Christopher Hitchens swallows his words on waterboarding

Is waterboarding a form of torture? Christopher Hitchens -- author, prominent advocate of secularism, and strong proponent of the U.S. led Iraq War --  didn't think it was. Last year, in a story for Slate...

The atheist's protest against the gallows for Saddam Hussein

His Eminence Cardinal Renato Martino hasn't persuaded me that Saddam Hussein ought not to hang, nor does Christopher Hitchens, in Slate, but his essay is a good read, as usual.  If the old murdering tyrant ends up being imprisoned on St Helena for the rest of his...

Oriana Fallaci RIP

"An excellent biographical web page dedicated to Oriana Fallaci the controversial Italian contrarian author and journalist, who passed away this month. A contrarian before little Christopher Hitchens was, and whom he modeled himself after as he swung right. Imagine that. She...

The Tyranny of the Offended

"We are suffering under they tyranny of the offended and we must fight back. As Christopher Hitchens said at the Hay Festival in the UK last week, it is our right not only to practice religion but to criticize it. It is our right to offend."

George Galloway Tours U.S. in September.

The straight-talking UK politician who made headlines when he appeared before Senator Norm Coleman's Permanent Select Subcommittee on May 17, 2005, is coming back to dish out some more.If there are any NowPublic contributors who can cover one of his appearances, please do, it...

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