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Hitch

Sunday, August 2, 2009

I post this excerpt from The Hitch less because I care to discuss this topic, and more because I am so in love with the acid wit, the elegance of phrasing, and the sort of gentlemanly disarray that you can feel emanating off any page blessed with his scrawlings: More recently, I was walking at [...]

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Bestill my beating heart, O Hitch

Monday, October 27, 2008

Having Hitch be on your side wrt some issue is a flavor of nice that makes you feel sort of guilty. Still, like Janie told me the other day, we shouldn’t bother to be ashamed of our failings. Why waste the time, since nothing can be done? With that in mind, I give you The [...]

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Tepid

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Sometimes the lukewarm endorsements are the best.  Plus, Hitchens is always entertaining. I used to call myself a single-issue voter on the essential question of defending civilization against its terrorist enemies and their totalitarian protectors, and on that “issue” I hope I can continue to expose and oppose any ambiguity. Obama is greatly overrated in [...]

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