I wrote the above at or around the time that Hitchens actually died, I am finding out this morning.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...le_Lifestyle_5
Perhaps the universe was communicating to me. But the facts were simple--he was obviously near death.
I'm going to miss Hitchens. In some ways you could argue that he stood against things that many of us believe in--he was a fierce, and I think unfair, critic of Mormonism. He was also one of the leading atheists in the country. But he was entertaining and provoking, and his passion for drawing bright lines made one think about things.
Right now Hitchens is either second-thinking his atheism or fully endorsing it in the null. We'll all soon find the same bargain.
Adieu, Mr. Hitchens.