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Hitch On Helms like White on Rice
Gee Hitchens, why don't you and the Queen of England tell us how you really felt about that North Carolinian champion Senator Jesse Helms? I did not know him very well, living in the Midwest among Chicago Democrats and Suburban ''Collar County'' Repubs early in life, and then moving to New England, where both the Democrats and the Republicans have ...
Posted to Fighting Words by MichaelBernard1 on July 7, 2008
Ilk or Actuality?
I have to question the premise of Hitchens' argument. It seems he prefers to remain among those who feel they haven't heard enough renunciation and distancing in Obama's ''handling'' of his ''pastor situation.'' The senator actually demonstrated integrity treating the Rev. Wright and his comments with more seriousness than a mere political ...
Posted to Fighting Words by Tom Driscoll on April 7, 2008
race matters, unfortunately
Christopher Hitchens seems to forget (overlook because he's not personally affected??) that skin pigment in America is the deciding factor in one's attainment of economic security, healthcare, education, housing and food seccurity. As an epidemiologist, I can assure you that we are still a society segregated by skin color and, like it or not, ...
Posted to Fighting Words by lucky1 on January 7, 2008