Six months after Frank Sinatra’s death, a little book on his career was published. Why Sinatra Matters was an insightful account of a career intersecting a culture. It was written by journalist and author Pete Hamill, once called New York newspapers’ “columnist-poet.” If the 59-year-long legacy of the singer from Hoboken mattered to you, you’d probably enjoy this book.
The form of that title might sound familiar. According to one estimate, something like 500 – 1,500 unique authors have used some version of the “Why _____ Matters” template to make the case for someone or something. Philosopher Tamler Sommers upset many moral relativists and critics with his 2018 work Why Honor Matters, which put personal honor at the core of morality.
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