Charles Krauthammer

McCarthyism Survives: Fox News Carries the Torch

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Karl Rove, Jon Stewart, Sean Hannity, Charles Krauthammer, Mccarthy, Romney, Fox News, Mccarthyism, Obama, Bill O'Reilly, Bill Maher, Media News
Jeff Schweitzer

Fox is now what McCarthy would have been if he had access to the Internet and 24-hour cable TV. Odd stories like the birther movement only exist because Fox irresponsibly fans the flames, continuing to report on the discredited issue.

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The "Individual Mandate" Is a Great Advance for Freedom

Jesse Larner | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Unconstitutional, Supreme Court, Liberty, Charles Krauthammer, Freedom, Ron Paul, Affordable Care Act, Individual Mandate, Single Payer Healthcare, Obama, Single Payer, Libertarian, Jeffrey Toobin, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jesse Larner

Libertarians are fond of saying, "Your right to swing your fist ends where my chin begins." The idea is that the only legitimate limits on freedom of ...

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Mind Games

D. R. Tucker | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Chris Mooney, The Republican Brain, Rush Limbaugh, David Frum, Bruce Bartlett, George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, William F. Buckley, Montreal Protocol, Kerry Emanuel, Clarence Thomas, David Brudnoy, Charles Krauthammer, Ken Hamblin, Walter Williams, George Will, Jeff Jacoby, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Global Warming, Anita Hill, Lee Edwards, Hugh Hewitt, Glenn Loury, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Dinesh D'souza, Politics News
D. R. Tucker

Facts destroyed 'motivated reasoning' in my case. Could this happen to other conservatives? That depends on conservatives being willing to subject the views they hear and read to strict scrutiny, to ask themselves if they're really hearing the truth from the talkers.

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Out Come The Knives: Conservative Pundits Slam Gingrich

Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Michael Gerson, Newt Gingrich 2012, Conservatives, Peggy Noonan, Ann Coulter, Charles Krauthammer, 2012 Election, George Will, David Brooks, Gop Primary 2012, Elections 2012, Gop, Slideshow, Newt Gingrich, 2012, Video, Politics News

As Newt Gingrich's surge in the polls continues, the backlash against his campaign for president has begun. Prominent conservatives like Ann Coulter, ...

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Jason Linkins

Mitt Romney Needs To Turn Down The Trump Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: 2012 Speculatron, Video, Karl Rove, Donald Trump Debate, George Will, 2012 Election, Charles Krauthammer, Mitt Romney 2012, Donald Trump, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, How Did This Happen, Trump Debate, 2012, Politics News

UPDATE, 4:17pm: Mitt Romney has evidently taken my advice. Donald Trump, through a spokesman, sent over a response to Romney's decision not to atte...

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Sam Stein

Gingrich's Relationship With Conservative Media: It's Complicated

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.07.2011

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WASHINGTON -- On Monday, radio host Rush Limbaugh railed against big-time columnists and TV pundits who've been attacking Newt Gingrich. But it wasn't...

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Michael Calderone

Conservative Pundits: GOP Primary Lacks Foreign Policy Focus

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: The Backstory, Charles Krauthammer, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, CNN Republican Debate, Foreign Policy, Newt Gingrich Foreign Policy, Gop Foreign Policy, Video, Arab Spring, Jon Huntsman, Michele Bachmann, Bill Kristol, 2012 Election, George Will, David Brooks, Cnn, Herman Cain, Mitt Romney Foreign Policy, Media News, Newt Gingrich, Election 2012, Wolf Blitzer, Jennifer Rubin, Media News

The Republican Party is divided like never before on the issue of U.S. foreign policy, with rifts over foreign engagement, Pentagon budgeting and the ...

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Michael Calderone

'Leading From Behind': The Evolution Of A Blind Quote

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: The Backstory, Ryan Lizza New Yorker, Ryan Lizza Obama, Charles Krauthammer, Leading From Behind Obama, President Obama, Obama Leading From Behind, Ryan Lizza, Brit Hume, Michelle Bachmann, Video, Obama New Yorker, New Yorker Leading From Behind, New Yorker, Fox News, Media News, David Remnick, Magazines, Media News

NEW YORK -- In late June, the New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza was following Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann on the campaign trail when he heard the Republic...

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Keeping Some From Voting Is Part of the Plan

Dennis Jett | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: 2012 Election, Republican Party, Karl Rove, Voter Fraud, Charles Krauthammer, Voter Suppression, Recession, Economic Crisis, Politics News
Dennis Jett

It should be clear to all but the most steadfast of reality deniers that the strategy of the Republican Party for the presidential election next year is to cause another recession and hope the voters blame President Obama.

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For Gingrich Gaffe, Video Killed the Video Star

Ari Melber | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Medicare, Newt Gingrich, Charles Krauthammer, Ryan Budget, Paul Ryan, Media News
Ari Melber

In the old days, raising big money and netting an early appearance on shows like Meet The Press would mint first tier candidates like Newt Gingrich. Now, the soundbites that emerge from such shows can matter more than the entire appearance.

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Lockboxes and Lunchboxes: Krauthammer vs. Social Security

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jacob Lew, Trust Fund, Social Security, Charles Krauthammer, Lockbox, Social Security Benefits, Social Security Reform, Jacob Lew Budget Cuts, Media News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

Charles Krauthammer wants you to know two things: There's no "lockbox" for Social Security and there's no such thing as a free lunch. He's wrong about Social Security, but first things first: Let's do lunch.

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Rush Vs. Fox News: Limbaugh Rips Panel For 'Slobbering' Over Obama, Panel Responds

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Fox News, Special Report, Rush Limbaugh Charles Krauthammer, Rush Limbaugh, Charles Krauthammer, Rush Limbaugh Fox News, Media News

A feud has broken out between Rush Limbaugh and the so-called "All Star Panel" on Fox News' "Special Report" over the panel's praise for President Oba...

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After Tucson

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blood Libel, John McCain, Glenne Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Charles Krauthammer, Cable Tv, Tucson Shooting, Right-Wing Radio, Public Servant, Barack Obama, Civility, Sarah Palin, Public Service, Sarah Palin and Blood Libel, Talk Radio, Sean Hannity, Joe Wilson, Obama Speech, Fox News, Gabrielle Giffords, Obama Tucson Speech, Bill O'Reilly, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

Too much too soon, too sad, too quickly. The news out of Tucson is only days old, but already it seems as if we've known the place, known the major...

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New Congress Begins with GOP Charades and Debt Threats

Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debt Ceiling, Austan Goolsbee, Adam Green, Lindsay Graham, Charles Krauthammer, Healthcare-Repeal, Politics News
Ari Melber

The new GOP's strategy in the 112th Congress is apparently to shut down the entire economy and undermine the U.S.'s global credibility to agitate for policies that even their new majority could not otherwise enact.

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Silent Night in America

Neil McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lbj, Charles Krauthammer, Bush Tax Cuts, Christmas, John Lennon, Gop, Obama Administration, Start Treaty, Socialism, Iraq, Tea Party, Elena Kagan, Politics News
Neil McCarthy

"And so this is Christmas. And what have we done?" John Lennon's question hangs in the air this frustrating year. For liberals, the answer is "Not nearly enough."

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Sam Stein

The Bizarre Alliance Between Democrats And A Conservative Columnist

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The deal that President Barack Obama has cut to extend the Bush-era tax cuts in full has produced a number of bizarre alliances, with fo...

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WikiLeaks Exposes More Than Documents

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democracy Now!, Wikileaks, Rick Stengel, Charles Krauthammer, Senator Frank Church, Pakistan, Joe Klein, Fair, Diane Sawyer, Iran-Contra Scandal, Reagan, Kgb, Iran, Representative Peter King, Salvador Allende, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Julian Assange, Mikheil Saakashvili, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Martha Raddatz, FoxNews.Com, Inter-Services Intelligence, Charlie Rose, Christian Whiton, Isi, Amy Goodman, Chile, Ahmed Zia Massoud, Daniel Ellsberg, Tass, Gulf of Tonkin Incident, Time Magazine, Soviet Union, Assange, Oliver North, Massimo Calabresi, New York Times, Israel, ABC News, Eugene Hasenfus, North Korea, Media News
Joseph A. Palermo

Rather than focus on the substance of the leaked diplomatic cables, American journalists tend to either frame the story as being about the "over-classification" of documents or the personal motivations and private life of Julian Assange.

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Krauthammer Makes New Prediction Regarding Failed Old Prediction

Barrett Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama, Washington Post, Afghanistan, Charles Krauthammer, Kosovo, Nato, Stanley McChrystal, Obama Administration, US Troops Afghanistan, Obama Foreign Policy, Afghanistan War, Media News
Barrett Brown

Krauthammer's record of predictions in the realm of foreign policy is so horrid that it would probably surprise even many of his detractors.

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Breaking Israel to Fix It -- Rightists Rethink Holding the West Bank

Bradley Burston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Haaretz, Gaza, West Bank, Benjamin Netanyahu, Charles Krauthammer, Ariel Sharon, Israel, Palestine, Bradley Burston, Likud, Barack Obama, World News
Bradley Burston

Of late, figures of significance on the right of both the Israeli and American Jewish communities have begun to rethink the future of the settlers' core redoubt: the West Bank.

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Putting a Smiley Face on the Tea Party

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party, Restoring Honor 8/28, President Obama, Charles Krauthammer, Freedom Works, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Arianna Huffington, Glenn Beck, I Have a Dream, Bill O'Reilly, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Joan E. Dowlin

It all seemed a little strange on August 28th. Glenn Beck insisted his "Restoring Honor 8/28" rally was a revival meeting, not a "political" event.

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What Does it Mean to Lose the Washington Post?

Marty Robins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Washington Post, 2010 Elections, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, President Obama, Taxes, Fort Hood, Charles Krauthammer, Times Square Bomb, Obama Health Care, Al Qaeda, Elections 2010, Politics News
Marty Robins

Democrats need to realize that they do not presently have a mandate for a reprise of the New Deal or Great Society. Voters want practical solutions to their all too real problems.

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Jason Linkins

Stephen Colbert Explores Obama's Religion Perception Problem (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stephen Colbert, Eat the Press, Fearmongering, Video, Obama Muslim, Charles Krauthammer, Obama Muslim Smear, Barack Obama, Politics News

On last night's Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert had a longish segment concerning the recent nutlog protests of the Cordoba House in lower Manhattan, a...

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Lie About Auschwitz Fuels Park51 Hysteria

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal, Fox News, Archbishop Timothy Dolan, Ground Zero Mosque, Auschwitz, park51, Roger Ailes, Charles Krauthammer, Politics News
Jeffrey Feldman

Why would one of the most powerful figures in the American Catholic clergy step into the anti-Muslim hysteria waving a lie? Maybe somebody on the Archbishop's team is a regular viewer of Fox News.

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The Cordoba House and the Limits of Public Opinion

Asher Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Opinion, Ground Zero Mosque, Cordoba House, Charles Krauthammer, CNN Poll, Politics News
Asher Smith

According to a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll, 70 percent of Americans oppose construction of the planned Cordoba House two blocks away from Ground Zero. Who cares?

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After Zakaria, What About Other ADL Humphrey Prize Recipients?

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tim Rutten, Jon Meacham, Marvin Kalb, Charles Krauthammer, Adl, Lesley Stahl, Tolerance, Fareed Zakaria, Clarence Page, Floyd Abrams, Bernard Lewis, Hubert Humphrey, Cordoba Mosque, Larry King, Muslims, George Will, Mortimer Zuckerman, Arabs, Bernard Shaw, C-Span, World Trade Center, Discrimination, Daniel Pearl. Bob Schieffer, Dan Rather, Ground Zero, Bill Moyers, Martin Peretz, Anti-Defamation League, Nat Hentoff, Media News
Steve Clemons

I don't necessarily believe in follow-the-leader, but knowing how other recipients feel about the ADL controversy and the Cordoba mosque could be instructive and important.

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