Charles Krauthammer (1950–2018)
Auteur de Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics
A propos de l'auteur
Charles Krauthammer was born in Manhattan, New York on March 13, 1950. He received a degree in political science and economics from McGill University in 1970 and a medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1975. In 1978, he was a research director at the National Institute of Mental Health in afficher plus Washington and started getting articles about politics published in The New Republic. He started working for The New Republic full time in 1981 and wrote regularly for them until 2011. He also wrote regularly for Time magazine from 1983 to 2018 and a weekly column for The Washington Post from 1985 to 2018. He was a nightly panelist on Fox News's Special Report with Bret Baier for ten years and a panelist on PBS's Inside Washington from 1990 to 2013. He received the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1987 for his Washington Post columns and the William F. Buckley Award for Media Excellence. His books included Cutting Edges: Making Sense of the Eighties, Democratic Realism: An American Foreign Policy for a Unipolar World, and Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics. He died from cancer of the small intestine on June 21, 2018 at the age of 68. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1950-05-13
- Date de décès
- 2018-06-21
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- New York, New York, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
- Études
- McGill University (BA - Political Science and Economics)
University of Oxford (Balliol College)
Harvard University (MD) - Professions
- political columnist
conservative - Relations
- Hartman, David (teacher)
- Organisations
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Chess Journalists of America
Pro Musica Hebraica (co-founder)
Council on Foreign Relations
Massachusetts General Hospital (chief resident of psychiatry)
The New Republic (tout afficher 11)
Time
The Washington Post
PBS
Fox News
The American Scholar - Prix et distinctions
- Edwin Dunlop Prize (1978)
Champion-Tuck Award (1984)
National Magazine Award (1984)
First Amendment Award (1985)
Pulitzer Prize (Commentary, 1987)
Irving Kristol Award (2004) (tout afficher 10)
Bradley Prize (2004)
Eric Breindel Award (2008-2009)
William F. Buckley Award (2013)
Guardian of Zion Award (2002)
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Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 4
- Aussi par
- 5
- Membres
- 1,238
- Popularité
- #20,731
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 22
- ISBN
- 22
- Langues
- 1
- Favoris
- 3
Of course there are a few caveats:
- My review is totally biased because I love Krauthammer's writing and often agree with his views
- Although he is a former Democrat, he is now clearly conservative, and since I lean that way on almost every non social issue, well my views are especially simpatico.
That being said, I think it is hard to find a columnist who can write as succinctly as Krauthammer while bringing very strong intellectual arguments to bear. If you are not conservative and want to test your belief system against one of the best, read this book. He may not change your mind, but you may find yourself running to Google to bolster your arguments.
The book is divided into four sections: Personal, Political, Historical, and Global. He republishes "best of" columns from the eighties, nineties and recent past. The Political section is the most controversial. The Global section is the most dry, but also by far the most important. I think Krauthammer really has some important things to say about the role of the U.S. in today's world, and the various philosophies that impact our foreign policy. He is extremely thought provoking.
His personal background makes him more interesting. He is a former Democrat who went to Harvard Medical School to study psychiatry. There, he became paralyzed in a diving accident in his first year, but he persisted and became a doctor. He was a gifted writer and ultimately left medicine to write. The guy is an intellectual giant. Even when I don't agree with him, I find it hard to refute his case. Sometimes I change my mind.
I actually would love to read this book as a group read because there would be so much to discuss. All in all, I think this is very worthwhile reading no matter where you are on the political spectrum.… (plus d'informations)