Hitchens, author of "God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything," defended atheism as a moral stance in a debate attended by about 1,200 at the Birmingham Sheraton Hotel with David ...

There are debates, and then there are Christopher Hitchens debates. In 2005, Hitchens debated the Iraq war with British M.P. George Galloway.

Christopher Hitchens was that rarest of polemicists—even his disgust had delight. As he pronounced anathemas on you and your kind, the smile peeked out beneath the sneer.

An atheist and an evangelical walk into a bar… While probably the opening line of at least one joke, it’s also a recurring image in the new documentary called Collision, which follows atheist pugilist ...

Hitchens asked as he opened the debate hosted by the Munk Debates center. Though his face was pale and drawn, and his trademark mop of unruly hair gone, he was no less animated than usual in spite ...

Bernie Sanders speaks during a during a Democratic presidential primary debate with Hillary Clinton at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, February 11, 2016. (AP Photo / Morry Gash) By ...

Hitchens debate in GR could be seen by millions. Published: ; Mar. 31, 2008, 2:08 p.m. By . Matthew S. Russell ...

Hitchens was also a man of courage.Backstage at our second debate in March 2009, I asked him if he ever got death threats for his outspoken opposition to Islam.

Blair attempted to persuade his verbal sparring opponent, writer Christopher Hitchens, that religion is a force for global good when he was asked by an audience member how religion influenced his ...

Christopher Hitchens, a sharp-witted provocateur who used his formidable learning, biting wit and muscular prose style to skewer what he considered high-placed hypocrites, craven lackeys of the ...

Blair debates Hitchens on religion ... In this image taken from video Sept. 7, 2010, author and outspoken atheist Christopher Hitchens speaks during an appearance in Birmingham, ...

In May of 2012, a panel was convened to debate whether the work of Christopher Hitchens would stand the test of time. The irrepressible author and public contrarian had died, of esophageal cancer ...