Krauthammer Deserves a Pulitzer

He hasn’t won a Pulitzer since 1987, but Charles Krauthammer’s recent essays (off the top of my head) on Harriet Miers, torture, gay marriage, and civil war in Iraq, for their unique perspicuity, cogency, and ability to spur debate, eminently qualify him for this year’s prize for commentary (even if the first two essays appeared late last year).

If Krauthammer doesn’t receive at least a nomination, then, as is the case with Victor Davis Hanson—who has spent the past five years explaining the war on terror with peerless eloquence, passion and historical context—it seems that the prizes (like the Oscars) are more political than I thought.