Writer and Essayist

Daniel Krauthammer

4 articles 2016–2018

Daniel Krauthammer is a writer and the son of Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist Charles Krauthammer. He contributed essays to The Weekly Standard exploring themes of American exceptionalism, national identity, and political philosophy. He also wrote the introduction to his father's posthumous book 'The Point of It All.'

The Challenge of Scale

January 26, 2018 · Nazis, Judaism, Daniel Krauthammer

January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945.

What Makes America Great?

April 28, 2017 · Table of Contents, Make America Great Again, Features

The rise of Donald Trump began a debate about the proper place of nationalism in American politics. A growing chorus on the political right, including even many who opposed his candidacy, has been praising the president’s "America First" agenda as a healthy restoration of nationalism and fleshing…

Without Exceptionalism

April 1, 2016 · Table of Contents, Daniel Krauthammer, American Exceptionalism

‘Americans and Europeans alike sometimes forget how unique is the United States of America," Margaret Thatcher said. "No other nation has been built upon an idea—the idea of liberty." This is the essence of American exceptionalism. The American identity and national bond are based not just on a…