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My Take
Charles Krauthammer commands my respect less for his politics than for his intellectual honesty. A psychiatrist who became a Pulitzer-winning columnist, he had the rare courage to follow his own reasoning from liberal beginnings toward independent conservatism, rather than freeze into a tribe. That willingness to change your mind in public, against the pull of an audience, is something I admire deeply. With an Oxford-trained intellect, he made his living entirely through the discipline of argument, syndicated to over 400 publications. Whether or not one agreed with him, he believed words should be earned by thought. His 2018 passing left a quieter discourse.
Overview
Charles Krauthammer (; March 13, 1950 – June 21, 2018) 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.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Charles Krauthammer
- Name (Japanese)
- チャールズ・クラウトハマー
- Reading
- ちゃーるず・くらうとはまー
- Born
- March 13, 1950 – June 21, 2018
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Tiger
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- physician / columnist / pundit / psychiatrist / writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Balliol College
Awards & achievements
- 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
- 2004 Irving Kristol Award
- Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Opinion Journalism
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.