For those who haven't seen this yet at AP or Slate, here's Christopher Hitchens in Birmingham earlier this month. Thanks to to the effects of cancer and chemotherapy, he's lost a great deal of weight and most of his hair, and one visible result of this has been to make his family resemblance to brother Peter very clear. Asked for his opinions on that notorious pray for Hitch day, although he hasn't got a prayer himself, he doesn't want yours, but he appreciates your good wishes.
“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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