Comments on: My Dinner (and Drinks) with Christopher (Hitchens that is)

By: Jennifer G.

Jennifer G. — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:49:40 +0000

How very good it is to know, a bit after the fact, that Michael Shermer and Christopher Hitchens had met and that Hitch was also a reader.

Thnks for publishing this.

By: Sally Anderson Moore

Sally Anderson Moore — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:41:03 +0000

Michael Shermer, I’ve always enjoyed your writings! This commentary about you and Christopher Hitchens (another of my absolute favorites)was very entertaining.

Oh how I wish I could have been close by to listen to yours and his exchange. I was so looking forward to meeting Hitchens in Austin at Borders Books, but we learned it was cancelled. I was disappointed, but when I learned WHY I felt so sad. How is he coping with esophegeal cancer? Any updates that you could share?

Kudos to two fine gifted authors! ~Sally Anderson Moore

By: MadScientist

MadScientist — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:05:57 +0000

I can’t say I see much resemblance between W.F.Buckley and Hitchens. Then again I agreed with a lot of what Buckley said/wrote. He may have been a traditional conservative but he had a lot more in common with me than any current political party has. Politics is a funny thing – even the contemporary democrats would probably see Buckley as some sort of commie – most people these days have no clue what “left-leaning” is anymore; all parties are way-right of what was whacko 60 years ago.

By: MadScientist

MadScientist — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:01:04 +0000

Was it only chemo? Usually it’s both; a section of the esophagus is cut out and then the patient gets chemo. It must be a horrible operation; the esophagus doesn’t wander much on its way to the stomach so shortening it will have other consequences.

By: Beelzebud

Beelzebud — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:44:54 +0000

That was a very interesting read. Thanks for posting the link.

By: Beelzebud

Beelzebud — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:29:05 +0000

Besides the accent? Not really…

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:17:05 +0000

For another, less positive,and to me more realistic picture of Hitchens read the review at http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/jul/15/believer/?pagination=false.

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:08:35 +0000

I also like much of what Hitch writes and says and am enjoying Hitch22. However perhaps the praise for his great knowledge and critical thinking in some of the posts here is a little overblown. He does make mistakes. For example,as a clinical psychologist I can tell you that when talking of bipolar disease he shows an appalling ignorance of the subject. A little research would have allowed him to avoid the ridiculous way in which he wrote about the disorder.I’m surprised he didn’t do the research since the chapter was an important one to him. It was about his mother’s suicide.

By: Jeshua

Jeshua — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:35:32 +0000

Does anyone else see the resemblance betweeen Mr. Hitchens and William F. Buckley in their styles? I disagreed with most of what Buckley said, but he was just too fascinating in his debates too miss. OTOH i agree with nearly everything Hitchens says, so I hope he is able to get effective treatment and go on for many years to come.

By: David W Turner

David W Turner — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:36:25 +0000

It was real special sitting around the
table tonight listening to all of you.
I too love Hitchens.