TY  - BOOK
AU  - Krauthammer,Charles
TI  - Things that matter: three decades of passions, pastimes, and politics 
SN  - 9780385349178 (hardcover)
U1  - 973.93 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Crown Forum
KW  - Krauthammer, Charles,
KW  - Popular culture
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Civilization
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -