Christopher Hitchens’ Unforgivable Mistake [Christopher Hitchens]

The outpouring of grief, goodwill, and teary encomia that have attended news of Christopher Hitchens’ passing would—if he was anything like the persona he presented in print—have turned his stomach. He loathed sentiment, welcomed combat, and delighted in inflicting hard truths. In that spirit, it must not be forgotten in mourning him that he got the single most consequential decision in his life horrifically, petulantly wrong. More »