| | '''Dr. Charles Krauthammer''' (March 13, 1950 – June 21, 2018) was a [[Harvard]]-trained [[psychiatrist]]<ref>Krauthammer was Chief Resident of the psychiatric consultation service of Massachusetts General Hospital [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/03/bush_derangement_syndrome_chen.html]</ref> and [[Pulitzer prize]] winning columnist whose writings also appeared often in the [[Weekly Standard]], the [[Washington Post]], and [[Time]]. He was a [[conservative]] political analyst and author, as well as a regular contributor to the [[Fox News]] show ''Special Report with Brit Hume'', along with [[Bill Kristol]] and [[Fred Barnes]]. In April 2009, Krauthammer won the 11th annual Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Journalism for depicting "love of country and its democratic institutions."<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/03/krauthammer-wins-breindel-award-excellence-journalism/ Charles Krauthammer Wins Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Journalism], Joshua Rhett Miller, ''FOXNews.com'', April 3, 2009</ref> | | '''Dr. Charles Krauthammer''' (March 13, 1950 – June 21, 2018) was a [[Harvard]]-trained [[psychiatrist]]<ref>Krauthammer was Chief Resident of the psychiatric consultation service of Massachusetts General Hospital [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/03/bush_derangement_syndrome_chen.html]</ref> and [[Pulitzer prize]] winning columnist whose writings also appeared often in the [[Weekly Standard]], the [[Washington Post]], and [[Time]]. He was a [[conservative]] political analyst and author, as well as a regular contributor to the [[Fox News]] show ''Special Report with Brit Hume'', along with [[Bill Kristol]] and [[Fred Barnes]]. In April 2009, Krauthammer won the 11th annual Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Journalism for depicting "love of country and its democratic institutions."<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/03/krauthammer-wins-breindel-award-excellence-journalism/ Charles Krauthammer Wins Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Journalism], Joshua Rhett Miller, ''FOXNews.com'', April 3, 2009</ref> |
| | + | A tremendous inspiration to all, Krauthammer was paralyzed from the neck down in a tragic diving accident while he was a student, and yet overcame it with determination, hard work, and wonderful attitude about life. |
| | In an editorial in the magazine ''[[Commentary]]'', Krauthammer wrote that [[neoconservativism]] "is the maturation of a governing ideology whose time has come." The original "fathers of neoconservatism" were "former liberals or leftists." More recently, they were joined by "realists, newly mugged by reality," such as [[Condoleezza Rice]], [[Richard Cheney]] and [[George W. Bush]], who "have given weight to neoconservatism, making it more diverse and, given the newcomers' past experience, more mature."<ref>[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=18654 “The Neoconservative Convergence”], Charles Krauthammer, ''Commentary magazine''</ref> | | In an editorial in the magazine ''[[Commentary]]'', Krauthammer wrote that [[neoconservativism]] "is the maturation of a governing ideology whose time has come." The original "fathers of neoconservatism" were "former liberals or leftists." More recently, they were joined by "realists, newly mugged by reality," such as [[Condoleezza Rice]], [[Richard Cheney]] and [[George W. Bush]], who "have given weight to neoconservatism, making it more diverse and, given the newcomers' past experience, more mature."<ref>[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=18654 “The Neoconservative Convergence”], Charles Krauthammer, ''Commentary magazine''</ref> |