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Things that matter : three decades of passions, pastimes and politics / Charles Krauthammer.

by Krauthammer, Charles, 1950-

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Krauthammer, Charles, 1950-

Popular culture -- United States -- History.

American essays -- 21st century.

United States -- Politics and government.

United States -- Civilization.

9780385349178 (hc.)

0385349173 (hc.)

x, 387 pages ; 25 cm.

Includes index.

Personal. The good and the great ; Manners ; Pride and prejudices ; Follies ; Passions and pastimes ; Heaven and earth -- Political. Citizen and state ; Conundrums ; Body and soul ; Man and God ; Memory and monuments -- Historical. The Jewish question, again ; The golden age ; The age of holy terror ; The age to come ; Three essays on America and the world.

"From America's preeminent columnist, named by the Financial Times the most influential commentator in the nation, the long-awaited collection of Charles Krauthammer's essential, timeless writings. A brilliant stylist known for an uncompromising honesty that challenges conventional wisdom at every turn, Krauthammer has for decades dazzled readers with his keen insight into politics and government. His weekly column is a must-read. The best of Krauthammer's intelligence, erudition and wit are collected in one volume. Readers will find here not only the country's leading conservative thinker offering a passionate defense of limited government, but also a highly independent mind whose views--on feminism, evolution and the death penalty, for example--defy ideological convention. Things That Matter also features several of Krauthammer's major path-breaking essays on bioethics, on Jewish destiny and on America's role as the world's superpower. A trove of always penetrating, often bemused reflections on everything from border collies to Halley's Comet, from Woody Allen to Winston Churchill, from the punishing pleasures of speed chess to the elegance of the perfectly thrown outfield assist. This indispensible chronicle takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the fashions and follies, the tragedies and triumphs, of the last three decades of American life. Since 1985, Krauthammer has written a syndicated column for The Washington Post for which he won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary. He is a contributing editor to The Weekly Standard and The New Republic, and a weekly panelist on Inside Washington"--Provided by publisher.

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