A wartime lexicon.

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• Losing Sight of Progress How blind salamanders make nonsense of creationists' claims.
  Christopher Hitchens July 21, 2008
  
• The War Between the Wars Who says we can only face our enemies in one place at a time?
  Christopher Hitchens July 14, 2008
  
• Farewell to a Provincial Redneck Jesse Helms' stranglehold on U.S. foreign policy was a national embarrassment.
  Christopher Hitchens July 7, 2008
  
• Book Drive for Iraq How you can do your bit to build democracy.
  Christopher Hitchens June 30, 2008
  
• Mourning Glory The media goes overboard with "the Russert Miracles."
  Christopher Hitchens June 23, 2008
  
• The First Excuse Don't blame sexism for Hillary Clinton's defeat.
  Christopher Hitchens June 16, 2008
  
• The Lion Who Didn't Roar Why hasn't Nelson Mandela spoken out against Robert Mugabe?
  Christopher Hitchens June 9, 2008
  
• A Tale of Two Tell-Alls If you want to read a serious book about the intervention in Iraq, look to Douglas Feith.
  Christopher Hitchens June 2, 2008
  
• Wine Drinkers of the World, Unite You have nothing to lose but inflated bills and interrupted anecdotes.
  Christopher Hitchens May 26, 2008
  
• Question Time John McCain wants to bring British-style political grillings to Capitol Hill.
  Christopher Hitchens May 19, 2008
  
• Can Israel Survive for Another 60 Years? Perhaps, but not necessarily as a Jewish state.
  Christopher Hitchens May 12, 2008
  
• Are We Getting Two for One? Is Michelle Obama responsible for the Jeremiah Wright fiasco?
  Christopher Hitchens May 5, 2008
  
• One Angry Man Should we worry about John McCain's temper?
  Christopher Hitchens April 28, 2008
  
• Mandela Envy Is Robert Mugabe's lawless misrule founded in jealousy?
  Christopher Hitchens April 21, 2008
  
• Cardinals' Law Two questions for the pope.
  Christopher Hitchens April 14, 2008
  
• Obama Is No King Today, the national civil rights pulpit is largely occupied by second-rate shakedown artists.
  Christopher Hitchens April 7, 2008
  
• The Tall Tale of Tuzla Hillary Clinton's Bosnian misadventure should disqualify her from the presidency, but the airport landing is the least of it.
  Christopher Hitchens March 31, 2008
  
• Blind Faith The statements of clergymen like Jeremiah Wright aren't controversial and incendiary; they're wicked and stupid.
  Christopher Hitchens March 24, 2008
  
• Prince Valiant Britain's Prince Harry should've stayed in Afghanistan.
  Christopher Hitchens March 10, 2008
  
• Words Matter Cliché, not plagiarism, is the problem with today's pallid political discourse.
  Christopher Hitchens March 3, 2008
  
• The Serbs' Self-Inflicted Wounds With Kosovo independent, Yugoslavia is finally dead.
  Christopher Hitchens Feb. 22, 2008
  
• Truth and Consequences What is the point of a paper of record that decides the untarnished record is too much for readers?
  Christopher Hitchens Feb. 18, 2008
  
• To Hell With the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams' dangerous claptrap about "plural jurisdiction."
  Christopher Hitchens Feb. 11, 2008
  
• Bushies to Human Rights Envoy: Shut Up In North Korea, it's almost impossible to separate nuclear policy from human rights.
  Christopher Hitchens Feb. 4, 2008
  
• Fool Me Thrice It should be no surprise that the Clintons are playing the race card.
  Christopher Hitchens Jan. 28, 2008
  
• Huck's Free Pass Why are the media ignoring Mike Huckabee's remarks about the Confederate flag?
  Christopher Hitchens Jan. 21, 2008
  
• The Case Against Hillary Clinton Why on earth would we choose to put the Clinton family drama at the center of our politics again?
  Christopher Hitchens Jan. 14, 2008
  
• Identity Crisis There's something pathetic and embarrassing about our obsession with Barack Obama's race.
  Christopher Hitchens Jan. 7, 2008