Charles Krauthammer

The Democrats' race to catch up with the Republican revolution has taken two forms. President Clinton, tacking right, offers kinder, gentler Gingrichism. The House Democrats, their rudder stuck on orthodox...

A year ago next week, the American romance with the new Russia received its first jolt. In their first ever post-communist election, half the Russian people voted for fascist or...

Now Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.)has lost his head over Bosnia too. Not content to let Bob Dole (R-Kan.) lead the charge of the light brigade into Balkan oblivion, Gingrich has turned...

Memo to: Newt Gingrich, co-president for domestic policy From: Krauthammer Re: The first 100 days 1. Use and abuse of the rules. You have a problem. During the campaign, you...

The single greatest challenge facing the new Republican Congress is welfare reform. It was the single greatest challenge facing President Clinton, too, but he simply ducked the issue, preferring instead...

In July 1945, Britain held its first election since the start of World War II. Up for re-election was Winston Churchill, fresh from saving Britain (and much else). A grateful...

"We ought to be ashamed of ourselves if we just vote no because we're mad. . . .Count to 10. How many times did my mama say, count to 10?...

In the late '80s and early '90s, conservatives in the Bush administration, alarmed at the decline in American education, pushed for national standards to help restore discipline and excellence to...

Delta Airlines, you might have noticed, does not run negative TV ads about USAir. It does not show pictures of the crash of USAir flight 427, with a voice-over saying:...

"The easiest way to achieve complete strategic surprise," notes Eisenhower biographer Stephen Ambrose, "is to commit an act that makes no sense." Pearl Harbor and Hitler's invasion of Russia are...