George Weigel: Friday mornings with Charles Krauthammer – how he brightened those days, and our lives

In my satchel of Krauthammer memories, my personal favorite may cast some new light on this much-praised man, who made Friday mornings brighter with his weekly column, no matter what the subject on which he wrote.  

There was, however, an exception to my congenital early morning grumpiness and it involved 32 years of Fridays. Because on Friday mornings, for more than three decades, my first semi-conscious thought was, "I wonder what Charles is writing about today?" The answer rarely disappointed.  The encomia that followed Charles Krauthammer’s announcement that he was terminally ill, and that continued after his death, were appropriately full of praise for his courage and kindness.