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'''Christopher Hitchens''' is the former columnist for ''The Nation'', putatively on the left, who in the late 1990s veered to the right to first argue against abortion, <ref>Sasha Abramsky, 'Christopher Hitchens - Interview', [http://users.rcn.com/peterk.enteract/Progint.html ''Electric Library''/''The Progressive''], 1 February, 1997. (Accessed 7 April, 2009)</ref> and then turn on his former colleagues. Now, Hitchens is considered a neocon who supported the US war of aggression against Iraq, and even travelled to Iraq as an embedded journalist to cheer on the US troops. He now writes mostly for ''Vanity Fair'' and ''Slate''. <ref>'Christopher Hitchens - About This Author', [http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3956.Christopher_Hitchens goodreads.com], accessed 7 April, 2009.</ref> | '''Christopher Hitchens''' is the former columnist for ''The Nation'', putatively on the left, who in the late 1990s veered to the right to first argue against abortion, <ref>Sasha Abramsky, 'Christopher Hitchens - Interview', [http://users.rcn.com/peterk.enteract/Progint.html ''Electric Library''/''The Progressive''], 1 February, 1997. (Accessed 7 April, 2009)</ref> and then turn on his former colleagues. Now, Hitchens is considered a neocon who supported the US war of aggression against Iraq, and even travelled to Iraq as an embedded journalist to cheer on the US troops. He now writes mostly for ''Vanity Fair'' and ''Slate''. <ref>'Christopher Hitchens - About This Author', [http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3956.Christopher_Hitchens goodreads.com], accessed 7 April, 2009.</ref> | ||
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| + | Beginning shortly after 11 September 2001, Hitchens has written several pieces attacking former friends. His most recent is an attack on Gore Vidal in which, among other things, he insinuates that acclaimed essayist and novelist is an anti-Semite.<ref>Christopher Hitchens, [http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2010/02/hitchens-201002], ''Vanity Fair'', February 2010</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 19:27, 19 January 2010
Christopher Hitchens is the former columnist for The Nation, putatively on the left, who in the late 1990s veered to the right to first argue against abortion, [1] and then turn on his former colleagues. Now, Hitchens is considered a neocon who supported the US war of aggression against Iraq, and even travelled to Iraq as an embedded journalist to cheer on the US troops. He now writes mostly for Vanity Fair and Slate. [2]
Attacks on former friends
Beginning shortly after 11 September 2001, Hitchens has written several pieces attacking former friends. His most recent is an attack on Gore Vidal in which, among other things, he insinuates that acclaimed essayist and novelist is an anti-Semite.[3]
Related Articles
Christopher Hitchens, 'Losing the Iraq War: Can the left really want us to?', Slate, 8 August, 2005. (Accessed 7 April, 2009)
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Notes
- ↑ Sasha Abramsky, 'Christopher Hitchens - Interview', Electric Library/The Progressive, 1 February, 1997. (Accessed 7 April, 2009)
- ↑ 'Christopher Hitchens - About This Author', goodreads.com, accessed 7 April, 2009.
- ↑ Christopher Hitchens, [1], Vanity Fair, February 2010
