To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil.

— Charles Krauthammer Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics (2013)

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Originally column published as "No-Respect Politics" in The Washington Post (26 July 2002)

A note to readers (2018)

Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics (2013)

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