02051cam a2200337 4500 758811050 TxAuBib 20131106120000.0 131031s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013409102 9780385349178 hardcover $28.00 0385349173 hardcover $28.00 (OCoLC)827973760 DLC eng rda DLC YDXCP BTCTA BDX UPZ UKMGB JAI CGP HCO MOF OCLCO FOLLT JQM TxGR TxAuBib Krauthammer, Charles, 1950- Essays Selections. Things that matter [Book] : three decades of passions, pastimes, and politics / Charles Krauthammer. First Edition. New York, NY : Crown Forum, [2013] x, 387 pages ; 25 cm. 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. 20131106. Krauthammer, Charles 1950- Popular culture United States History. United States Politics and government. United States Civilization. RV8