"Richard Dawkins has contributed an essay, written the New Statesman leader column, and travelled to Texas to conduct an exclusive interview with the author and journalist Christopher Hitchens. They discuss religious fundamentalism, US politics, Tony Blair, abortion and Christmas."
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2011/12/christmas-issue-dawkins
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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New Statesman Christmas Issue
December 9, 2011Posted by Tom at 05:49 6 comments
Labels: 2011, Christmas, Christopher Hitchens, interview, New Statesman, Richard Dawkins, Texas
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