The writings of the martyred socialist Rosa Luxemburg give a plaintive view of history’s paths not taken.
By Christopher Hitchens
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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Los Angeles Times Contrarian social critic Christopher Hitchens, rocker Patti Smith and novelist Jonathan Franzen are among the finalist...
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CH interviewed in his home in Washington D.C by Jeremy Paxman. Broadcasted on Nov 29, 2010. Play Full Interview.
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Hay Festival 2006. "The contrarian traces the history of The Rights of Man from the publication of Part One in 1791 in London and its ...
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By D.B. Grady (The Atlantic) " Hitchens is currently undergoing his fourth chemotherapy treatment, which, he is pleased to report, ha...
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Prolific writer and political journalist Christopher Hitchens will release a new book this September titled Arguably: Essays by Christopher ...
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Kindle Exclusive "..Hitchens reflects upon the life and death of Osama bin Laden in this sobering Kindle Single." If you don...
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Pray for me? Christopher Hitchens? By Christopher Hitchens "Even the nicest and most caring religious people are often unaware of qui...
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The Jewish Center Are the Ten Commandments Still Relevant? Featuring: Christopher Hitchens, Stephen Prothero, Samuel G. Freedman, and D...
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Arts Beat/The New York Times By John Williams This week in the New York Times Book Review, Christopher Buckley reviews “Mortality” by Chr...
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In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. -Abraham Lincoln-
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May 10, 2011
"THE GENERALLY ACCEPTED verdict on 20th-century ideology—that its “totalitarian” character eclipses any of the ostensible differences between its “left” and “right” versions—is one that few wish to dispute. Indeed, the very term totalitarian was most probably coined by the dissident Marxist Victor Serge, to denote a uniquely modern form of absolutism that essentially sought to abolish the private life and the individual conscience."
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Think Inc 2011
Think Inc. Conference at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, September 18, 2011.
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Christopher Hitchens, Michael Shermer, Ayaan Hirsi Ali...
"Due to his ongoing battle with esophageal cancer, Christopher will be appearing live via video link from New York."
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Neil deGrasse Tyson, Christopher Hitchens, Michael Shermer, Ayaan Hirsi Ali...
"Due to his ongoing battle with esophageal cancer, Christopher will be appearing live via video link from New York."
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Christopher Hitchens Wins National Magazine Award for Columns About Cancer http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/05/christopher-hitchens-wins-national-magazine-award-for-columns-about-cancer.html
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