It sounds like a cliché. “If Hitchens didn’t exist,” wrote Ian McEwan, “we wouldn’t be able to invent him.”
I’m looking at Christopher Hitchens’ latest book. On the front-cover he’s smoking and (my guess) sending secret smoke signals to neo-conservatives. And yet, in the world of politics, no-one appears more complicated than Christopher Hitchens because of [...]
NRB Book Club: Christopher Hitchens on Horowitz and Humor
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Michael Steele Plays the Race Card
April 9, 2010 By 21 Comments
The RNC Chairman diminishes himself, his party and his country.
Amy Goodman’s “Canadian Bacon” Moment
December 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A recent headline in the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail reads “Amy Goodman’s Border Woes Have Americans in a Tizzy.†Really? Because this is the first I’ve heard of it.
Don’t know who Amy Goodman is? You’re not alone. As host of the television/radio program Democracy Now! (undoubtedly the most ironic misnomer in the history [...]
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