Christopher Hitchens was offended by the notion of Clinton as the first black president noting " we can still define blackness by the following symptoms: alcoholic mothers, under-the-bridge habits ... the tendency to sexual predation and shameless perjury about the same ".

Writer Christopher Hitchens, when asked for his favorite Bible story replied “ Casting the first stone ” is a lovely story, even though we ’ ve found out how much it wasn ’ t in the Bible to begin with.

Hitchens believes that no party he could support will be created until the Conservative Party disintegrates, an event he first began calling for in 2006.

" Hitchens writes that Palestinian terrorists Muhammad Zaidan and Abu Nidal had been free to move in and out of Baghdad, and that Saddam's armed forces had exchanged fire and killed American soldiers during the first Gulf War.

After several seasons in the reserves, Hitchens played fourteen games for the first team, scoring six goals.

Christopher Hitchens, in his autobiography, describes a dinner with Christie and her husband, Max Mallowan, that became increasingly uncomfortable as the night wore on, where " The anti-Jewish flavour of the talk was not to be ignored or overlooked, or put down to heavy humour or generational prejudice.

After Oxford, he found an entry-level job at The Times Literary Supplement, and at age 27 became literary editor of the New Statesman, where he met Christopher Hitchens, then a feature writer for The Observer, who remained a close friend until Hitchens's death in 2011.

He became a well-known activist in international circles, co-authoring papers and giving joint speaking engagements with American political dissident Noam Chomsky, and winning plaudits from Jean Paul Sartre, Gore Vidal, Christopher Hitchens and Edward Said.

Hitchens described Blair's successor, Gordon Brown, as a " dismal Marxoid ", but criticised what he saw as " prejudiced, shallow " attempts by the media to destroy Brown after he became Prime Minister in 2007, and praised Brown for, in his words, " saving the pound ".

Whilst studying at Oxford, Fenton became a close friend of Christopher Hitchens, and has a dedicated chapter in " Hitch-22 ".

Peter Jonathan Hitchens ( born 28 October 1951 ) is an English columnist, foreign correspondent and author.

A former foreign correspondent based in Moscow and later Washington, Hitchens continues to work as an occasional foreign reporter, and appears frequently in the British broadcast media.

In 2009, Hitchens was shortlisted for Foreign Reporter of the Year in the British Press Awards, and in 2010, in recognition of his foreign reporting, he was awarded the Orwell Prize.

The Case of Henry Kissinger ", debate between O ' Sullivan and Christopher Hitchens over whether former U. S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger's foreign policy involved war crimes.

Hitchens worked for the Daily Express between 1977 and 2000, initially as a reporter specialising in education and industrial and labour affairs, then as a political reporter, and subsequently as Deputy Political Editor.

Future Football Association General Secretary Ted Croker was a Harriers player during the early 1950s, as was future England international striker Gerry Hitchens ( 1953 – 55 ).

Hitchens is a surname of early medieval English origin and it may refer to:

In the late 1990s, Hitchens co-presented a programme on Talk Radio UK with Derek Draper and Austin Mitchell.

His mother, Yvonne Jean ( née Hickman ), and father, Eric Ernest Hitchens ( 1909 – 1987 ), met in Scotland while both were serving in the Royal Navy during World War II.

After his appearance, Hitchens wrote " Is there any point in public debate in a society where hardly anyone has been taught how to think, while millions have been taught what to think?

Hitchens contends that the film does not mention Clarke's remarks so that it can criticize Bush for not going after Bin Laden's family, while holding up Clarke as a heroic, anti-war figure.

The literary critic Christopher Hitchens, while noting that Malraux had spent almost no time in China, claimed that the novel " pointed up the increasing weight of Asia in world affairs ; it described epic moments of suffering and upheaval, in Shanghai especially ( it was nearly filmed by Sergei Eisenstein ); and it demonstrated a huge respect for Communism and for Communists while simultaneously evoking the tragedy of a revolution betrayed by Moscow.

In 2000, Hitchens left the Daily Express after its acquisition by Richard Desmond ; Hitchens stated that working for Desmond would have represented a moral conflict of interest.

In January 2011 Hitchens announced he was working on a new book entitled The War We Never Fought, about what he sees as the non-existent war on drugs.

There was in Hitchens ’ opinion no reason to pay so much attention to Mother Teresa rather than to very many other people working to relieve Third World misery ..

In his book The Abolition of Britain Hitchens accuses him of being a " cultural revolutionary " who takes a large part of the responsibility for the decline of " traditional values " in Britain.

The series, however, now deals with a wide range of contemporary issues including illicit affairs, drug abuse, rape, and civil partnerships, inviting criticism from conservative commentators such as Peter Hitchens that the series has become a vehicle for liberal and left-wing values and agendas, with characters behaving out of character to achieve those goals.

Peter Hitchens has written that Profumo " vanished into London's East End for 40 years, doing quiet good works ".

The book earned praise from atheist Christopher Hitchens for Dinesh ’ s argumentative skills.

D ' Souza has debated several atheists and critics of Christianity at programs at various universities, including Peter Singer, Bart Ehrman, Christopher Hitchens, and David Silverman, on issues including whether there can be morality without God, how a benevolent God can allow suffering, the concept of religion in general, and whether Christianity is good for America, among others.

Christopher Hitchens in God is Not Great has argued that " Modern vernacular describes conscience-not too badly-as whatever it is that makes us behave well when nobody is looking ... Those who believe that the existence of conscience is a proof of a godly design are advancing an argument that simply cannot be disproved because there is no evidence for or against it.

Hitchens was known for his excoriating critiques of various public figures including Mother Teresa, Bill Clinton, Henry Kissinger and Diana, Princess of Wales.

Hitchens died on December 15, 2011, from complications arising from oesophageal cancer, a disease that he acknowledged was likely due to his lifelong predilection for smoking and drinking.

Hitchens argues that the tactic " has a deplorable effect on both the plot and the dialogue " in that it creates " The need for Rowling to play catch-up with her many convolutions ".

By providing information about voting intentions, opinion polls can sometimes influence the behavior of electors, and in his book The Broken Compass, Peter Hitchens asserts that opinion polls are actually a device for influencing public opinion.

In a Counterpunch article in August 2005, Cockburn referred to Hitchens as: " A guy who called Sid Blumenthal one of his best friends and then tried to have him thrown into prison for perjury ; a guy who waited til his friend Edward Said was on his death bed before attacking him in the Atlantic Monthly ; a guy who knows perfectly well the role Israel plays in US policy but who does not scruple to flail Cindy Sheehan as a LaRouchie and anti-Semite because, maybe, she dared mention the word Israel.

' " Following Hitchens ' death in 2011, Cockburn wrote a critical obituary of him for Counterpunch.

Hitchens condemns Mother Teresa for having used contributions to open convents in 150 countries rather than establishing the teaching hospital toward which her donors expected that she would apply their gifts.

Hitchens also includes the contents of a letter written to Mother Teresa by the man prosecuting the case against Keating, Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles Paul Turley.

Working for the newspaper has proved to be an effective apprenticeship for many prominent journalists at the onset of their careers, including Gary Bushell the brothers Christopher and Peter Hitchens.

Chatterjee and Hitchens were the only two official hostile witnesses to Church procedures for the beatification of Mother Teresa in 2003.

Hitchens writes for Britain's The Mail on Sunday newspaper, and describes himself as a Burkean conservative.

Hitchens has also written for The Spectator and The American Conservative magazines,