Book Summary

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.
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A brilliant stylist known for an uncompromising honesty that challenges conventional wisdom at every turn, Krauthammer has for decades daz�zled readers with his keen insight into politics and government. His weekly column is a must-read in Washington and across the country. Now, finally, the best of Krauthammer�s intelligence, erudition and wit are collected in one volume.
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Readers will find here not only the country�s leading conservative thinker offering a pas�sionate 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 Krautham�mer�s major path-breaking essays�on bioeth�ics, on Jewish destiny and on America�s role as the world�s superpower�that have pro�foundly influenced the nation�s thoughts and policies. And finally, the collection presents a trove of always penetrating, often bemused re�flections on everything from border collies to Halley�s Comet, from Woody Allen to Win�ston Churchill, from the punishing pleasures of speed chess to the elegance of the perfectly thrown outfield assist.
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With a special, highly autobiographical in�troduction in which Krauthammer reflects on the events that shaped his career and political philosophy, 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.

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