Opinion of Christopher Hitchens

[Oakvale]

Not sure why this is on this board, but clear FF, one of the greatest of all time. A huge loss.

I particularly miss his consistent and considered defence of international intervention, whether it was popular or not among his friends on the left.

[Oakvale]

FF, particularly for the reason that Oakvale has already mentioned. I also see that Nathan has brought up Hitchens' excellent writing on the Clintons. No one, to my knowledge, has articulated a better critique of the Bill Clinton presidency than Christopher Hitchens has. If Hillary is elected is 2016 it'll be a tragedy that he won't be here to write about it.

Also, I always enjoy going back to his writing and television appearances - e.g. this joint interview on CSPAN, with Andrew Sullivan, is an absolute joy.

Yes, I'm glad Nathan brought that up - I completely overlooked the delightful critiques of the Clintons. There's an excellent documentary about Hitchens from the late 90s which has amazing scenes of him being congratulated by placard-waving proto Tea Partiers.

I highly recommend Ice Spear et al read No One Left To Lie To.