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Seeing the name in a headline last week—a headline about a life that had involved real achievement—I felt a mouse stirring in the attic of my memory. Eventually, I was able to recall how the two Hill...

Christopher Hitchens

Seeing the name in a headline last week—a headline about a life that had involved real achievement—I felt a mouse stirring in the attic of my memory. Eventually, I was able to recall how the two Hill...

Tags: 1953, 1995, 2006, 2008, asia, bill clinton, celebrity, edmund hillary, first lady, first lady of the united states

It's almost hard to imagine anything more undemocratic than the view that political officials should not debate American wars in public, but only express concerns 'privately with the administration.'...

Glenn Greenwald

It's almost hard to imagine anything more undemocratic than the view that political officials should not debate American wars in public, but only express concerns 'privately with the administration.'...

Tags: 2010, bernie sanders, civil liberties, conservatism, democracy, economics, lloyd blankfein, politics, radicalism, right wing

Not to dampen any parade, but if one asks if there is a single thing about Mr. Obama's Senate record, or state legislature record, or current program, that could possibly justify his claim to the pres...

Christopher Hitchens

Not to dampen any parade, but if one asks if there is a single thing about Mr. Obama's Senate record, or state legislature record, or current program, that could possibly justify his claim to the pres...

Tags: 2008, barack obama, united states, united states elections 2008, united states senate

The great cause of the new Republican intake is the reduction of the deficit but to anyone seeking evidence of sincere attempts at deficit-reduction the evidence is baffling. The Republicans showed be...

James Fenton

The great cause of the new Republican intake is the reduction of the deficit but to anyone seeking evidence of sincere attempts at deficit-reduction the evidence is baffling. The Republicans showed be...

Tags: 2010, 2011, barack obama, bush tax cuts, christmas, healthcare reform, healthcare reform in the us, politics, presidency of barack obama, republican party united states

For years, I declined to fill in the form for my Senate press credential that asked me to state my 'race,' unless I was permitted to put 'human.' The form had to be completed under penalty of perjury,...

Christopher Hitchens

For years, I declined to fill in the form for my Senate press credential that asked me to state my 'race,' unless I was permitted to put 'human.' The form had to be completed under penalty of perjury,...

Tags: caucasian race, civil rights movement, ethnology, identity politics, martin luther king jr, perjury, race, sexism, skin colour, united states elections 2008