In the second issue of The Peorian, I review "Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens". Hitchens is known the world over as a brilliant polemicist with verbal pyrotechnics that have made many a debate opponent crumble.
If you don't subscribe to the print version of The Peorian, you can read my review online (on page 40): http://www.thepeorian.com/flip-book.
To get you in the mood for the review and his book, here are a collection of short videos of Hitch at his best:
Laying the Hitchslap down on Sean Hannity, Ralph Reed and Jerry Falwell:
Laying the Hitchslap down on Bill Maher and his audience:
On homosexuality:
On religious "toys":
On why Hitler was not an atheist:
On a National Day of Prayer:
On George Bush and Bill Clinton:
On Bob Dole and Ronald Reagan (1996):