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 tried to engage him, like, on the contras. what are you gonna do? and all of a sudden, what i m hearing from him is this story about how when he and nancy were in the guest house of president marcos of the philippines, there was a giant spider on the ceiling, and the question was how to get him off without scaring nancy. and i m thinking, i don t get it. this is the most successful president in my lifetime. he seems to be out to lunch. what s going on? he says it was only later that he realized what eluded him about reagan. he had no need ever to show how smart he was. he knew exactly what i was asking. he didn t want to talk about it. and if you thought he was a dunce, he didn t care, cause he knew that he wasn t. it would also be some time before krauthammer embraced a conservative domestic policy, taxes, welfare, small government, and other reagan-esque sins. it took me about a decade. i was skeptical of tax cuts. i was skeptical of smaller government at the beginning
i tried to engage him, like, on the contras. what are you gonna do? and all of a sudden, what i m hearing from him is this story about how when he and nancy were in the guest house of president marcos of the philippines, there was a giant spider on the ceiling, and the question was how to get him off without scaring nancy. and i m thinking, i don t get it. this is the most successful president in my lifetime. he seems to be out to lunch. what s going on? he says it was only later that he realized what eluded him about reagan. he had no need ever to show how smart he was. he knew exactly what i was asking. he didn t want to talk about it. and if you thought he was a dunce, he didn t care, cause he knew that he wasn t. it would also be some time before krauthammer embraced a conservative domestic policy, taxes, welfare, small government, and other reagan-esque sins. it took me about a decade. i was skeptical of tax cuts. i was skeptical of smaller government at the beginning
he invited me to lunch. i tried to engage him, like, on the contras. what are you gonna do? and all of a sudden, what i m hearing from him is this story about how when he and nancy were in the guest house of president marcos of the philippines, there was a giant spider on the ceiling, and the question was how to get him off without scaring nancy. and i m thinking, i don t get it. this is the most successful president in my lifetime. he seems to be out to lunch. what s going on? he says it was only later that he realized what eluded him about reagan. he had no need ever to show how smart he was. he knew exactly what i was asking. he didn t want to talk about it. and if you thought he was a dunce, he didn t care, cause he knew that he wasn t. it would also be some time before krauthammer embraced a conservative domestic policy, taxes, welfare, small government, and other reagan-esque sins. it took me about a decade. i was skeptical of tax cuts. i was skeptical of smaller g
he invited me to lunch. i tried to engage him, like, on the contras. what are you gonna do? and all of a sudden, what i m hearing from him is this story about how when he and nancy were in the guest house of president marcos of the philippines, there was a giant spider on the ceiling, and the question was how to get him off without scaring nancy. and i m thinking, i don t get it. this is the most successful president in my lifetime. he seems to be out to lunch. what s going on? he says it was only later that he realized what eluded him about reagan. he had no need ever to show how smart he was. he knew exactly what i was asking. he didn t want to talk about it. and if you thought he was a dunce, he didn t care, cause he knew that he wasn t. it would also be some time before krauthammer embraced a conservative domestic policy, taxes, welfare, small government, and other reagan-esque sins. it took me about a decade. i was skeptical of tax cuts. i was skeptical of smaller