Many of Chris Hitchens' laziest statements in the piece would have been avoided if an editor at Slate had bothered to do their job.

The phrase about there not being a verb in the undergraduate thesis would have been proven false if someone had bothered to mention it to the avuncular Brit.

From experience, it's a safe bet that dealing with a egomaniac drunk is hard enough without having to add to the burden by requiring a modest level of journalistic integrity.

The real revelation is Slate's declining standards. Get Hitchens to sober up or throw him out.