Gems from Mr. Hitchens
Never assume that the totalitarian or terrorist enemy is smart enough to conceal his traces. Indeed, don’t always assume that he is even interested in doing so. The utter nerve of it is often part of the strategy in the first place.
(I won’t belabor you with too many words from Christopher HItchens. There are a surfeit of gems in construction in his writing, and there is a book already devoted to them (The Quotable Hitchens). But this article posted on Slate on Monday shows a mind completely alert, even while the body gives out.)
