Walter Owen reviews the "Is there an afterlife?" debate between CH and Shmuley Boteach at Cooper Union on September 16, 2010.
Read his review here. (Vanity Fair)
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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Christopher Hitchens Still Doesn't Believe in the Afterlife
September 18, 2010Posted by Tom at 07:58 5 comments
Labels: 2010, afterlife, Christopher Hitchens, debate, religion, Shmuley Boteach
Shmuley and Christopher
A rabbi and an atheist walk into a room …
"But Hitch, being Hitch, sauntered out onto the stage at Cooper Union’s Great Hall wearing a beige suit, tailored to his newly chemo-svelte frame, and smiling beneath his new cue-ball dome. He carried a bottle of water, and a plastic cup filled with brown liquid that probably wasn’t medicine."
Read more (tabletmag.com)
"But Hitch, being Hitch, sauntered out onto the stage at Cooper Union’s Great Hall wearing a beige suit, tailored to his newly chemo-svelte frame, and smiling beneath his new cue-ball dome. He carried a bottle of water, and a plastic cup filled with brown liquid that probably wasn’t medicine."
Read more (tabletmag.com)
Posted by Tom at 07:47 0 comments
Labels: 2010, afterlife, Christopher Hitchens, debate, religion, Shmuley Boteach
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