Krauthammer: The Rubicon has been crossed with North Korea
On July 4, North Korea tested an ICBM apparently capable of hitting the United States. For 25 years, we have kicked the North Korean can down the road. We are...
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Krauthammer: Why do they even play the game?
In sports, the pleasure of winning is less than the pain of losing. By any Benthamite pleasure/pain calculation, the sum is less than zero. A net negative of suffering.
Krauthammer: The great Muslim civil war — and us
The great Muslim civil war, centered in Syria, is approaching its post-Islamic State phase. It's the end of the beginning. The parties are maneuvering to shape what comes next.
Krauthammer: You can’t govern by id
Donald Trump was elected to do politically incorrect -- and needed -- things like withdrawing from Paris. He was not elected to do crazy things, starting with his tweets.
Krauthammer: All for one, one for all? Not if you’re Donald Trump
So what if, in his speech last week to NATO, President Trump didn't explicitly reaffirm the provision that an attack on one is an attack on all? What's the big...
Krauthammer: Why Middle East peace starts in Saudi Arabia
The quixotic American pursuit of Mideast peace is a perennial. It invariably fails, yet every administration feels compelled to give it a try. The Trump administration is no different. It...
Krauthammer: The guardrails can no longer contain Donald Trump
The country is now caught in the internal maelstrom that is the mind of Donald Trump. We are in the realm of the id. Chaos reigns. The guardrails that were...
Krauthammer: James Comey’s political ax murder
Whacking James Comey has brought more critical attention to the Russia story than anything imaginable. If Donald Trump thought this would end it, he's made the blunder of the decade.
Krauthammer: What to do when the president is the Wizard of Oz
Donald Trump is loud and bombastic. A charlatan. Nothing behind the screen -- other than the institutional chaos that defines his White House and the psychic chaos that governs his...
Krauthammer: With North Korea, we do have cards to play
The Korea crisis is real and growing. But the United States is not helpless. We have choices. We have assets. It's time to deploy them.