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Atheist Hitchens Skipping Prayer Day in His Honor
By not in system - AOL NewsBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Sept. 20) -- Stricken with cancer and fragile from chemotherapy, author and outspoken atheist Christopher Hitchens sits in an armchair before an audience and waits for the only question that can come first at such a time. "How's your health?" asks Larry Taunton, a friend who heads an Alabama-based group dedicated to defending Christianity. "Well, I'm dying, since you asked, but so are you. I'm only doing it more rapidly," replies Hitchens, his grin faint and his voice weak and raspy. Only wisps of his dark hair remain; clothes hang on his frame. The writer best known to ...
Pope's UK Visit Stirs Animosities Old and New
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsLEEDS, England (Sept. 15) -- England has been a thorn in the side of the Vatican since the days of Henry VIII. And Thursday's planned papal visit -- the first-ever state trip to Britain by any pontiff in history -- isn't likely to be any different. When Pope Benedict XVI arrives here for a four-day stay, he's likely to find a more secular, belligerent Britain than ever before -- a country just as ready to thumb its nose at papal authority as it was in the 16th century. Throngs of protesters are expected to greet him in Scotland, London and Birmingham, angry about the price tag for his trip, ...
Atheist Christopher Hitchens Vows to Fight Religion, Cancer, and Deathbed Conversion
By David Gibson - Politics DailyUnrepentant despite the ongoing ravages of esophageal cancer and the chemotherapy that is supposed to keep it at bay, atheist and controversialist Christopher Hitchens is vowing to "continue to write polemics against religious delusions, at least until it's hello darkness my old friend." One of the delusions he targets in his regular column in the latest edition of Vanity Fair magazine is the notion that the cancer is divine retribution for his irreligious spoutings, and in particular a punishment aimed at his voice, which has for years been the famously plummy medium for many of his ...
Opinion: Christopher Hitchens -- My Prayer for a Worthy Opponent
By not in system - AOL News(Aug. 20) -- This Sunday evening, Christopher Hitchens will appear on my radio show on 77 WABC in New York City to discuss his memoir, "Hitch 22." It will not be our first meeting. Hitchens and I have had three fiery, take-no-prisoners debates about God and religion. Millions of people have apparently watched them on YouTube. The first, at Makor, was the one I enjoyed the most. It was hard-hitting but ended friendly. The second, at the 92nd St. Y, was cantankerous and at times almost brutal. The third, in Puebla, Mexico, followed that trend. I was upset at Hitchens after the last two ...
Christopher Hitchens on the 'Stark Frontier' of Cancer
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Aug. 11) -- Only one month after announcing he'd be undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer, Christopher Hitchens is recounting his ordeal in a column for Vanity Fair. The 61-year-old author, commentator and contributing editor at Vanity Fair first broke news of his cancer diagnosis on the magazine's website. "I have been advised by my physician that I must undergo a course of chemotherapy on my esophagus," he wrote in June, midway through a promotional tour for his memoir, "Hitch-22." Since then, he's been largely mum on the details of his bout. But now, the normally bombastic writer ...
Atheist Christopher Hitchens Has Cancer: Should Believers Pray For Him?
By David Gibson - Politics DailyNews that the pugnacious atheist Christopher Hitchens is battling a life-threatening cancer has led to an outpouring of sympathy from believers who, in better times, have clashed mightily with the author of the best-selling book, "God Is Not Great," as well as many other blasts against religion. But even as Hitchens' foes lament his suffering, they also raise questions about the appropriate response: Should believers pray for an atheist, and one who is an active opponent of belief? What if Hitchens does not want such intercessions, or appreciate them? And what should one pray for? A healing? ...
Christopher Hitchens Diagnosed with Cancer, Cancels Book Tour
By David Sessions - Politics DailyAuthor and journalist Christopher Hitchens said Wednesday that he is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer of the esophagus and has canceled the remainder of his tour in support of his new memoir, Hitch-22. Hitchens broke the news in a brief statement on the website of Vanity Fair, where he is a columnist. "I have been advised by my physician that I must undergo a course of chemotherapy on my esophagus," Hitchens wrote. "This advice seems persuasive to me. I regret having had to cancel so many engagements at such short notice." Esophageal cancer is often caused by alcohol and tobacco ...
Christopher Hitchens to Undergo Chemotherapy for Esophageal Cancer
By David Knowles - AOL NewsAuthor, commentator and Vanity Fair columnist Christopher Hitchens announced Wednesday that he will soon undergo treatment for cancer. In a post on Vanity Fair's website, Hitchens wrote the following: I have been advised by my physician that I must undergo a course of chemotherapy on my esophagus. This advice seems persuasive to me. I regret having had to cancel so many engagements at such short notice. Hitchens, 61, was touring the country to promote his new book, "Hitch-22: A Memoir." Known for his hard living and quick wit, Hitchens largely gave up smoking in 2008, The Washington Post ...
Chris Hitchens Has More Advice for 'Black Dyke' Wanda Sykes
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAuthor and uber-contrarian Christopher Hitchens couldn't leave well enough alone when it came to his offensive and bigoted assessment of Wanda Sykes' performance at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner. While some folks cut him slack by surmising that he was probably drunk when he called Sykes "the black dyke," Hitchens "cleverly" wants us all to know he meant it by referring to her twice as "the sable Sapphist" in an article at Slate. Funny stuff, you fornicating little pink star.As if that wasn't insulting enough, the premise of Hitchens' piece was to school Wanda, and any other ...
Where is Right's Outrage Over Hitchens 'Black Dyke' Wanda Sykes Comment?
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyI was perfectly happy to say that Wanda Sykes told a tasteless, even reprehensible joke at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, and be done with it. She's a stand-up comic known for pushing the boundaries, and she slipped up.But after listening to crap from the right about this all night, acting like this is the worst thing to happen since, well, Election Day, I can't take it anymore. Literary puke Christopher Hitchens leveled a vile, hateful attack against Sykes that wasn't meant to be a joke:"The president should be squirming in his seat. Not smiling," he said. "The black dyke ...
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