Christopher Hitchens, Not Going Gently
By LIESL SCHILLINGER
Published: August 14, 2010
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CloseLinkedinDiggMixxMySpaceYahoo! BuzzPermalink Two fierce battles are being waged this summer — one against esophageal cancer, by the irreverent columnist, commentator and critic Christopher Hitchens (who scorns the use of the word “battle” in this context), and the other for his soul, by those who hope to persuade him to convert to Christianity in extremis. It’s a paradox that Mr. Hitchens, a confirmed atheist and the author of “God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything,” can appreciate, if not relish.