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
psychiatry. [ chuckles ] if you re not into feelings and emotions and all the backstory, then you ought to be doing something else. so in 1978, krauthammer took a government job in washington at what would become the national institute of mental health. it wasn t what he really wanted, but it put him in the right neighborhood. i thought, once i m in washington, isn t that where they do politics? one thing will lead to another. his folks worried about their son tossing away a doctor s livelihood but didn t discourage him. his wife, robyn, who would leave her career in law to become a painter and sculptor, urged him to follow his dream. she was the one who, 35 years ago, encouraged me to follow my heart and, with her wit and humor and generosity of spirit, has co-authored my life. in a moment, charles co-author helps him answer a
and that s probably why i quit psychiatry. [ chuckles ] if you re not into feelings and emotions and all the backstory, then you ought to be doing something else. so in 1978, krauthammer took a government job in washington at what would become the national institute of mental health. it wasn t what he really wanted, but it put him in the right neighborhood. i thought, once i m in washington, isn t that where they do politics? one thing will lead to another. his folks worried about their son tossing away a doctor s livelihood but didn t discourage him. his wife, robyn, who would leave her career in law to become a painter and sculptor, urged him to follow his dream. she was the one who, 35 years ago, encouraged me to follow my heart and, with her wit and humor and generosity of spirit, has co-authored my life. in a moment, charles co-author helps him answer a
psychiatry. [ chuckles ] if you re not into feelings and emotions and all the backstory, then you ought to be doing something else. so in 1978, krauthammer took a government job in washington at what would become the national institute of mental health. it wasn t what he really wanted, but it put him in the right neighborhood. i thought, once i m in washington, isn t that where they do politics? one thing will lead to another. his folks worried about their son tossing away a doctor s livelihood but didn t discourage him. his wife, robyn, who would leave her career in law to become a painter and sculptor, urged him to follow his dream. she was the one who, 35 years ago, encouraged me to follow my heart and, with her wit and humor and generosity of spirit, has co-authored my life. in a moment, charles co-author helps him answer a
and that s probably why i quit psychiatry. [ chuckles ] if you re not into feelings and emotions and all the backstory, then you ought to be doing something else. so in 1978, krauthammer took a government job in washington at what would become the national institute of mental health. it wasn t what he really wanted, but it put him in the right neighborhood. i thought, once i m in washington, isn t that where they do politics? one thing will lead to another. his folks worried about their son tossing away a doctor s livelihood but didn t discourage him. his wife, robyn, who would leave her career in law to become a painter and sculptor, urged him to follow his dream. she was the one who, 35 years ago, encouraged me to follow my heart and, with her wit and humor and generosity of spirit, has co-authored my life. in a moment, charles