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Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011) was a columnist for Vanity Fair and the author, most recently, of Arguably, a collection of essays.
Articles By Christopher Hitchens
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“I’m Not Fighting or Battling Cancer—It’s Fighting Me.”
The “unpublished jottings” of Christopher Hitchens from his posthumous book, Mortality.
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The New Gaffe
How the Republican presidential candidates are benefiting from their “gaffes”: They’re not unforgivable, just imprudent.
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In God They Trust
How the conservative belief in American exceptionalism has become a matter of faith.
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Because Our Fathers Lied
Remembering our veterans and reflecting on the glorious ambiguity of Rudyard Kipling's war poetry.
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Herman and Hamid
Why is it so hard to speak honestly about allegations of sexual harassment or our corrupt ally in Afghanistan?
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What Will They Think of Next?
Why the crazy Iranian plot to pay Mexicans to kill the Saudi ambassador isn’t so implausible.
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The New Libya’s First Mistake
Muammar Qaddafi should not have been killed, and his surviving son should be captured.
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Romney’s Mormon Problem
Mitt Romney and the weird and sinister beliefs of Mormonism.
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Lord Haw Haw and Anwar al-Awlaki
What the execution of a World War II traitor can teach us about assassinating American-born terrorists.
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Citizen Enemies
Those who protest the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki have to say what they would have done instead.
