Things That Matter : : Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes, and Politics
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Selected essays previously published in various periodicals and journals.
Includes index.
Part one: Personal. The good and the great ; Manners ; Pride and prejudices ; Follies ; Passions and pastimes ; Heaven and Earth -- Part two: Political. Citizen and state ; Conundrums ; Body and soul ; Man and God ; Memory and monuments -- Part three: Historical. The Jewish question, again ; The golden age ; The age of holy terror ; The age to come -- Part four: Global. Three essays on America and the world.
America's preeminent columnist presents his penetrating and surprising reflections on everything from embryo research to entitlement reform, from Halley's Comet to border collies, from Christopher Columbus to Martin Luther King, from drone warfare to American decline. Features a special, highly autobiographical introduction.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Crown Forum, [2013]
Year Published: 2013
Description: x, 387 p. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780385349178
0385349173
SUBJECTS
Krauthammer, Charles, -- 1950-
Popular culture -- History.
United States -- Politics and government.
United States -- Civilization.