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Every detail. His memory was astonishing and devastating. Fighting Words News and Politics Christopher Hitchens Remembered Everything. Every Word. Every Detail. 100111216026 Photograph by Amanda Edwards /Getty Images. Christopher Hitchens died Thursday, Dec. 15, at age 62 http://feeds.slate.com/click.phdo?i=c4764c7baba45f9986dcb37d329c7ad6 http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2011/12/christopher_hitchens_death_his_christmas_day_battles_with_henry_fairlie.html <p><strong><em>See </em>Slate’s<em> full tribute to the life of <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2011/12/tributes_to_the_journalist_and_intellectual_from_julian_barnes_anne_applebaum_james_fenton_and_others_.html">Christopher Hitchens</a>. 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Fighting Words News and Politics Hitchens at Christmas: His Explosive Holiday Arguments with Henry Fairlie 100111216025 Photograph by Amanda Edwards.  The late Christopher Hitchens http://feeds.slate.com/click.phdo?i=267857e275de4890bf0f1260594e520b http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2011/12/christopher_hitchens_death_rabbi_david_wolpe_on_what_it_was_like_to_debate_hitchens_.html <p><strong><em>See Slate's full tribute to the life of <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2011/12/tributes_to_the_journalist_and_intellectual_from_julian_barnes_anne_applebaum_james_fenton_and_others_.html">Christopher </a><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2011/12/tributes_to_the_journalist_and_intellectual_from_julian_barnes_anne_applebaum_james_fenton_and_others_.html">Hitchens</a>. Read Slate's complete collection of <a href="http://www.slate.com/authors.christopher_hitchens.html">Christopher Hitchens</a>' columns.<br /> </em></strong><strong><em></em></strong></p><br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:b5e737b8fbc5c6d1359cf8b20929bcce:IG6LWQyWb%2B1HFvXTfoHnCNrs5aMu%2FnSsz%2FOl2PxHwrKYhgergVclOzsZFwSLlz4gg1Pz9DwbxiZmmbQ%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to Facebook' alt='Add to Facebook' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/facebook.gif'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:4fad091a247d21f377e7d943b5715483:9WzoS0Sdh%2BAb4gQiPmQN0PpHpP%2Bg7UAImKGpiHc49%2FwJlkQinDeyvBCBKBmANoqTRaKHXx3jR0OrJ1c%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to Twitter' alt='Add to Twitter' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/twitter.png'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:8ccb2b47da6fac4444766525f2379eaa:YK42fXKJ49BQs0r%2FskmECP9dTeqNPtSdtybld8zostq2ThkxUMOr8ve6zYmwdWxnMpa45d8OOCw4ZQ%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to digg' alt='Add to digg' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/digg.gif'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:6155b1ca760898ea21ec2ac1fc25f235:B42GRrwnYo1otZ8ys7TqXxxo7so07hgQ6Y7hc7FkBjwKW%2FgJ7Aq51H%2FyUHfkn8tLpq%2BoiAGeyn%2Fmbg%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to Reddit' alt='Add to Reddit' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/reddit.png'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:9302912812ec693a35d3b043f098fa5a:NELVmvt6uu3PLcXJqN0tv97yiiiEi8erSxPppl8Ka%2FNaDVGqRD5QeDhINF%2BBvYylnZNlCMcvphRRJ34%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to StumbleUpon' alt='Add to StumbleUpon' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/stumbleit.gif'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:5e495fac85eab850155f3176463714ae:4mSOdmPPfEmbhe5DjcKqn5lL3x4uQCX%2B23k8xp2v%2BgtqSFMiEAhi3y1Ma%2Bc0o0jLeJSb7aktOUK9gcI%3D'><img border='0' title='Email this Article' alt='Email this Article' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/emailthisHF.gif'/></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=267857e275de4890bf0f1260594e520b&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=267857e275de4890bf0f1260594e520b&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://insight.adsrvr.org/track/evnt/?ct=0:5wz49e9&adv=wouzn4v&fmt=3"/> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:09:53 GMT http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2011/12/christopher_hitchens_death_rabbi_david_wolpe_on_what_it_was_like_to_debate_hitchens_.html David Wolpe 2011-12-16T20:09:53Z I debated Hitchens six times. Here’s what it was like. Fighting Words News and Politics A Rabbi on What It Was Like to Debate Hitchens: Imagine Getting in the Ring with Ali 100111216024 It was never easy to win a debate against Christopher Hitchens http://feeds.slate.com/click.phdo?i=0fa95504893bd86aec754735c4dae298 http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2011/12/the_thrill_of_watching_christopher_hitchens_come_to_my_defense.html <p><strong><em>See Slate’s full tribute to the life of </em></strong><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2011/12/tributes_to_the_journalist_and_intellectual_from_julian_barnes_anne_applebaum_james_fenton_and_others_.html"><strong><em>Christopher Hitchens</em></strong></a><strong><em>.&nbsp; Read Slate’s complete collection of &nbsp;</em></strong><a href="http://www.slate.com/authors.christopher_hitchens.html"><strong><em>Christopher Hitchens</em></strong></a><strong><em>' columns.</em></strong></p><br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:3bcd47a39033245759446e14b19bb0dc:PV2N1iI%2FjvKLQ6GtEb8p%2Fg7XgR3%2Bb8Kuu10T%2BBwsZnwVH6CyUhX%2FiVFdtTHbdOGvF4B5CBjo6l%2Fz0Hk%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to Facebook' alt='Add to Facebook' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/facebook.gif'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:20e2d9ab6f15e73cdd960538eaf70697:KV3PEDNs6uVtPruHJBqe29ThAu14nsP9BC67KY6I1Yc0OUDN9HpfCw6op5Q4zSPts4cbY40OtyRMVWQ%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to Twitter' alt='Add to Twitter' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/twitter.png'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:043594251567a3c9e6555e80aa765849:bO%2FLjYVhXEgagl19uIdn5z1qeY5YrPrnhSS8yRcr6L8R0mlLjrPrVBHEenkdrnc7q3wPbl%2BnYHTB5A%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to digg' alt='Add to digg' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/digg.gif'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:9940486e5bcd13678ff134aab59db949:NA7PROmrPGDKlRQaUjECB%2FT%2BB9pwqa6jIafam%2FH2emu5roQAw%2Fp2Ok7Hg7538YWMxwYMYKgfFdO9IQ%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to Reddit' alt='Add to Reddit' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/reddit.png'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:cc0f70ba028c3ff299d8ab2bd97d35c8:1tlzKTlMld31vpTDS%2Fh1nh2o2sJ8rsFTXKyTia80OB0TfMk3ibY9hppvZoKr2fTjU0i72f6EAxT55CM%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to StumbleUpon' alt='Add to StumbleUpon' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/stumbleit.gif'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:ecfcfc005166c8c0f29fbefa3a018294:B7%2FxSmbvDFCrfGe2gacZBobmVoOXjmpcyY%2BrU%2BulN%2BPWdtLilBmDQSZ2BurNdSS2mFAxWaHeVU5dqs8%3D'><img border='0' title='Email this Article' alt='Email this Article' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/emailthisHF.gif'/></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=0fa95504893bd86aec754735c4dae298&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=0fa95504893bd86aec754735c4dae298&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=News&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://insight.adsrvr.org/track/evnt/?ct=0:5wz49e9&adv=wouzn4v&fmt=3"/> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:32:00 GMT http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2011/12/the_thrill_of_watching_christopher_hitchens_come_to_my_defense.html Hussein Ibish 2011-12-16T19:32:00Z Being Hitchens’ friend meant talking, talking, talking. Fighting Words News and Politics Christopher Hitchens’ death: Hitchens defended me from David Horowitz. 100111216023 Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011)