Christopher Hitchens

This Week in Magazines: Fear and Shopping

James Warren | Posted 03.04.2009 | Media


James Warren

Magazines are awash with our fear- and debt-ridden mess, with lots of profiles of key players -- and then there's ShopSmart, a wonderful potpourri of smart consumerism.

Christopher Hitchens Talks Torture, Kisses Andrew Sullivan At Inauguration Party

New York Magazine | Russell Berman | Posted 02.19.2009 | Media


Inside, Hitchens opined on whether the Obama administration should answers calls from the left to prosecute Bush administration officials for illegal ...

Christopher Hitchens Debates Bill O'Reilly Over Torture (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 02.12.2009 | Media


Christopher Hitchens was a guest on the O'Reilly Factor tonight to debate O'Reilly on the necessity and effectiveness of torture. To preface the deba...

Jason Linkins

Matthews, Hitchens Lead Stirring Fight Against Pro-Torture Views Of Michael Smerconish

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.17.2009 | Media


Cheers to MSNBC's Chris Matthews and Vanity Fair's Christopher Hitchens, for their resolute opposition to Michael Smerconish's cockamamie embrace of i...

The Could've-Been Best Of 2008

Miles Klee | Posted 01.17.2009 | Home


Miles Klee

Each year, best-of lists pass over countless hypotheticals in favor of people, events and things that actually happened. Which is so uncool and maybe ...

Global Warming Deniers: The New 9/11 Truthers

Sahil Kapur | Posted 01.16.2009 | Green


Sahil Kapur

Both groups are convinced they possess a uniquely superior grasp of reality. Facts and evidence are muffled by their messianic quest to inform society of its delusions and inadequacies.

The Future of Secularism in American Politics

Bruce Ledewitz | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics


Bruce Ledewitz

The political implications of any movement away from the us-them divide between religion and secularism would be profound.

Christopher Hitchens Battles Joan Walsh Over Obama's Foreign Policy Team On Hardball (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 01.01.2009 | Media


President-elect Barack Obama announced his national security team today, and the confirmation of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, and Eric Holde...

Mountain of Snakes

Sean Penn | Posted 12.31.2008 | Politics


Sean Penn

I'm not a socialist. Or at least not entirely so. As an American, I've got a little Al Capone in me. I like the idea of individual achievement -- just not against a background of hopeless oppression.

Sorting Out Hillary's Secretary of State Decision

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics


Kathleen Reardon

It's time for the New York senator to take a step forward -- to use her experience for the benefit of the country.

Christopher Hitchens Calls Hillary Clinton As Secretary Of State A "Ludicrous Embarrassment"

Huffington Post | Posted 12.18.2008 | Media


Christopher Hitchens appeared on "Hardball" Monday night and voiced his strong opposition to Hillary Clinton being named Secretary of State. Appeari...

Arianna on BBC Newsnight to Discuss Barack Obama's Win

Huff TV | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


Huff TV

Arianna appeared on BBC Newsnight on Wednesday, where she discussed the results of the presidential election with Christopher Hitchens and Thomas Friedman.

Christopher Hitchens: "Sheer Delinquence Of The McCain Campaign In The Closing Days Has Been Something To Pity"

via Vanity Fair | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


Christopher Hitchens writes at Vanity Fair: You can take it light or you can take it heavy, but the sheer deliquescence of the McCain campaign in the...

Christopher Hitchens: McCain "Losing Capacity, He's Just Not Quite The Man He Was"

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 11.20.2008 | Media


Christopher Hitchens defended his endorsement of Obama on The O'Reilly Factor on Friday. Subbing in for O'Reilly was Laura Ingraham, and the exchange...

Christopher Hitchens' Obama Endorsement

Slate | Christopher Hitchens | Posted 11.13.2008 | Media


I used to nod wisely when people said: "Let's discuss issues rather than personalities." It seemed so obvious that in politics an issue was an issue a...

Christopher Hitchens' Economic Assessment: United States Is A "Banana Republic"

Vanity Fair | Christopher Hitchens | Posted 11.09.2008 | Business


But still, the chief principle of banana-ism is that of kleptocracy, whereby those in positions of influence use their time in office to maximize thei...

Why Obama is (So Far) No Liberal Reagan

Shaun Jacob Halper | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics


Shaun Jacob Halper

Obama will probably win this election, but only by the skin of his teeth. Let's face it: Obama is not the transformational candidate we liberals had hoped for.

Freedom of Speech, Satire, and Revisionist History...

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 07.26.2008 | Media


Marcia G. Yerman

Walking home on the Upper East Side on Wednesday night, I saw a cluster of ten policemen and two patrol cars. It seemed quite unusual for a quiet block. "What's going on?" I asked.

Jason Linkins

Vanity Fair's Christopher Hitchens Undergoes Waterboarding

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.10.2008 | Media


Just in case the revelation that American torturers took their cues from that model of moral clarity that was the Chinese Communist regime hasn't full...

Sam Stein

Hitchens: "I Might Orgasm In My Trousers" Over Fall Of Bill Clinton

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics


The famously acid-tongued and brutally insightful Christopher Hitchens proclaimed himself near "orgasm" on Wednesday over the much maligned conduct an...

Christopher Hitchens Explains His Snoring Problem

Mens Vogue | Christopher Hitchens | Posted 04.25.2008 | Media


Could there be anything more delightful than Carmel and the Monterey Peninsula at Thanksgiving? My cousins by marriage have a new place there, within ...

Hitchens Goes Off On Clintons, Calls Bill Hill's "Moral Tutor, The Man Who Taught Her How To Lie"

Huffington Post | Posted 04.10.2008 | Media


Christopher Hitchens discussed Hillary Clinton's Bosnia lie yesterday on Fox News' "Studio B with Shepard Smith" and at the end of the segment he went...

Vanity Fair Starts New Feature "Hitch Bitch" To Field Hitchens Hate Mail

Huffington Post | Dipayan Gupta | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Portfolio.com's Jeff Bercovici writes today about 'Hitch Bitch,' Vanity Fair's new feature that gives readers the chance to take on the magazine's con...

Christopher Hitchens Bo-Teaches Rabbi Shmuley How It's Done

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


On Wednesday night, the 92nd Street Y took a leap of faith and hosted a debate between avowed atheist and God-hater Christopher Hitchens and Kosher Sex author Rabbi Shmuley Boteach.

Christopher Hitchens: No Surprise The Clintons Are Playing The Race Card

Slate.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


How can one equal Bill Clinton for thuggery and opportunism when it comes to the so-called "race card"? And where does one even start with the breatht...