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The Politicians We Deserve
October 11, 2010By Christopher Hitchens
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Tumortown
October 8, 2010
Peach pits, open chakras, macrobiotic diets: cancer patients get more unsolicited advice than they could possibly follow. Cutting-edge medicine seems to offer limitless options, too—until the author runs smack into the lethal idiocy of the godly opponents of stem-cell research.
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Is Islam a Religion of Peace?
October 7, 20109 min. clip from the Hitchens - Ramadan debate: Is Islam a Religion of Peace? Moderated by Laurie Goodstein. October 5, 2010 at the 92nd Street Y
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October 4, 2010CH on DUTV: "Part one of a two-part interview with author and journalist Christopher Hitchens will air on Tuesday, October 5 at 8 p.m., repeating Saturday, October 9 and Sunday, October 10 at 10 a.m. DUTV can be seen throughout Philadelphia on Comcast Cable channel 54 and in West Philadelphia on channel 62. On the University City Main Campus, DUTV can be seen on channel 33."
http://www.drexel.edu/news/digest/?d=10/4/2010&id=10088
Oct 5, 6pm, Live via satellite, Christopher Hitchens and Tariq Ramadan: “Is Islam a religion of peace?”
http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20101003/AE/101009937/1078&ParentProfile=1062
Not So Hidden Influences
Is it so offensive to note the effectiveness of the Jewish lobby?
By Christopher Hitchens
"I wasted a little time before writing this article, to see if I could produce a satire or a parody. This would have consisted of a fundraising letter from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee to a potential donor."
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God or No God - A Debate
September 30, 2010
Christopher Hitchens debates Larry Taunton, Executive Director of Fixed Point Foundation.
October 19, Billings, Montana. 7pm. More (fixed-point.org)
Is Obama's Foreign Policy Working?
September 22, 2010. Elebash Recital Hall, New york. CH, Peter Beinart, George Packer.
The panel discusses America's position in, and relationship to, the rest of the world under Obama and whether or not his foreign policy has been effective.
Hitchens debate sparks controversy
September 28, 2010
By Alex Olson, Sept 27, 2010.
Noted journalist Christopher Hitchens squared off against College of William and Mary government professor Lawrence Wilkerson on U.S. Middle East policy Monday night. The Sadler Center’s Commonwealth Auditorium was packed to full capacity with students and faculty, who gathered to hear the Vanity Fair columnist and author debate Wilkerson, who served as chief of staff to former Secretary of State Colin Powell. Continue reading (flathatnews.com)
Noted journalist Christopher Hitchens squared off against College of William and Mary government professor Lawrence Wilkerson on U.S. Middle East policy Monday night. The Sadler Center’s Commonwealth Auditorium was packed to full capacity with students and faculty, who gathered to hear the Vanity Fair columnist and author debate Wilkerson, who served as chief of staff to former Secretary of State Colin Powell. Continue reading (flathatnews.com)
God's Bigmouths
September 27, 2010
CH, Honorary PhD In Heresy
Thank goodness for Christopher Hitchens!
September 22, 2010
"Those of us rooting for Christopher Hitchens in his contest with cancer are an open-minded multitude; we wish him the best, not just because we appreciate his great contributions in the past and his talent for giving delight, but because we need him for our future endeavors."
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Divine Impulses: Christopher Hitchens on preparing for life, and death (1/5)
September 20, 2010
CH talks to On Faith's Sally Quinn. A week long series with Hitchens.
Part 2-5 here (washingtonpost.com)
From the N-Word to Code Words
The evolution of the race card in American politics.
By Christopher Hitchens
"At the beginning of the summer, my conservative friend David Frum made a joking remark that stayed with me. The evolution of right-wing abuse of President Barack Obama, he said, was not unlike the evolution of American pornography."
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