Articles by and about Christopher Hitchens

Islamism Goes Mainstream: My evening with Tariq Ramadan
-Slate September 11, 2007
"MANTUA, Italy - A literary festival in the ancient capital city of Lombardy is as good a place as any other to survey the question of whether there is such a thing as 'Western civilization' and whether it is worth defending."

Zuckerman Undone a review of Exit Ghost by Philip Roth / Nathan Zuckerman
-The Atlantic October 2007
"In Philip Roth's latest, the characters are treated with disregard -and the readers with something like contempt."

On the Limits of Self-Improvement, Part I
-Vanity Fair  October 2007
"There's an entire micro-economy based on the pursuit of betterment.  The author -58, full-figured, and ferocious in his consumption of cigarettes and scotch-agreed to test it's limits, starting with Executive De-Stress Treatment at a high-end spa."

So Many Men's Rooms, So Little Time: Why men like Larry Craig continue to court danger in public places
-Slate September 03, 2007
"I knew it was all over for Sen. Larry Craig when he appeared with his long-suffering wife to say that he wasn't gay.  Such moments are now steppingstones on the way to apology, counseling, and rehab..."

Chistopher Hitchens: Apocalypse perhaps, but Vietnam it ain't
-New Zealand Herald September 03, 2007
"How do I dislike President George W. Bush?  Let me count the ways.  Most of them have to do with his contented assumption that 'faith' is, in and of itself a viture."

Christopher Hitchens on Mother Teresa, and the three wars in Iraq, and Iran's interference transcript of a Hugh Hewitt interview with Christopher Hitchens interview
-The Hugh Hewitt Show / Townhall.com August 29, 2007
"HH: We begin as we do on Wednesdays when we are lucky with Christopher Hitchens."

Teresa, Bright and Dark
- Newsweek Society - MSNBC.com  August 29, 2007
"The puplication of Mother Teresa's letters, concerning her personal crisis of faith, can be seen either as an act of considerable honesty or of extraordinary cynicism (or perhaps both of the above)..."

Which Iraq War Do You Want To End? We're Fighting At Least Three of Them
-Slate August 27, 2007
"When people say that they want to end the war in Iraq, I always want to ask them which war they mean."

God's Still Dead:  Mark Lilla doesn't give enough credit for shaking off the devine
-Slate August 20, 2007
"Those of us in the fast-growing atheist community who have long suspected that there is a change in the zeitgeist concerning 'faith' can take some encouragement from the decision..."

Fighting the "Real" Fight: Foolish myths about Al-Qaida in Mesopotamia
-Slate August 13, 2007
"Over the past few months, I have been debating Roman Catholics who differ from their Eastern Orthodox brethren on the nature of the Trinity..."

Believe it or not: the sceptics beat God in the bestseller battle by David Smith
- The Observer UK August 12, 2007
"Struggling authors should keep the faith - literally. Sales of books that explore religion or spirituality have grown by more than 50 in the past three years..."

Hitchens, Dawkins, Harris: The Unholy Trinity... Thank God. by Robert Weitzel
- Atlantic Free Press August 06/ 2007
"Christopher Hitchens, contrarian atheist and slayer of all beasts fascistic and theoratic, will be in Madison, Wisconsin, this fall to present the keynote address..."

Brutality by the Bay: Why did the Oakland Police do so little about your Black Muslim Bakery's Thuggery?
-Slate August 06, 2007
"Here is the situation regarding the enterprise known as You Black Muslim Bakery, located on San Pablo Avenue in Oakland, Calif.  Its founder, a man named Yusuf Bey, was arrested in 2002..."

God-Fearing People: Why are we so scared of ofending Muslims?
-Slate July 30, 2007
"During the greater part of last week, Slate's siste site On Faith ... gave itself over to a discussion about the religion of Islam.  As usual in such cases, the search for "moderate" versions of this faith was under way..."

The Galloway Papers: Parliament's Daming Report About Saddam Apologist George Galloway
- Slate July 23, 2007
"The mills of justice grind with maddening slowness, but they do at least grind.  In October 2005, my friend Denis MacShane, the radical Labor member of Paliament for Rotherham..."

Conrad's Heart of Darkness: The decline and fall of Conrad Black
- Slate July 16, 2007
"If anyone should be gloating at the collapse and disgrace of Lord Black of Crossharbour, the absurd title with which Conrad Black invested himself on being raised to the British peerage..."

An Atheist Responds
-Washington Post July 14, 2007
"It's uncommonly generous of Michael Gerson ["What Atheists Can't Answer," op-ed July 13] to refer to me as "intellectually courageous and unfailingly kind," since  (a) this might be taken as proof that he hardly knows me..."

What's Next for Kurdistan? A question every American politician needs to address
-Slate June 04, 2007

god is not Great Review by Sam Schulman
- Commentary Magazine, June 2007

The Siege of Paris: The creepy populism surrounding high-profile defendants
-Slate June 11, 2007

What's Next for Kurdistan? A question every American politician needs to address
-Slate June 04, 2007

Secularism in the Elimination Round by Jacques Berlinerblau
- The Chronicle Review June 01, 2007

Londonistan Calling
- Vanity Fair June, 2007

Christopher Hitchens on the Essential Stupidity of Religion by Dwayne Booth
- L.A. Weekly May 29, 2007

Is There A God? To believe or not to believe
-The Economist May 31, 2007

god is not Great Review by Jeremy Foster
Flak Magazine May 30, 2007

The Last Revolution in Town an interview by Stephen Marshall
- 3:AM Magazine May 29, 2007




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