Things That Matter

I finished reading "Thing That Matter" (2013), a New York Times bestseller (4 weeks at #1) by Charles Krauthammer, a longstanding standing columnist for the Washington Post - syndicated nationally (to 400 newspapers worldwide).  This psychiatrist gave up his medical profession (though he remains licensed) long ago to pursue, at the urgings of others, a career of writing, especially of essays and columns, largely on political matter, but covering other matters.

More impressive, while in his first year at Harvard Medical School, he suffered a diving board accident which left him paralyzed for life (he remains wheel-chair bound to this day).  Instead of giving up, he pressed on and not only graduated, but eventually became chief resident in psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, among achieving other notable success in psychiatry before turning his attention to writing.

"Things That Matter" reflects a collection of 30 years of columns and essays by Dr. Krauthammer, selected by him - with some slight self-editing (he says renamed many of the titles, since he usually had no say on the titles of his columns when published - usually selected by the editor of the publication where they were published).

Anyway, I highly recommend reading this book.  His insights over 30 or so years are magnificent.