The Black Republican

Charles Krauthammer has always been one of the primary reasons I tune into the Fox News Channel to see Special Report w/ Brit Hume. IMHO, the famous 'panel' is never quite as good when he is not there. The combination of his intellect, insight, wit, and frankness is not just fun to watch, but inspiring.

Today, Mr. Krauthammer gives us a rare glimpse into his background, his foundation, and what makes him tick. He does this by way of a bittersweet story about the relationship between he and his brother Marcel. Having read this, all I could think of were these famous lines from No man is an island by John Donne (paraphrased ever so slightly):

...No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, [America] is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were. Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee...

Mr. Krauthammer, our sympathies and prayers are with you and your family. Your elegant words have let us all know what a great man your brother was, and that we have all been diminished by his passing.