Whatever your opinion of Hitchens' opinions, he is undoubtedly entertaining. Not least when he is, somewhat surprisingly, embracing Jewish identity while simultaneously deflecting all attempts, no less ridiculous for their predictability, to challenge his atheism as sophomoric. His reading at Temple Judea in Miami was particularly tempting in it's promise to deliver just such an episode. The moment that makes it into my top 10 though - is when Hitchens sent the handsome president of the young republicans of somewhere rapidly back to his seat by declaring Ayn Rand's novels much easier to write than to read.
On Don't Ask Christopher Hitchens About Anything But Himself
Whatever your opinion of Hitchens' opinions, he is undoubtedly entertaining. Not least when he is, somewhat surprisingly, embracing Jewish identity while simultaneously deflecting all attempts, no less ridiculous for their predictability, to challenge his atheism as sophomoric. His reading at Temple Judea in Miami was particularly tempting in it's promise to deliver just such an episode. The moment that makes it into my top 10 though - is when Hitchens sent the handsome president of the young republicans of somewhere rapidly back to his seat by declaring Ayn Rand's novels much easier to write than to read.