Charles Krauthammer

Suggesting that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin “leave the room” in the debate over end-of-life counseling, conservative Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer today takes on the accusation that the Democrats’ strategy for health reform would create government-backed committees to euthanize seniors, as Palin has charged.
[T]here are no “death panels” in the Democratic health-care bills, and [...]

Little evidence backs claims that medical malpractice suits are driving up health care costs.

Politico asks whether Frank Ricci, the firefighter in the affirmative action case that’s dogged Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, can become an outspoken voice against her nomination. The answer: not really, but conservatives will try to make it happen anyway.
Ricci’s attorney Karen Torre … appeared on Fox News’ Neil Cavuto with two of the cases [...]

From Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel’s remarks with President Obama at the former concentration camp today:
You spoke of humanity, Mr. President. Though unto us, in those times, it was human to be inhuman. And now the world has learned, I hope. And of course this hope includes so many of what now would [...]

As long as we’re talking about torture, check out this letter that Tom Ricks published from an Army National Guard lieutanant colonel to Charles Krauthammer after Krauthammer’s latest apologia for torture. The whole thing is a tonic of basic decency and strategic wisdom, but this particularly is worth excerpting.
Torture of another human being is illegal, [...]

One of the more frustrating aspects of counterinsurgency is talking to the people who were recently shooting at you — sometimes while they’re shooting at you. Often that gets misinterpreted as softness, but it’s more of a recognition that the only way to achieve a true victory is by coopting your opponents. What looks like [...]

The most interesting angle on President-elect Barack Obama’s bread-breaking with conservatives last night was the intrigue on Rush Limbaugh’s Website.
Speculation swirled all over the EIB: Obama asked for ideas to save the economy, Rush had some good ones on Monday, and Tuesday he’s mysteriously in Washington… coincidence?
Sadly, Sam Stein reports that “Limbaugh was definitely not [...]