Christopher Hitchens (1949 - 2011) was an Anglo-American author and journalist. His books made him a prominent public intellectual and a staple of talk shows and lecture circuits. He was a columnist and literary critic at Vanity Fair, Slate, The Atlantic, World Affairs, The Nation, Free Inquiry and a variety of other media outlets. He was named one of the world's "Top 100 Public Intellectuals" by Foreign Policy and Britain's Prospect.

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"The toxin of anti-Semitism isn't a threat only to Jews".
Christopher's article on anti-Semitism in the September issue of Atlantic Magazine. Read it here.
Christopher's article on anti-Semitism in the September issue of Atlantic Magazine. Read it here.
Included in the article are 4 videos of Jeffrey Goldberg's interview with Hitchens and Martin Amis.
(Posted below).
Posted by Tom at 08:10 4 comments
Labels: 2010, antisemitism, Christopher Hitchens, Martin Amis, The Atlantic
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