Both left and right blogospheres have been full of tears and praise for Christopher Hitchens since his passing. And that’s the way it should be. He was a brilliant intellectual, an incomparable rhetorician, a reliable atheist, a raconteur, an unyielding debater, a self-hating Anglo, a convenient contrarian, a fine writer, a sturdy wit, a proud Americanophile and most of all, a colourful
