https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2010/07/16/pawn-to-king-four-pawn-to-king-four/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 08:58:34 -0400<![CDATA[If Barack Obama has only finished the first part of a plan to re-architecture US society, as Charles Krauthammer warns, as a prelude to an even more ambitious second act involving the &#8220;massive regulation of the energy economy, federalizing higher education and &#8216;comprehensive&#8217; immigration reform&#8221;, the question is whether the political opposition to Obama&#8217;s policies ought to take the same long range strategic view.  If Krauthammer is right, and the President plans nothing less than capturing the ideological opposition&#8217;s political capital to destroy it forever, then the logical response of any opponent would be symmetrical. A liberalism intentionally out to flatten its opponents risks being paid back in its own coin. After all, who marches on Moscow stakes the life of Berlin. Yet isn&#8217;t all this apocalyptic talk jumping the gun? How can anyone be sure the President has the long term aims that Krauthammer suggests?]]>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:09:22 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2010/07/16/pawn-to-king-four-pawn-to-king-four-n189894