Tag: Christopher Hitchens

“The noble title of "dissident" must be earned rather than claimed; it connotes sacrifice and risk rather than mere disagreement.” – srbp –

“To ‘choose’ dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the Kool-Aid.” That line – from God is not great – would apply equally to politics in Newfoundland and Labrador since 2003. – srbp –

There are plenty of people out there who pat themselves on the back for telling it like it is, for calling it as they see it. You know they do it because they relentlessly point it out to you. They are brave. They are fearless in delivering their opinions. They

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,

Sam Harris A year or so ago, I was exposed to prominent atheist Sam Harris’ outline of the three basic ways in which religion is commonly defended. It seemed like a reasonable classification at the time, but I was hesitant to immediately agree that it was a complete classification. Since