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Christopher Hitchens’ Advice to Young People

A powerful appeal from Hitchens when he was clearly in decline. Carpe diem. _____ Hitchens would have had his 62nd birthday this past week, and Charlie Rose did a powerful roundtable discussion with four of his closest friends—Salmon Rushdie, Martin … Continue reading

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Sarah Palin “quite plainly lacks intellectual curiosity”: Christopher Hitchens on What a Candidate’s Relationship to Books Says About Her (or Him)

Christopher Hitchens in Slate this week: The problem with Gov. Palin is not that she lacks experience. It’s that she quite plainly lacks intellectual curiosity. It is not snobbish to harbor grave doubts about somebody who seems uninterested in reading … Continue reading

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