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When I rode the No. 7 train to Citi Field last Sunday, I was one of the few women in a train car packed with Hasidic Jews. My knees were in full view, but I shielded my face behind a pair of shades and a copy of Christopher Hitchens' atheist bible, "God Is Not Great," held conspicuously aloft. Toward the end of our shared journey, when it had become clear that the only people left on the train ...

In an infamous 2007 Vanity Fair article, the late Christopher Hitchens spared no ink in explaining "Why Women Aren't Funny." But after Sunday night's 2012 Comedy Awards, it's clear that at least one notable funny man disagrees with the assertion.First posted by BuzzFeed, a video clip from the second annual installment of the Comedy Central awards show features Matthew Perry taking on t...

Some of the winners from last night's National Magazine Awards dinner, held at the Marriott Marquis in New York City: Magazine Of The Year: Time, Rick Stengel, Managing Editor, Catherine Sharick, Managing Editor, Time.com General-Interest Magazine: Bloomberg Businessweek, Josh Tyrangiel, Editor Columns and Commentary: Vanity Fair, Graydon Carter, Editor, columns by Christopher Hitchens: “Wh...

Even if he did not always correctly aim his ordnance, Christopher Hitchens, at the most fundamental level, knew which were the right targets

Exes divorced in 2007 after three years of marriages.

No one smoked or drank on stage during the memorial for Christopher Hitchens, although one overhead picture featured a cigarette drooping from his mouth. And few of the speakers swore, unless quoting from their departed friend.

Das Tribut an Christopher Hitchens von der Global Atheist Convention 2012 is ein absolutes Muss. Die beste Momente des Hitch im Kampf gegen die Leute, die mit einem Pappschild auf der Straße stehen und Kugelschreiber verkaufen sollten ... aus einer Tasse.Zum Beitrag im Blog »

Paul Auster se lanza a tumba abierta y utiliza un lenguaje muy hermoso, en su complejo e hipersensible 'Diario de invierno'

In der "FAZ" bekennt Fritz Stern seine Bestürzung über Günter Grass. In einem posthumen Video bespricht Christopher Hitchens die zehn Gebote. Vor hundert Jahren sank die Titanic - aber das war nur die Spitze des Eisbergs! Die "NZZ" bringt einen wunderbaren Text von Hans Blumenberg aus diesem Anlass.

Writer Christopher Hitchens, who died in December, will get a fitting tribute from Vanity Fair, where he was a contributing editor, at the magazine's star-studded Oscars party.

Two prominent British atheist authors are clashing over the best way to not worship a lack of a God. Writer Alain de Botton wants to erect a $1.5-million "temple for atheists" in London, complete with a 151-foot tower reaching toward a godless sky. De Botton finds Richard Dawkins' approach to atheism "aggressive" and "destructive." He told the Guardian, "Normally a temple is to Jesus, Mary or ...

A reader responds to Ross Douthat’s column about Christopher Hitchens.

The late Christopher Hitchens came up with some valid points in his Vanity Fair essay, but if women want the truth about why they're not funny, they're going to have to look in the mirror.As fans of the late Christopher Hitchens cycle through the five stages of grief, it's interesting to see which of his opinions can still inspire the kind of anger that is unlikely to ever fade into acceptance....

Berlin (ots) - Bis zum Schluss bleibt das Jahr 2011 eines, das im Guten wie im Schlechten im Zeichen der Freiheit steht. Gerade hat die Welt in Václav Havel den sanften Revolutionär der Freiheit verloren und in Christopher Hitchens ihren scharfzüngigsten Verteidiger. Nun stirbt mit Kim ...

WITHIN one week, Christopher Hitchens and Kim Jong-il both died. How Hitch would have relished the death of the eccentric dictator.

Hitchens did not miss his vocation. He has done more than most anyone to focus popular attention on the egregious dimensions of religion. He just wanted the world, and all its people, to be pure.

The death of Christopher Hitchens is a personal loss for me, and for all men and women of faith who value an honest commitment to all of God’s children.

To the end, Christopher Hitchens wanted to talk books, poetry, politics and journalism. Despite constant pain, he never deserted his trade

My old friend described the Tory leader as 'content-free'. Time for the PM to prove him wrong, says Matthew d'Ancona.

Christopher Hitchens was a wit, a charmer, and a troublemaker, and to those who knew him well, he was a gift from, dare I say it, God.

But he was never a combatant, merely an opinionated observer

TRIBUTES flood in for outspoken author and journalist Christopher Hitchens who has died

So brilliant writer and Iraq War apologist Christopher Hitchens died last night. Almost immediately, #GodIsNotGreat started trending on Twitter. It's the title of one of Hitchens' books, of course, but it made a lot of people angry. More »

'Vanity Fair' writer Christopher Hitchens dies at age 62 after battle with oesophageal cancer.

Polémiste réputé dans le monde anglo-saxon, il a écrit notamment "Dieu n'est pas grand". Hitchens, athéiste convaincu, a entamé sa carrière de…

In a career that lasted some four decades, Hitchens, 62, excoriated public figures from Mother Teresa to Henry Kissinger to Princess Diana to General Musharraf.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Fans of Christopher Hitchens are doing more than mourning his death: They're buying his books....

El escritor y periodista británico-estadounidense Christopher Hitchens, que hizo del ateísmo una forma de vida con libros como 'Dios no existe' y 'Dios no es bueno', falleció en Houston (EEUU) de un cáncer a los 62 años.

'The one word that comes to mind when I think of my brother is "courage". He possessed this virtue to the very end, and if I often disagreed with the purposes for which he used it, I never doubted the quality or ceased to admire it.'

Christopher Hitchens, one of the world's leading atheists, has died but debate over his fate -- heaven or dust or worse -- has not died with ...

El autor de libros como Dios no existe y Dios no es bueno, falleció en Houston de un cáncer a los 62 años

Christopher Hitchens war polemisch und arrogant. Dazu hatte der US-Brite gute Gründe: Verband er doch intellektuelle Brillanz mit großem Unterhaltungstalent. mehr...

An anonymous reader sends this quote from the NY Times: "Christopher Hitchens, a slashing polemicist in the tradition of Thomas Paine and George Orwell who trained his sights on targets as various as Henry Kissinger, the British monarchy and Mother Teresa, wrote a best-seller attacking religious belief, and dismayed his former comrades on the left by enthusiastically supporting the American-led...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - British-born journalist and atheist intellectual Christopher Hitchens, who made the United States his home and backed the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, died on Thursday at the age of 62.

IN his final Vanity Fair essay, Christopher Hitchens expressed less dread of dying of cancer than of losing the ability to write.

Im Vatikan gegen Mutter Teresa argumentieren, als Linker für den Irak-Krieg sein, als Atheist Amerika lieben? Nichts leichter als das! Christopher Hitchens war immer dagegen und hatte meistens Recht. Das betrunkene, wütende und aufregende Leben des britisch-amerikanischen Intellektuellen ist zu Ende.

Gestern ist Christopher Hitchens gestorben. Darüber bin ich traurig. Wir verlieren mit ihm einen brillanten Redner, einen scharfen, furchtlosen Denker und einen Meister der Sprache. Die letzten Worte eines seiner letzten Aufsätze: What do I hope for? If not a cure, then a remission. And what do I want back? In the most beautiful apposition of two of the simplest words in our language: the free...

The prolific author, essayist and critic of ideologies, literature and politicians has died at the age of 62 from pneumonia, a complication of throat cancer.

Christopher Hitchens was an intellectual who wrote on debates about intervention in Iraq, on religion and on the nature of US power, has died aged 62

Journalist, pundit, author, and gentleman philosopher Christopher Hitchens has died at 62, after a long battle with esophegeal cancer. Obituaries: Vanity Fair, NPR, CNN, WaPo, Reuters, LAT. Graydon Carter's memorial is the one to read. Photo: For the release of his memoir "Hitch 22," Hitchens poses for a portrait outside his hotel in New York, [...]

Atheist author and journalist Christopher Hitchens died on Thursday of pneumonia, a complication of esophageal cancer, in Houston, Vanity Fair magazine said.

Controversial author and journalist loses fight against throat cancer.

Mr. Hitchens wrote in the tradition of Thomas Paine and George Orwell and trained his sights on targets as various as Henry Kissinger, the British monarchy and Mother Teresa.

British author, literary critic and journalist Christopher Hitchens has died in a Texas hospital, aged 62.

The British writer and firebrand columnist Christopher Hitchens has died at the age of 62 after a battle against cancer of the esophagus, Vanity Fair magazine announced on its website early on Friday.

Writer Christopher Hitchens died today at a medical centre in Houston, Texas after a battle with cancer.