Posted on 06/09/2018 4:18:26 AM PDT by calvincaspian
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and commentator Charles Krauthammer is dying. He’d been battling cancer and seemed to have come out all right, but it took a turn. He released a letter to the media yesterday which was simple in its message, but heartbreaking to read.
“I have only a few weeks left to live. This is the final verdict. My fight is over.”
He thanked family and friends for their love and support and then addressed his colleagues, readers and viewers.
“I believe that the pursuit of truth and right ideas through honest debate and rigorous argument is a noble undertaking,” Krauthammer wrote. “I am grateful to have played a small role in the conversations that have helped guide this extraordinary nation’s destiny.”
(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...
Howver, sometimes, in order to maintain an allure of the high moral and intellectual ground, one can lose common sense and the ability to see the forest for the trees...
Go gently and rest in peace, Mr. Krauthammer.
That being said, I will not apologize for screaming at you on my TV the night Obama was elected and you very solemnly looked at the camera and said, “We’ve elected a man that we know very little about.” Exactly WHO was the reporter and WHOSE job was it to find out (AND report) on the turd-in-chief!!??
His atheism was hard to stomach also. He never did really understand the blend between conservatism and God.
Mr Kruthammer, prays are delivered. I just read Wiki and I didn’t know he wrote Mondale speeches...refused to vote for Trump? He could’ve voted since I couldn’t... :-(
Krauthammer (at least back in 2013) opposed the NFL Redskins' name...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0RzS17OMrg (from National Review's YT channel fwiw)
(Krauthammer's comment begins at 2:32)
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Krauthammer (at least back in 2013) opposed the NFL Redskins' name...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0RzS17OMrg (from National Review's YT channel fwiw)
(Krauthammer's comment begins at 2:32)
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