There are a couple books coming out in June worthy of our attention: one by Hitchens - his "memoir" about how many famous people he knows, his mom's suicide, and his dad's flawless military service through Empire, etc. And another by Alexander Zaitchik, a contributor to Hitchens Watch. Hitch's book we already know will be a total fu*king bore to those of us who don't appreciate incessant name-dropping, how he loves to possess a strain of Jewish ancestry, and other grandiose claims to fame.
So I recommend Zaitchik's bookCommon Nonsense: Glenn Beck and the Triumph of Ignorance instead - which is a thorough history and takedown of not only Glenn Beck but of the American Right in general. Zaitchik writes at a much higher level than most WashPo/NYT journalists without the sort of pomposity and hyperbole that characterizes, say, a typical Hitchens book. To see what I mean, check out Zaitchik's series on Beck at Salon.com.
“The enemies of intolerance cannot be tolerant." • "If it is an offense to justice to hold people who may have been victims of mistaken identity or of vendettas by other factions, then it is also an offense to justice to release psychopathic killers who believe that they have divine permission to throw acid in the faces of girls who want to attend school." • "Don't be such a lesbian!
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