		December 1, 2006
THROW THE JEW JOKE DOWN THE WELL		Washington Post		November 24, 2006
WHY IRAQ IS CRUMBLING		Washington Post		November 17, 2006
ONLY A MINOR EARTHQUAKE		Washington Post		November 10, 2006
WINNING BY LOSING		Washington Post		October 28, 2006
WORLD CHANGES FOR BETTER IF THE JAPANESE GO NUCLEAR		Houston Chronicle		October 21, 2006
WORLD WAR II IS OVER		Washington Post		October 19, 2006
SEX SCANDALS AND DOUBLE STANDARDS		The Weekly Standard		10/16/2006, Volume 012, Issue 05
WHAT WILL STOP NORTH KOREA		Washington Post		October 13, 2006
ANGELS AND INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATES		Washington Post		October 6, 2006
TOLERANCE: A TWO-WAY STREET		Washington Post		September 22, 2006
THE TEHRAN CALCULUS		Washington Post		September 15, 2006
IRAQ: A CIVIL WAR WE CAN STILL WIN		Washington Post		September 8, 2006
HEZBOLLAH'S 'VICTORY'		Washington Post		September 1, 2006
THE PERILS OF USING 'THE ALLIES'		Washington Post		August 25, 2006
A MOMENT TO BE SEIZED IN LEBANON		Washington Post		August 18, 2006
SHORT-TERM GAIN, LONG-TERM PAIN		Washington Post		August 11, 2006
ISRAEL'S LOST MOMENT		Washington Post		August 4, 2006
'DISPROPORTIONATE' IN WHAT MORAL UNIVERSE?		Washington Post		July 28, 2006
WHY THEY FIGHT		Washington Post		July 14, 2006
EMERGENCY OVER, SAITH THE COURT		Washington Post		July 7, 2006
AMNESTY FOR INSURGENTS? YES.		Washington Post		June 30, 2006
WHY I LOVE AUSTRALIA		Washington Post		June 23, 2006
WHO IS TO BLAME FOR GRIEF ON A BEACH?		Washington Post		June 16, 2006
A BAN WE DON'T (YET) NEED		Washington Post		June 9, 2006
BEER? HOT DOGS? STEROIDS?		Washington Post		June 2, 2006
WHY IS BORDER SECURITY "CONSERVATIVE"?		Washington Post		May 19, 2006
NEVER AGAIN?		Washington Post		May 5, 2006
SAY IT WITH ME: SUPPLY AND DEMAND		Washington Post		April 28, 2006
THE GENERALS' DANGEROUS WHISPERS		Washington Post		April 21, 2006
IMMIGRANTS MUST CHOOSE		Washington Post		April 14, 2006
OF COURSE IT'S A CIVIL WAR		Washington Post		March 24, 2006
PANDORA AND POLYGAMY		Washington Post		March 17, 2006
THE KURD CARD		Washington Post		March 10, 2006
OSCARS FOR OSAMA		Washington Post		March 3, 2006
QUELL QUAILGATE		Washington Post		February 17, 2006
CURSE OF THE MODERATES		Washington Post		February 10, 2006
PALESTINE WITHOUT ILLUSIONS		Washington Post		February 3, 2006
THE IRAN CHARADE, PART II		Washington Post		January 18, 2006
'MUNICH,' THE TRAVESTY		Washington Post		January 13, 2006
A CALAMITY FOR ISRAEL		Washington Post		January 6, 2006
IMPEACHMENT NONSENSE		Washington Post		December 23, 2005
IN IRAN, ARMING FOR ARMAGEDDON		Washington Post		December 16, 2005
MAN FOR A GLASS BOOTH		Washington Post		December 9, 2005
SWEET LAND OF GIVING		Washington Post		November 25, 2005
PHONY THEORY, FALSE CONFLICT		Washington Post		November 18, 2005
PUMP SOME SERIOUSNESS INTO ENERGY POLICY		Washington Post		November 11, 2005
DISTORTING SAM ALITO		Washington Post		November 4, 2005
MIERS: THE ONLY EXIT STRATEGY		Washington Post		October 21, 2005
A FLU HOPE, OR HORROR?		Washington Post		October 14, 2005
WHITDRAW THIS NOMINEE		Washington Post		October 7, 2005
BAD CHOICE FOR AN ANTIWAR VOICE		Washington Post		September 30, 2005
ROE v. ROBERTS		Washington Post		September 16, 2005
WHERE TO POINT THE FINGERS		Washington Post		September 9, 2005
A SENSIBLE IRAQI CONSTITUTION		Washington Post		September 2, 2005
THE STAKES AFTER GAZA		Washington Post		August 26, 2005
SETTING LIMITS ON TOLERANCE		Washington Post		August 12, 2005
CELL LINES, MORAL LINES		Washington Post		August 5, 2005
GIVE GRANDMA A PASS		Washington Post		July 29, 2005
ROBERT'S BLANK SLATE		Washington Post		July 22, 2005
PHILOSOPHY FOR A JUDGE		Washington Post		July 8, 2005
SHELVE THIS DEADLINE		Washington Post		July 1, 2005
A PARTY WITHOUT IDEAS		Washington Post		June 24, 2005
ASSIMILATION NATION		Washington Post		June 17, 2005
GITMO GROVEL: ENOUGH ALREADY		Washington Post		June 3, 2005
PROFILES IN FLINCHING		Washington Post		May 27, 2005
NUCLEAR? NO, RESTORATION		Washington Post		May 13, 2005
THE SAME OLD SAW ON SOCIAL SECURITY		Washington Post		May 6, 2005
OUR OWN COOL HAND LUKE		Washington Post		April 29, 2005
JUDICIAL INSANITY		Washington Post		April 22, 2005
SUFFERING A RELAPSE, AND LOVING IT		Washington Post		April 15, 2005
THE POWER OF FAITH		Washington Post		April 4, 2005
SYRIA AND THE NEW AXIS OF EVIL		Washington Post		April 1, 2005
BETWEEN TRAVESTY AND TRAGEDY		Washington Post		March 23, 2005
THOU SHALT NOT CREATE		Washington Post		March 11, 2005
THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS		Washington Post		March 4, 2005
ISRAEL DRAWS THE LINE		Washington Post		February 25, 2005
2042? A FISCAL ODYSSEY		Washington Post		February 18, 2005
WHY THE PALESTINIANS CAME TO THE TABLE		Washington Post		February 11, 2005
FREE TO DANCE IN IRAQ		Washington Post		February 4, 2005
TOMORROW'S THREAT		Washington Post		January 21, 2005
RATHER BIASED		Washington Post		January 14, 2005
ARAFAT'S HEIR		Washington Post		January 7, 2005
JUST LEAVE CHRISTMAS ALONE		Washington Post		December 17, 2004
THE AFGHAN MIRACLE		Washington Post		December 10, 2004
WHY ONLY IN UKRAINE?		Washington Post		December 3, 2004
A FIGHT FOR SHIITES		Washington Post		November 26, 2004
'MORAL VALUES' MYTH		Washington Post		November 12, 2004
USING ALL OF A MANDATE		Washington Post		November 5, 2004
KERRY'S AFGHAN AMNESIA		Washington Post		October 29, 2004
SACRIFICING ISRAEL		Washington Post		October 22, 2004
AN EDWARDS OUTRAGE		Washington Post		October 15, 2004
TERRORISTS' CANDIDATES?		Washington Post		October 8, 2004
THE VIETNAMIZATION OF JOHN KERRY		Washington Post		October 1, 2004
THE ART OF LOSING FRIENDS		Washington Post		September 24, 2004
JOHN KERRY'S WAR DANCE		Wall Street Journal		September 17, 2004
KERRY THE SPECTATOR		Washington Post		September 10, 2004
THE CASE FOR BUSH		Time Magazine		August 29, 2004
DEMOCRATS ASK: HOW CAN WE LOSE TO THIS IDIOT?		Wall Street Journal		August 27, 2004
THE PRESSURE-COOKER THEORY		Washington Post		August 27, 2004
A BETTER DEFENSE		Washington Post		August 20, 2004
THIS IS REFORM?		Washington Post		August 13, 2004
MUFFING THE BOUNCE		Washington Post		August 6, 2004
AXIS OF EVIL, PART TWO		Washington Post		July 23, 2004
TRAVESTY AT THE HAGUE		Washington Post		July 16, 2004
BLIXFUL AMNESIA		Washington Post		July 9, 2004
IN DEFENSE OF THE F-WORD		Washington Post		July 2, 2004
CLINTON WRIT SMALL		Washington Post		June 25, 2004
ISRAEL'S INTIFADA VICTORY		Washington Post		June 18, 2004
REAGAN REVISIONISM		Washington Post		June 11, 2004
IRAQ HISTORY LESSON		Washington Post		June 4, 2004
PARENTHESIS TO HISTORY		Washington Post		May 28, 2004
TAX AND DRILL		Washington Post		May 21, 2004
THE ABU GHRAIB PANIC		Washington Post		May 14, 2004
ABU GHRAIB AS SYMBOL		Washington Post		May 7, 2004
THE REAL MIDEAST 'POISON'		Washington Post		April 30, 2004
KERRY ADRIFT		Washington Post		April 23, 2004
THIS IS HARDLY VIETNAM		Washington Post		April 16, 2004
HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED		Townhall		April 9, 2004
PHONY AGONY		Washington Post		April 2, 2004
SEPT. 11, LIES AND 'MISTAKES'		Washington Post		March 26, 2004
SPANIARDS CAPITULATING...		Washington Post		March 19, 2004
TRIPE A LA MODE		Washington Post		March 12, 2004
GIBSON'S BLOOD LIBEL		Washington Post		March 5, 2004
REVOLUTION BY FIAT		Washington Post		February 27, 2004
THE DEMOCRATS' SMEAR RACE		Washington Post		February 20, 2004
THE OTHER SHOE		Washington Post		February 13, 2004
AFTER SEPT. 11, IT'S VETERANS DAY		Washington Post		February 6, 2004
CALLING IRAQ'S BLUFF		Washington Post		January 30, 2004
PARADISE LOST		Washington Post		January 23, 2004
ON TO MARS				01/31/2000, Volume 005, Issue 19
A MODEST PROPOSAL		Washington Post		January 16, 2004
WHY WE ARE SAFER		Washington Post		January 9, 2004
THE DOGGEDNESS OF WAR		Washington Post		December 26, 2003
KILLING HIM SOFTLY		Washington Post		December 19, 2003
GORE'S ROLE AS KINGMAKER		WASHINGTON POST		December 12, 2003
THE DELUSIONAL DEAN		WASHINGTON POST		December 5, 2003
GENEVA SELLOUT		WASHINGTON POST		November 28, 2003
MAN VS. COMPUTER: STILL A MATCH		WASHINGTON POST		November 21, 2003
SUCCESS ON THE HIGH SEAS		WASHINGTON POST		November 14, 2003
THE PERFECT LIBERAL STORM		WASHINGTON POST		November 7, 2003
WAR BY CAR BOMB		WASHINGTON POST		October 31, 2003
"L'AFFAIRE EASTERBROOK"		WASHINGTON POST		October 24, 2003
"PERFECT GAMES"		WASHINGTON POST		October 17, 2003
WMD IN A HAYSTACK		WASHINGTON POST		October 10, 2003
OUR INSTANT EXPERTS		WASHINGTON POST		October 3, 2003
TED KENNEDY, LOSING IT		WASHINGTON POST		September 26, 2003
DEMOCRATS AND NATION BUILDING		WASHINGTON POST		September 19, 2003
IN NEED OF A NEW ABBAS		WASHINGTON POST		September 12, 2003
DEAN'S PASSION, AND HIS PROBLEM		WASHINGTON POST		September 5, 2003
A JUDGE PREJUDGED		WASHINGTON POST		August 29, 2003
STUCK ON A BARRIER THAT'S NOT ON THE ROAD MAP		Washington Post		August 8, 2003
ON KILLING THE KING		Washington Post		August 1, 2003
MIDDLE EAST: THE REALITIES		Washington Post		July 25, 2003
WHY DID BUSH GO TO WAR		Washington Post		July 18, 2003
LIBERAL DEMOCRATS' PERVERSE FOREIGN POLICY		Washington Post		July 11, 2003
COURTING A CRISIS OF LEGITIMACY		Washington Post		July 4, 2003
Hoaxes, Hype and Humiliation				June 13, 2003
Shades of Oslo		Washington Post		June 6, 2003
No Phony Cease-Fires With Terrorism		Washington Post		May 30, 2003
Iraq: A Moral Reckoning		Washington Post		May 16, 2003
The Roadblock on the Road Map		Washington Post		May 9, 2003
The Shiite 'Menace'		Washington Post		May 2, 2003
Syrian Power Play		Washington Post		April 18, 2003
Killing a Regime, Not a People		Washington Post		April 10, 2003
Plan B --for Baghdad		Washington Post		April 3, 2003
Kofi Annan's Offense		Washington Post		March 28, 2003
Call the Vote. Walk Away.		Washington Post		March 12, 2003
A Place for Temporary Appeasement		Washington Post		March 7, 2003
A Costly Charade at the U.N.		Washington Post		February 28, 2003
The French Challenge		Washington Post		February 21, 2003
Holiday from History		Washington Post		February 14, 2003
It's Time To Dream Higher		Washington Post		February 4, 2003
U.N., R.I.P.		Washington Post		January 31, 2003
No Turning Back Now		Washington Post		January 24, 2003
Korea Follies		Washington Post		January 17, 2003
Powell and Bush at Cross-Purposes?		Washington Post		January 10, 2003
The Japan Card		Washington Post		January 3, 2003
Lott and the Right		Washington Post		December 20, 2002
A Clear Choice of Words		Washington Post		December 12, 2002
The Obsolescence of Deterrence		Weekly Standard		December 9, 2002
Violence and Islam		Washington Post		December 6, 2002
The Bold Road to NATO Expansion		Washington Post		November 22, 2002
The Window of Legitimacy		Washington Post		November 15, 2002
The Uses of Political Courage		Washington Post		November 8, 2002
Don't Go Wobbly		Washington Post		November 1, 2002
The Clinton Paper Chase		Washington Post		October 25, 2002
Call their Bluff		Washington Post		October 18, 2002
What Good is Delay?		Washington Post		October 7, 2002
The Myth of 'U.N. Support'		Washington Post		October 4, 2002
Gore's Glass House		Washington Post		September 27, 2002
Is this the way to decide on Iraq?		Washington Post		September 20, 2002
Fictional Rift		Washington Post		September 13, 2002
Remembrance and Resolve		Washington Post		September 6, 2002
Kidnapped by the Times		Washington Post		August 18, 2002
Invoking The Hamdi Rights		Washington Post		August 16, 2002
Disturbed Nerd Chic		Washington Post		August 2, 2002
No-Respect Politics		Washington Post		July 26, 2002
Why Arafat Must Go		Washington Post		February 8, 2002
Redefining the War		Washington Post		February 1, 2002
The Jackals Are Wrong		Washington Post		January 25, 2002
America, Battle-Tested		Washington Post		January 18, 2002
Ship of Truth		Washington Post		January 11, 2002
Where Power Talks		Washington Post		January 4, 2002