A new book. Things that matter is not a confessional memoir or scandalous kissandtell. Its a collection of newspaper and magazine pieces from the pulitzer prizewinning columnist. Or maybe its more than that. Are you decoding my book . I am decoding it right now. Like its entirely about me. [ laughs ] but its all written in hieroglyphics. Well, its not quite as impenetrable as hieroglyphics. Lets 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. And how we played. It was paradise. Tell me about that. It was a paradisiacal childhood. My brother and i were inseparable. He was four years older, which is
i was sure that was the end. and interestingly enough, people talk about near death experiences. there was no panic. there was no great emotion.e i didn t see a light. my life did not flash before me. you sort of get to a place where you are ready and then you are suddenly brought back to the world. my friend, thinking i was fooling around, left me down there for a while because he thought i was playing. then he pulls me out and there were two books on the side of the pool when they picked up my effects. one was the anatomy of the spinal cord and the t other one was man s fate by monroe. quite a choice. i didn t know what was coming. but it fit very well. and the safey for most parallel parallel parking job goes to.
sure that was the end. do you think back to that day often? not really. it doesn t i kind of have a distance from it. i see it like as if it happened in a film. um. and interestingly enough, for people talk about near-death experiences, there was no panic, there was no great emotion. i didn t see a light. my life did not flash before me. you sort of get to a place where you re ready and then you re suddenly brought back to the world. so no cosmic revelation as he was rushed to the hospital, though krauthammer notes the irony of what he left behind. there were two books on the side of the pool when they picked up my effects. one was the anatomy of the spinal cord and the other one s man s fate by andré malraux.
sure that was the end. do you think back to that day often? not really. it doesn t i kind of have a distance from it. i see it like as if it happened in a film. um. and interestingly enough, for people talk about near-death experiences, there was no panic, there was no great emotion. i didn t see a light. my life did not flash before me. you sort of get to a place where you re ready and then you re suddenly brought back to the world. so no cosmic revelation as he was rushed to the hospital, though krauthammer notes the irony of what he left behind. there were two books on the side of the pool when they picked up my effects. one was the anatomy of the spinal cord and the other one s man s fate by andré malraux.
man s fate by andré malraux. quite a choice. i didn t know what was coming, but it fit very well. coming up, krauthammer s fate lay in the balance. what he did next astounded his professors and classmates. i knew that would be fatal. it was not a question.