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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 ....
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 why this was a priceless gift. he always insisted i be included, so i got used to being around the big boys and taking the slings and arrows, and that s how you get toughened up. my parents were from europe. he was american, my brother. born in brazil, but that s a long story. but american, and he made me an american. that long story short krauthammer s mother, thea, is from belgium. his father, schlum, was a real estate developer from what is now a province of ukraine, both jews who d left world war ii europe. they met in havana, moved to rio, and eventually new york city, where charles was born in 1950. when he was 5, the krauthammers moved to montreal. but they spent summers at the ....
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 why this was a priceless gift. he always insisted i be included, so i got used to being around the big boys and taking the slings and arrows, and that s how you get toughened up. my parents were from europe. he was american, my brother. born in brazil, but that s a long story. but american, and he made me an american. that long story short krauthammer s mother, thea, is from belgium. his father, schlum, was a real estate developer from what is now a province of ukraine, both jews who d left world war ii europe. they met in havana, moved to rio, and eventually new york city, where charles was born in 1950. when he was 5, the krauthammers moved to montreal. but they spent summers at the family cottage in long beach, ....
Tell me about that. it was a paradisiacal childhood. my brother and i were inseparable. he was four years older, which is why this was a priceless gift. he always insisted i be included, so i got used to being around the big boys and taking the slings and arrows, and that s how you get toughened up. my parents were from europe. he was american, my brother. born in brazil, but that s a long story. but american, and he made me an american. that long story short krauthammer s mother, thea, is from belgium. his father, schlum, was a real estate developer from what is now a province of ukraine, both jews who d left world war ii europe. they met in havana, moved to rio, and eventually new york city, where charles was born in 1950. when he was 5, the krauthammers moved to montreal. but they spent summers at the family cottage in long beach, new york. ....
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 why this was a priceless gift. he always insisted i be included, so i got used to being around the big boys and taking the slings and arrows, and that s how you get toughened up. my parents were from europe. he was american, my brother. born in brazil, but that s a long story. but american, and he made me an american. that long story short krauthammer s mother, thea, is from belgium. his father, schlum, was a real estate developer from what is now a province of ukraine, both jews who d left world war ii europe. they met in havana, moved to rio, and eventually new york city, where charles was born in 1950. when he was 5, the krauthammers moved to montreal. but they spent summers at the family cottage in long beach, ....