Has the Mantle Been Passed From Charles Krauthammer to David French?

Dr. Krauthammer was a brilliant man that all sides of the political aisle respected with his great quips and well reasoned articles of the complex and divisive issues of the day. There was no meanness in his rhetoric but rather compassion and thoughtfulness that Democrats, Republicans, independents, liberals, conservatives and moderates all respected [even if they didn’t agree with him.]

He was like the E.F. Hutton of political pundits: “When [Charles Krauthammer] spoke, all people listened.”

On many of the tough issues of the day, when I myself had conflicting views, I would always want to turn to Krauthammer and ask to myself, “What does Krauthammer say about it?’ And then I would think, “If it’s good enough for Dr. Krauthammer, it’s good enough for me.”

So, there was a big void left when Charles Krauthammer died at such an early age from evil cancer.

But there is another man I have discovered that can deliver his well reasoned views [coming from a conservative and compassionate bias] with great rhetoric that all sides respect.

Just like Krauthammer, this man of faith can take complex and divisive isssues of the day and give an opinion that conservatives and liberals alike can comprehend and respect, whether they agree with him or not. The man I am talking about is David French [at the time of this writing; a senior fellow at the National Review Institute and a veteran of ‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’. [Update 1: August 10, 1921: David French is now a senior editor of The Dispatch and writes posts called The French Press; UPDATE 2, taken from David French Twitter/X home page: “New York Times columnist, visiting professor @lipscomb, Iraq vet, married to @NancyAFrench …this is a Memphis Grizzlies fan account.” 🙂

My friend, Cathy York, has called David French, “conservativism’s moral compass” and I agree with that 100%!

David is a man of great faith, expresses his views always in a thoughtful reasoned manner, and taking special care not to be insulting to someone who might have a different point on an issue.

This about David Austin French from The Hill: “French, who is in his late 40’s, was awarded the Bronze Star after leaving a comfortable legal career to serve in Iraq in 2007. He’s a Harvard-educated lawyer and former Constitutional professor at Cornell University, a former evangelical organizer for Mitt Romney’s two presidential campaigns, and a father and husband [wife Nancy A French] with a multi-racial family.”

While there will never be another Charles Krauthammer, I believe the mantle has been passed to David Austin French to fill the void.

Now whenever there is a complex and divisive political issue of the day, I don’t think I am the only who asks, “What does David think?”