christopher hitchens
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Sunday Night Journal — December 18, 2011 At least half the Christian and/or conservative bloggers and pundits will have something to say on the passing of Mr. Hitchens, and most of it will be somewhere between mildly sympathetic and adoring. This is a curious phenomenon, because he was not a conservative, and he was an
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More precisely, two reviews of books about Reformation England. I haven’t read either of the books, but the reviews are interesting in themselves. First, Craig Burrell on Eamon Duffy’s Fires of Faith, a study of the brief and tragic (from several points of view) reign of Mary Tudor. Like, I suppose, most Protestants (or at least
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As most people who would be interested probably know, Christopher Hitchens announced recently that he is undergoing treatment for cancer of the esophagus. I have the impression that this is a form of cancer which is pretty difficult to cure. And since Hitchens is one of the half dozen or so most visible and hostile
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Francesca mentioned this a couple of days ago. I was at work and couldn't read it at the time. The next day I remembered that I had seen a mention of a good piece by Hart, but I couldn't remember where. Happily, I came across it again today. Anyway: no one need bother pointing out
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