January 2nd, 2008
A lucid dismantling of Christopher Hitchens’ anti-theist screed, God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, appeared in the summer issue of the The Claremont Review of Books. Written by Atlantic Monthly contributing editor, Ross Douthat, the essay picks apart Hitchens “anecdotal” arguments, and concludes that
the reader will come away unpersuaded of anything save the [...]
November 4th, 2007
“To regret religion is to regret Western civilization” — that’s the thesis of an insightful and eloquent essay by Theodore Dalrymple, a physician and non-believer. He politely takes the “New Atheists” (Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, et. al) to task for their shrill militancy, “bad temper,” and general lack of civility or common decency [...]
June 27th, 2007
More Harry Potter theories anon, but I simply had to draw your attention to one of the most incisive book reviews I’ve ever read, by Eugene McCarraher, about Christopher Hitchens’ entry in the current anti-religion publishing fad.
Here’s an excerpt, after commenting on Hitchens’ reputation as a brilliant writer and fearless critic:
…as Mark Twain once mused, [...]
