9 iron, field a grounder, dock a sailboat in a tailing wind. and how we played. it was paradise. tell me about that. it was a paradise childhood. my brother and i were inseparable. he was four years older, which is why this is a priceless gift. he insisted i always be included, so i got used to being around the big boys. that s how you get toughened up. my parents were from europe. he was born in brazil, but that s a long story. but american. and he made me an american. that long story short. krauthammer s mother is from belgium. his father was a real estate developer, from what is now a province of the ukraine. both jews who left world war ii europe. they left havana, moved to rio and eventually new york city where charles was born in 1950.
nine-iron, field a grounder, dock a sailboat in the tailing wind. and how we played. it was paradise. tell me about that. it was a musical childhood. my brother was inseperable. he was 4 years older. he always insisted i be included. i got used to being around the big boys and taking the slings and arrows. that s how you get tough ined up. my parents were from europe. he was american, my brother. born in brazil but that s a long story. american. he made me an american. that long story short. krauthammer s mother thea is from belgium. his father was a real estate developer from what is now a providence of ukraine. both jews who left world war ii europe. they met in havana, moved to rio and eventually new york city where charles was born in 1950.
fox news reporting profile reluctantly as part of the publicity campaign for, yes, a new book. things that matter isn t a memoir or scandalous kiss and tell. it is a collection of newspaper and magazine pieces from the pulitzer prize winning columnist. or maybe more. are you decodying my book? like it s all about me but where it in hieroglyphics. not quite that impenetrable. part one of the book is titled personal. the first column is a moving piece about your brother. marcel krauthammer died of cancer seven years ago. he was 59. charles wrote, he taught me most everything i ever learned about every sport i played. how to throw a football, grip a 9 iron, hit a backhand, field a
fox news reporting profile reluctantly as part of the publicity campaign for, yes, a new book. things that matter isn t a memoir or scandalous kiss and tell. it is a collection of newspaper and magazine pieces from the pulitzer prize winning columnist. or maybe more. are you decodying my book? like it s all about me but where it in hieroglyphics. not quite that impenetrable. part one of the book is titled personal. the first column is a moving piece about your brother. marcel krauthammer died of cancer seven years ago. he was 59. charles wrote, he taught me most everything i ever learned about every sport i played. how to throw a football, grip a 9 iron, hit a backhand, field a
a new book. things that matter is not a confessional memoir or scandalous kiss-and-tell. it s a collection of newspaper and magazine pieces from the pulitzer prize-winning columnist. or maybe it s more than that. are you decoding my book? i am decoding it right now. like it s entirely about me. [ laughs ] but it s all written in hieroglyphics. well, it s not quite as impenetrable as hieroglyphics. let s start with part one of your book, and it is titled personal. and in there, the first column is really an incredibly moving piece about your brother. marcel krauthammer died of cancer. he was 59. charles writes this about his older brother. he taught me most everything i ever learned about every sport i ever played. he taught me how to throw a football, hit a backhand, grip a nine iron, field a grounder, dock a sailboat in the tailing wind.