Why is Krauth worth listening to? In this very column he supports aiding the Syrian rebels - a bunch of Christian-killing Islamists.
In 1978, Krauthammer moved to Washington, D.C., to direct planning in psychiatric research under the Carter administration.[1] He began contributing articles about politics to The New Republic and in 1980 served as a speech writer to vice president Walter Mondale.[1] In January 1981, Krauthammer joined The New Republic as both a writer and editor.
Krauthammer is a member of the Chess Journalists of America[18] and the Council on Foreign Relations.
Krauthammer has been called a conservative;[35][36] however, he has also supported libertarian ideals on domestic issues. Krauthammer is a supporter of legalized abortion;[37][38][39] an opponent of the death penalty;[40][41][42][43] an intelligent design critic and an advocate for the scientific consensus on evolution, calling the religion-science controversy a “false conflict;”[44][45] a supporter of embryonic stem cell research using embryos discarded by fertility clinics with restrictions in its applications;[46][47][48] and a longtime advocate of radically higher energy taxes to induce conservation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Krauthammer
“Why is Krauth worth listening to?”
Critical listening skills, even when disagreeing, used to be considered a virtue.