By Larry Taunton
A few days ago, Fixed Point Foundation sponsored its eighth major debate, our third in Birmingham, Alabama. The participants on this occasion were Dr. David Berlinski and Christopher Hitchens. The topic of the debate was this: Is a purely secular society preferable to a religious one? Read more (fixed-point.org)
Photos from the event (photos.al.com)
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My Father's Debate with Christopher Hitchens
By Claire Berlinski
Read her article here. (ricochet.com)
What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof.
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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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