[lbo-talk] Hitchens Reviews "Darkness At Noon"

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Sep 16 14:06:05 PDT 2005


Thomas Seay wrote:


>Are these references to his drinking necessary? When
>he was on the Left, would you have brought this up?
>This question is not just for Paul, since I see that
>many of you refer to his drinking habit.

I'm a fan of alcohol myself, so this is not coming from some temperance type. But Hitchens drinks enormous amounts of booze. Monumental. I really think it's damaged his brain. It's not a moral issue, it's a physiological one.

Doug



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