Hitchens quits Nation

[Doug Henwood]

I heard this yesterday, but was sworn to secrecy. But now I've heard 
it several more times, so it's clearly no longer a closely held piece 
of news: Christopher Hitchens has quit the Nation. His reasons will 
appear in his final column, which will appear in this week's issue.

I find this sad news - it's bad for the magazine, and it's sad 
Hitchens has turned so comprehensively belligerent. But I guess it 
was inevitable...

Doug