His simple-mindedness had a touch of genius to it.
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"The centennial memoir of his famous parent by Ron Reagan (My Father at 100), which at first sight looks as slight as its author, is better than many press reports might suggest."
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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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Would America Have Been Better Off Without a Reagan Presidency?
February 5, 2011Posted by Tom at 17:39 7 comments
Labels: 2011, Christopher Hitchens, Ron Reagan, Ronald Reagan
Lost in Translation
Free Inquiry, Feb/March 2011
By Christopher Hitchens
"One of the pleasures of trying to keep up with the twists and turns of the religious worldview is noticing the convolutions that this view keeps inflicting upon itself. Last November brought news of two small but significant developments of this kind, both tending to vindicate the essential atheist or materialist contention that religion is man-made."
Read More http://secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=fi&page=hitchens_lost
By Christopher Hitchens
"One of the pleasures of trying to keep up with the twists and turns of the religious worldview is noticing the convolutions that this view keeps inflicting upon itself. Last November brought news of two small but significant developments of this kind, both tending to vindicate the essential atheist or materialist contention that religion is man-made."
Read More http://secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=fi&page=hitchens_lost
Posted by Tom at 05:51 16 comments
Labels: 2011, Christopher Hitchens, Free Inquiry, Lost in Translation, religion, The Pope
The Thank Hitchens Project
The Michigan Skeptics Association needs video clips..
"We need you to record a video of yourself or your group saying thanks to Hitch. You can say anything you want and long as it’s some type of thank you."
"Don’t say good bye or anything like that. This isn’t a memorial. He’s not dead."
More Info http://www.miskeptics.org/thank-hitch/
"We need you to record a video of yourself or your group saying thanks to Hitch. You can say anything you want and long as it’s some type of thank you."
"Don’t say good bye or anything like that. This isn’t a memorial. He’s not dead."
More Info http://www.miskeptics.org/thank-hitch/
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