# Charles Krauthammer has died (title update) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 11, 2018, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-krauthammer-has-died-title-update/815923 "2018-06-11T22:59:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-krauthammer-has-died-title-update/815923/1 "2018-06-11T22:59:32Z")
> **[Opinion | A note to readers](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-note-to-readers/2018/06/08/3512010c-6b24-11e8-bea7-c8eb28bc52b1_story.html)** > > A message from Charles Krauthammer This is sad news indeed. He has been a lion of the conservative movement for many years. I have enjoyed his columns. One example of his writing: “In explaining any puzzling Washington phenomenon, always choose stupidity over conspiracy, incompetence over cunning. Anything else gives them too much credit.” > [@](#): > > Charles is a serious baseball fan. His final declaration that “my fight is over” recalled for me the moving exit speech by Lou Gehrig, who—on July 4, 1939, dying of his eponymous disease—called himself “the luckiest man on the face of the earth.” It is important to play the game well, but it is also important how one leaves the arena. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/charles-krauthammer-goes-out-like-gehrig-1528652464](https://www.wsj.com/articles/charles-krauthammer-goes-out-like-gehrig-1528652464) ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-krauthammer-has-died-title-update/815923/2 "2018-06-11T23:07:55Z")
That sucks. He did make it to his late 60s, so he lived quite a while. Especially considering the accident he lived a very full life. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-krauthammer-has-died-title-update/815923/3 "2018-06-11T23:55:43Z")
I was sorry when I saw this on Friday, I always enjoyed listening to his take on things. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-krauthammer-has-died-title-update/815923/4 "2018-06-11T23:56:12Z")
I’m very sorry to hear that. Always enjoyed reading his columns. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-krauthammer-has-died-title-update/815923/5 "2018-06-12T02:15:52Z")
I didn’t agree with him about anything, but no one should have to die of cancer. I hope his passing is peaceful. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-krauthammer-has-died-title-update/815923/6 "2018-06-12T02:26:53Z")
Krauthammer advocated for the Iraq war and supported the use of torture. I hope his final days are more peaceful than those of the victims of his ideology. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-krauthammer-has-died-title-update/815923/7 "2018-06-12T03:49:51Z")
He wrote that he knew immediately what had happened when he hit the bottom of the pool, and he thought he was going to die right there, since he knew he couldn’t swim back to the surface. His companions figured out in time that something was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-krauthammer-has-died-title-update/815923/8 "2018-06-12T12:31:11Z")
He still has time to repent on his deathbed, like Lee Atwater did. Some men’s deaths diminish me less than others, though. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-krauthammer-has-died-title-update/815923/9 "2018-06-12T13:51:25Z")
I give him credit for being on the Never Trump train, however little impact that may have had in the end. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-krauthammer-has-died-title-update/815923/10 "2018-06-12T13:54:35Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Krauthammer advocated for the Iraq war and supported the use of torture. I hope his final days are more peaceful than those of the victims of his ideology. I always feel guilty when I hear this kind of news about a person like that because my reaction is, “Who gives a damn?” ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-krauthammer-has-died-title-update/815923/11 "2018-06-12T14:07:20Z")
I always thought him an exceptional asshole - even by asshole standards. Was not at all unhappy to hear he is dying. Not sure I want him to suffer, but I’m not in the least saddened that he is dying. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-krauthammer-has-died-title-update/815923/12 "2018-06-12T16:05:27Z")
He is no dummy, though, and was unafraid to satke out a position other conservatives would not: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-raise-the-gas-tax-a-lot/2015/01/08/5b4b407c-976f-11e4-aabd-d0b93ff613d5\_story.html?noredirect=on&utm\_term=.30887d802d80](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-raise-the-gas-tax-a-lot/2015/01/08/5b4b407c-976f-11e4-aabd-d0b93ff613d5_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.30887d802d80) ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-krauthammer-has-died-title-update/815923/13 "2018-06-12T16:11:27Z")
I certainly do not wish death on anyone and cancer sucks big time. That said I will not miss him. He was a huge cheerleader for the war in Iraq, supported torture and more generally pushed American Exceptionalism as a foreign policy. He did not make the world a better place. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-krauthammer-has-died-title-update/815923/14 "2018-06-12T16:17:24Z")
Way OT, but for some reason, I always thought he was paralyzed in a mountaineering incident. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-krauthammer-has-died-title-update/815923/15 "2018-06-12T16:33:35Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I certainly do not wish death on anyone and cancer sucks big time. > > That said I will not miss him. He was a huge cheerleader for the war in Iraq, supported torture and more generally pushed American Exceptionalism as a foreign policy. > > He did not make the world a better place. Indeed. I will take no joy in his passing and my sympathies will go to his family and friends, but - in public, at least - he was a reactionary asshole who advocated policies that actively harmed innocent people, and I will not mourn the loss of that. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-krauthammer-has-died-title-update/815923/16 "2018-06-21T22:49:01Z")
RIP. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-krauthammer-has-died-title-update/815923/17 "2018-06-21T22:57:58Z")
Now who will continue his legacy of erudite, beautifully written torture apologia? Who will market unnecessary wars to those who find Rush Limbaugh a little beneath them? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-krauthammer-has-died-title-update/815923/18 "2018-06-21T23:56:39Z")
The world is a better place. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-krauthammer-has-died-title-update/815923/19 "2018-06-22T00:35:48Z")
Another Republican in hell. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-krauthammer-has-died-title-update/815923/20 "2018-06-22T01:04:50Z")
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