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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Hitchens? Are you serious?!?! Sure, he is reasonably smart, eloquent, a decent enough writer (but not great), but in my opinion lacks the creativity to be considered even remotely close to the same realm as some of the other names mentioned in this thread. He's a politician and what I would consider of relatively ordinary intelligence.
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I suppose I have not read enough of him to comment on his writing, but no one would want to get in a verbal debate with him. That is where he impresses me. And I often disagree with him. Politician? He is never afraid to make an unpopular argument.