{"product_id":"things-that-matter","title":"Things That Matter","description":"Description for THINGS THAT MATTER:  THREE DECADES OF PASSIONS, PASTIMES AND POLITICS by Charles Krauthammer: \u003cp\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cb\u003eFrom America’s preeminent columnist, named by the \"Financial Times\" the most influential commentator in the nation, the long-awaited collection of Charles Krauthammer’s essential, timeless writings.\u003c\/b\u003e\r\n \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nA brilliant stylist known for an uncompromising honesty that challenges conventional wisdom at every turn, Krauthammer has for decades daz­zled readers with his keen insight into politics and government. His weekly column is a must-read in Washington and across the country. Now, finally, the best of Krauthammer’s intelligence, erudition and wit are collected in one volume.\r\n \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nReaders will find here not only the country’s leading conservative thinker offering a pas­sionate defense of limited government, but also a highly independent mind whose views—on feminism, evolution and the death penalty, for example—defy ideological convention. Things That Matter also features several of Krautham­mer’s major path-breaking essays—on bioeth­ics, on Jewish destiny and on America’s role as the world’s superpower—that have pro­foundly influenced the nation’s thoughts and policies. And finally, the collection presents a trove of always penetrating, often bemused re­flections on everything from border collies to Halley’s Comet, from Woody Allen to Win­ston Churchill, from the punishing pleasures of speed chess to the elegance of the perfectly thrown outfield assist.\r\n \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nWith a special, highly autobiographical in­troduction in which Krauthammer reflects on the events that shaped his career and political philosophy, this indispensible chronicle takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the fashions and follies, the tragedies and triumphs, of the last three decades of American life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Connies Bookshelf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42955606851800,"sku":"9780385349178","price":5.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/9099\/4904\/products\/ThingsThatMatter.jpg?v=1655016834","url":"https:\/\/conniesbookshelf.com\/products\/things-that-matter","provider":"Connies Bookshelf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}