By D.B. Grady (The Atlantic)
" Hitchens is currently undergoing his fourth chemotherapy treatment, which, he is pleased to report, has shrunken his outer tumors. He is now consulting with doctors over the equally perilous choices of irradiation or surgery, or whether, he says, "I am wasting my time."
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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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Hitchens Returns to the Arena
September 8, 2010Posted by Tom at 18:34 6 comments
Labels: 2010, Christopher Hitchens, The Atlantic
Does Atheism Poison Everything?
Christopher Hitchens debated David Berlinski in Birmingham, Alabama on Sept. 7, 2010.
"Hitchens, author of "God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything," defended atheism as a moral stance in a debate attended by about 1,200 at the Birmingham Sheraton Hotel with David Berlinski, author of "The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions." Read more. (blog.al.com)

Hitchens spoke at a luncheon with David Berlinski, author of "The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions." Read more (blog.al.com)
Pre-Order 'Does Atheism Poison Everything? DVD here. (fixed-point.org)
"Hitchens, author of "God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything," defended atheism as a moral stance in a debate attended by about 1,200 at the Birmingham Sheraton Hotel with David Berlinski, author of "The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions." Read more. (blog.al.com)

Hitchens spoke at a luncheon with David Berlinski, author of "The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions." Read more (blog.al.com)
Pre-Order 'Does Atheism Poison Everything? DVD here. (fixed-point.org)
Posted by Tom at 07:33 0 comments
Labels: 2010, atheism, Christopher Hitchens, David Berlinski, debate, religion
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