From The Rose Garden1 June 30, 2018

As I was thinking about The Rose Garden, I had including the long obituary in , planned to offer some musings on a number of to explore more fully his genius and the enormous topics related to summer. However, approximately range of ideas and interests in his writings. ten days ago all such thoughts were banished when Regardless of political affiliation - Democrat, our nation and the world lost one of the most cogent Republican or Independent, after reading his and respected political and geopolitical thinkers of columns, one comes away much the wiser. our time: Dr. . For over 30 years Charles wrote a weekly syndicated column for Suggested Articles The Post, in which he commented on a 1. “A note to readers” by Charles Krauthammer, variety of national and global issues with acerbic wit , June 8, 2018 and laser-focused insight. In 1987 his column was 2. “Charles Krauthammer Goes Out Like Gehrig” recognized with a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary, by Fay Vincent, The Wall Street Journal, June 10, the highest award in U.S. journalism. He was a 2018 weekly panelist on the PBS show Inside 3. “Charles Krauthammer’s Democratic Vocation” Washington, as well as a nightly commentator on by Bret Stephens, The New York Times, June 15, Fox News. If you think working for such disparate 2018 news organizations is strange, perhaps almost 4. “Charles Krauthammer, a Great Thinker and an impossible, his editor at The Post, Meg Greenfield, Even Better Friend” by Irwin Stelzer, The Wall remarked that “he was independent and hard to peg Street Journal, June 21, 2018 politically”. 5. “Charles Krauthammer Dies at 68; Cogent Voice of Conservative Ideas” by Sam Roberts, But instead of waxing lyrical about Charles’ The New York Times, June 21, 2018 character, wit, and reputation, except to recommend 6. “Charles Krauthammer” by The Editorial his book, Things That Matter, a marvelous Board, The Wall Street Journal, June 22, 2018 compilation of his writings, I will instead * * * leave it to others in the articles suggested below,

1 The “From The” musings are written from time to time by TWMP’s two partners. The Rose Garden is written by Hugh R. Taylor and The Arboretum by Joshua D. Goldman, PhD, CFA.