Charles Krauthammer

Charles Krauthammer, M.D. (born March 13, 1950 in New York) is a syndicated columnist who appears in the Washington Post and other publications. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1987. He frequently supports neoconservative positions in political issues.

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March 13 - 1950 - New York - Columnist - Washington Post - Pulitzer Prize - Neoconservative

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Krauthammer obtained a first-class honors degree in political science and economics from McGill University in 1970, and was a Commonwealth Scholar in politics at Balliol College, Oxford 1970-71. In his freshman year at Harvard medical school in 1972, he was paralyzed in a serious diving accident which permanently confined him to a wheelchair http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/krauthammer082800.asp. Continuing medical training during his rehabilitation, he earned an M.D. from Harvard University's medical school in 1975, and worked as a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital for several years. Krauthammer also engaged in research; for example, he and his colleague Klerman described the secondary mania as a syndrome with multiple causes.

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Political science - Economics - McGill University - 1970 - Balliol College, Oxford - Harvard - Harvard University - Psychiatrist - Massachusetts General Hospital - Mania - Syndrome

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In 1978, Krauthammer quit medical practice to direct planning in psychiatric research for the Jimmy Carter administration, and began contributing to the magazine, The New Republic. During the presidential campaign of 1980, he served as a speech writer to Vice President Walter Mondale. He also writes essays for TIME and the Weekly Standard and is a regular member of "The Panel" on Fox News's evening broadcast with Brit Hume and appears as a Fox News Contributor often.

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Jimmy Carter - The New Republic - Vice President - Walter Mondale - TIME - Weekly Standard

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