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Christopher Hitchens, the Conservative Marxist

How Hitchens Can Save the Left: Rediscovering Fearless Liberalism in an Age of Counter-Enlightenment by Matt Johnson (2023). A review. There has been a gaping void in our political and…

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8 min

Culture & Media

Keeping Confrontation Alive: “A Hitch in Time”

In 2015, a new essay collection by Christopher Hitchens was released posthumously. The hardcover dust jacket of that collection, And Yet…, informs us that “Hitchens left at his death nearly…

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9 min

Culture & Media

Blowjobs and Makeovers: Hitchens’ Comic Writing

On this, the tenth anniversary of Christopher Hitchens’ death, there will no doubt be a barrage of articles lamenting the loss of his singular and eloquent voice, and an equal…

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7 min

Politics

Seeing Hitchens Clearly: A Review of Ben Burgis’ Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters

The term “the American Left” is as near to being meaningless or nonsensical as any term could really be in politics. It isn’t really a force in politics anymore. And…

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1 min

Culture & Media

A Tribute to Christopher Hitchens

15/12/2021
Iona Italia and Ben Burgis and Matt Johnson and Daniel James Sharp

Listen to this week’s episode of Areo’s associated podcast, Two for Tea, hosted by editor-in-chief Iona Italia. My guests this week were Ben Burgis, author of Christopher Hitchens—What He Got Right, How He…

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12 min

Christopher Hitchens, Anti-Totalitarian

After the Soviet Union collapsed, Christopher Hitchens recalled a brief and “blissful” period when liberal democracy seemed ascendant around the world: There would be possibly a new internationalism, a new…

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9 min

Politics

Why Christopher Hitchens Still Matters

Christopher Hitchens was an intellectual with an astonishing breadth and depth of knowledge of politics, literature, philosophy and culture—as well as a magnificent writer with a passion for the English…

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13 min

Politics

Some Thoughts on Christopher Hitchens

“Ladies and gentlemen. Brothers and sisters. Comrades. Friends. Thanks for coming out.” Thus began Christopher Hitchens, as was his custom, speaking from behind a lectern facing a standing-room-only audience. They…

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5 min

Politics

Christopher Hitchens’ Defense of the Enlightenment

Christopher Hitchens is my favorite writer. His books probably made up around 80% of my high school reading diet. I devoured everything he published, from his autobiography to his studies…

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Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens, the Conservative Marxist

Keeping Confrontation Alive: “A Hitch in Time”

Blowjobs and Makeovers: Hitchens’ Comic Writing

Seeing Hitchens Clearly: A Review of Ben Burgis’ Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters

A Tribute to Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens, Anti-Totalitarian

Why Christopher Hitchens Still Matters

Some Thoughts on Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens’ Defense of the Enlightenment

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