Jmayng

Compelled to say a few words in tribute to Christopher Hitchens, whose death on the 15th has only just now reached my ears. He was (and I quote from Vanity Fair's, Julie Weiner) "an incomparable critic, masterful rhetorician, fiery wit, and fearless bon vivant." And I add, a man who certainly would have become a hero of mine if I had such figures. He was a brilliant journalist, author, and a (peerless, I might say, as I have never seen his equal) polemicist. He fought against reli...