“Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country - and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians.”

American political columnist and psychiatrist

Charles Krauthammer was an American political columnist and psychiatrist. He became known as a conservative commentator and won the Pulitzer Prize for his columns in The Washington Post in 1987. His weekly column was syndicated to more than 400 publications worldwide. His writing was rooted in politics and public affairs, and it made him a prominent voice in American conservative commentary.