List/Grid Author Archives: Charles Krauthammer / Syndicated Columnist
The union-owned Democrats
“Shovel-ready was not as shovel-ready as we expected,” observed President Obama this week, enjoying a nice chuckle about the unhappy fate of his near-$1 trillion stimulus. To be sure, Obama... Read more »
It’s Competence First, Ideology Second
WASHINGTON – The Republicans swept November’s midterm election by making it highly ideological, a referendum on two years of hyper-liberalism – of arrogant, overreaching, intrusive government drowning in debt and... Read more »
Stewardship? Or ideology?
The Republicans swept November’s midterm election by making it highly ideological, a referendum on two years of hyper-liberalism — of arrogant, overreaching, intrusive government drowning in debt and running deficits... Read more »
Our salutary debt-ceiling scare
As the sun rises in the east, the debt ceiling will be raised. Getting there, however, will be harrowing. Which is a good thing. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner warns that... Read more »
The news in Obama’s speech
Herewith President Obama’s Middle East speech , annotated: “It will be the policy of the United States to promote reform across the region, and to support transitions to democracy.” With... Read more »
Obama Plays Very Politics He Decries
“I’m going to do my part to lead a constructive and civil debate on these issues.” — Barack Obama, speech on immigration, El Paso, May 10 WASHINGTON — Constructive and... Read more »
Demagoguery 101
“I’m going to do my part to lead a constructive and civil debate on these issues.” — Barack Obama, speech on immigration, El Paso, May 10 Constructive and civil debate —... Read more »
Evil does not die of natural causes
Two months and a day before 9/11, terrorism expert Larry C. Johnson published “The Declining Terrorist Threat,” a New York Times op-ed decrying the fact that “Americans are bedeviled by... Read more »
Handicapping the GOP Field: Solid, Steady Wins Race
WASHINGTON — Unified Field Theory of 2012, Axiom One: The more the Republicans can make the 2012 election like 2010, the better their chances of winning. The 2010 Democratic shellacking... Read more »
