Christopher Hitchens Wins His War … On Smoking
Monday, January 14th, 2008
Mere months ago, Washington’s favorite drunken Englishman put himself through a comical health & beauty regiment, including myriad arduous stop-smoking schemes. His unrepentant conclusion: “I am more than ever sure that it’s enough to be born once, and to take one’s chances, and to grow old disgracefully.” And yet, today we hear the shocking news that Hitchens has indeed given up his greatest literary prop. No, not booze. The other one. MORE »
Mere months ago, Washington’s favorite drunken Englishman put himself through a comical health & beauty regiment, including myriad arduous stop-smoking schemes. His unrepentant conclusion: “I am more than ever sure that it’s enough to be born once, and to take one’s chances, and to grow old disgracefully.” And yet, today we hear the shocking news that Hitchens has indeed given up his greatest literary prop. No, not booze. The other one. MORE »