Hitchens on homophobia

[C. G. Estabrook]

Lush or not, Hitchens certainly seems to be able to take care of himself
in debate.  The following line is lovely, in the circumstances:


> Hitchens' response in a London Review of Books letter to the editor.
> (3/4/99):
> 
> ... Some good critics regard this [i.e., Cockburn's `outing' of
> Hitchens] as one of Cockburn's more polished pieces, especially dealing
> as it does with the absolute and inflexible requirement never to rat on
> an old pal... 

	--C. G. Estabrook