FREE INQUIRY February / March 2012
By Christopher Hitchens
If you haven’t read it, you will almost certainly have seen it: the critique of Professor Richard Dawkins that arraigns him for being too “strident” in his confrontations with his critics. According to this line of attack, Dawkins has no business stepping outside the academy to become a “public intellectual” and even...
Read more (secularhumanism.org)
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.

Popular Posts
-
Mr Steve Wasserman, Christopher Hitchens' literary agent, kindly replied to my query about a possible memorial. Posted with permission. ...
-
The iconoclast Christopher Hitchens loved life and delighted in "doing and thinking and writing all the things that he had always don...
-
Pitt professor Colin MacCabe talks to his longtime friend about the subtle influences of Pittsburgh over the years. "In April of la...
-
By Peter Hitchens I can’t really claim that I never notice the extraordinarily spiteful attacks on me which come from one particular qua...
-
Vanity Fair | January 2012 By Christopher Hitchens When it came to it, and old Kingsley suffered from a demoralizing and disorienting fal...
-
Time has come to publish the last post on this site. I've been posting links and articles for three years, and it's been great. I a...
-
Australian Broadcasting Corporation "Carol Blue, Christopher Hitchens' widow, talks candidly about her husband's dying days....
-
Carol Blue, Christopher Hitchens' widow, talks about his legacy, his illness and life without him. Listen here . (abc.net.au)
-
At reddit.com there are comments on Hitchens having breathing issues at the airport. This would explain the cancellations. Hopefully it'...
-
Anthony Layser at asylum.com having drinks and a chat with Christopher Hitchens. Play 2 Videos .

In Defense of Richard Dawkins
February 4, 2012Posted by Tom at 08:28 2 comments
Labels: 2012, Christopher Hitchens, Free Inquiry, religion, Richard Dawkins
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)