This post was updated August 2, 2021
To call the late Dr. Charles Krauthammer an opinion writer is a vast understatement. a Pulitzer Prize winner, he wrote a popular column for the Washington Post . He died from intestinal cancer in 2018.
With wit and wisdom he addressed a wide variety of headlining topics, as well as those more mundane, including politics, economics,education, relationships and lifestyle. His previous background as a practicing psychiatrist qualified him to comment on medical issues with insight and experience.
Ebola (and COVID-19) vs. civil liberties
In this 2014 article about the Ebola virus epidemic and civil liberties, he addressed the conflict created by the introduction of the Ebola virus into the United States. He argues that the need to protect the public’s health and the rights of the individual may not always coincide.
These arguments could apply to situations other than Ebola infection. They include other infectious diseases as well as tobacco use, alcohol and drug use and abuse, motor vehicle safety, mental health, vaccine avoidance, gun ownership, and sexually transmitted diseases.
Things that matter : three decades of passions, pastimes, and politics
As a physician, I find it fascinating and amazing that Dr. Krauthammer completed medical school and residency after and despite sustaining a spinal cord injury which caused quadriplegia (paralysis from the neck down, preventing use of his arms and legs).
He discusses this, and pays tribute to a medical school professor who helped make it possible in his book
a both a memoir and a collection of his essays. His success causes one to question how exactly should we define “disability”?
You will find Dr. Krauthammer on The Washington Post . You may not always agree with him, but I think you will appreciate his creative use of words to express his well thought opinions.
Dr. Charles Krauthammer on circus elephants, eating meat, and moral choices
Dr. Charles Krauthammer on circus elephants, eating meat, and moral choices
“One measure of human moral progress-amid and despite the savageries we visit upon each other-is how we treat the innocent in our care. ” Charles Krauthammer
exploring the HEART of public health
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