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Hitchens again. God help me, I love the man.
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One thing to be wary of about Hitchens, though, is his dislike (to put it mildly) of religion, which animates much of his battle against Islamic terrorism. The West has no more eloquent defender than Hitchens right now, and I admire his wit as well as his nimble mind, but if you look back at some of his older writing about Christians, you may find that you and he aren't quite on the same page on every subject.
Jeff, you're right about Hitchens's antipathy toward religion, and I'm aware of it (I mean, he's one of the only people I can think of who hate Mother Teresa). There's also much that I disagree with him about on domestic issues (obviously), but I do think he's brilliant, and I'm glad to have his brilliance and his acerbic wit on my side in this. The thing is, I usually enjoy reading Hitchens even when I disagree with him. His essay collection "Unacknowledged Legislation" has a review of Norman Podhoretz's book "Ex-Friends" that was just savage but also quite funny -- and I couldn't help laughing even though I kind of liked Podhoretz's book.
Rose, I second your characterization of the blowhards at the Valve and Crooked Timber. And the name-calling means he must be doing something right. I often see people use the "alcholic" slur with Hitchens. All I can say is . . . I'll have what he's having.
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